2 Sep
2002
2 Sep
'02
1:40 p.m.
I've never seen this thing but just a thought: were
you grinding the
wrong surface (seriously)?
No, I followed the directions to the letter, a few times, just to see if
I was doing something wrong. You are supposed to use it on the reading
surface (as opposed to the lable side)
I think things would have to be pretty bad for me to
use
a grinding product on a CD.
It doesn't advertise that it "grinds", rather it says it "buffs"
the
scratches out. But after trying it out on a few CDs, grind is MUCH better
word for it, as it litterally tears the surface of the CD apart (leaving
behind a very scratched up surface that no longer reflects worth crap).
I do have what is essentially
a soft pad (just to remove dust and prints and suchlike
from the surface) and I have seen various "CD restorer"
kits (these seem to be mostly fluids that claim to fill in the
scratches and prevent them from interfering with the
data readback ... I'm not sure I believe that!)
I have one of those too... and it works VERY well, although not for
seriously scratched CDs, but ones that are really dirty, and have some
mars on them, it works nicely. But it is a much more gentle process. It
looks like an overgrown jewel case, you put the CD in it read side up,
spray it with the fluid (which from the ingedients is little more than
alcohol and gelatin from what I can gather), and then close the cover and
spin the handle. It then rubs in a pseudo circular motion, a soft felt
pad (like a mini car buffer) across the surface. You spin it for a bit
until the CD looks shiney. Then remove it, let it dry fully (a few
seconds) and so far, most all of the CDs I have used it on have come back
to life, at least long enough for me to image the disc to be burned to a
new CD.
-chris
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