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I decided to do a very unusual Detail:
If you have ever had a CD that would not play, you would know how annoying it is. Mishandling CDs and DVDs is bad and creates scratches and swirls especially when washing them with dirty wash mits and microfibers.
The fix is a complete detail.
First, we evaluate then decide that it needs some microscopic abrasives to make the clear plastic layer over the data layer thinner and more glossy. We need the laser to be able to reach the data layer without being distored by swirls and scratches.
This pictures shows scratches and a rather thrashed CD that won't play.
This picture shows some rubbing compound *nasty stuff* like thin beach sand in toothpaste. It will get rid of the major scratchs but make a lot more smaller ones.
In this picture, I hand buffed for about 10 minutes without the use of a rotory or orbital.
The big, deep scratchs are gone, but we have a very hazy CD.
Now, we need to polish it to a glossy shine. To do this, I think PlastX may be best due to its intended use on plastics and microscopic dimminishing abrasives.
This picture shows the smilly face is too much. You don't really need anywhere near this much to buff a CD. Luckily, PlasteX comes in a large bottle and is dirt cheap.
After ScratchX, we have a very very glossy good looking CD! I buffed for about 10 minutes by hand with the PlastX to achieve this.
I figured I may as well add some protection to the CD to prevent oxidation of plastic and Scratchs.
Just kidding, but I figured it won't hurt and would make for a bettery story, so I waxed it.
We wait for the haze and then remove it.
The finished CD is very glossy and it is easy to see all the down to the foil layer containing the data. This means teh laser won't have any problem either.
Obviously, I had to play it. Every single track is playable again and upon tests with CDEX, there are no uncorrectable errors anymore. Sure there are some very minor issues, but teh quality is 98% and the error correction codes have no problem at all correcting the slight issues of decoding the data on the fly. This CD is more readable than many other CDs now.
This is a safe procedure provided you have a hard surface such as this Dell Laptop I used behind the CD. Do not scratch the label side becuase it is thin and right under the label is the foil layer containing the data. The botom of the disc consists of a relatively thick layer of plastic you can buff away.
Only recomendation I have for you other than do not scratch the label side is to not put it in a computer and read it at 52X if you took a lot of plastic off becuase it may break apart at high speeds though I doubt it.
Thanks and hopefully you like this humor.
I decided to do a very unusual Detail:
If you have ever had a CD that would not play, you would know how annoying it is. Mishandling CDs and DVDs is bad and creates scratches and swirls especially when washing them with dirty wash mits and microfibers.
The fix is a complete detail.
First, we evaluate then decide that it needs some microscopic abrasives to make the clear plastic layer over the data layer thinner and more glossy. We need the laser to be able to reach the data layer without being distored by swirls and scratches.
This pictures shows scratches and a rather thrashed CD that won't play.
This picture shows some rubbing compound *nasty stuff* like thin beach sand in toothpaste. It will get rid of the major scratchs but make a lot more smaller ones.
In this picture, I hand buffed for about 10 minutes without the use of a rotory or orbital.
The big, deep scratchs are gone, but we have a very hazy CD.
Now, we need to polish it to a glossy shine. To do this, I think PlastX may be best due to its intended use on plastics and microscopic dimminishing abrasives.
This picture shows the smilly face is too much. You don't really need anywhere near this much to buff a CD. Luckily, PlasteX comes in a large bottle and is dirt cheap.
After ScratchX, we have a very very glossy good looking CD! I buffed for about 10 minutes by hand with the PlastX to achieve this.
I figured I may as well add some protection to the CD to prevent oxidation of plastic and Scratchs.
Just kidding, but I figured it won't hurt and would make for a bettery story, so I waxed it.We wait for the haze and then remove it.
The finished CD is very glossy and it is easy to see all the down to the foil layer containing the data. This means teh laser won't have any problem either.
Obviously, I had to play it. Every single track is playable again and upon tests with CDEX, there are no uncorrectable errors anymore. Sure there are some very minor issues, but teh quality is 98% and the error correction codes have no problem at all correcting the slight issues of decoding the data on the fly. This CD is more readable than many other CDs now.
This is a safe procedure provided you have a hard surface such as this Dell Laptop I used behind the CD. Do not scratch the label side becuase it is thin and right under the label is the foil layer containing the data. The botom of the disc consists of a relatively thick layer of plastic you can buff away.
Only recomendation I have for you other than do not scratch the label side is to not put it in a computer and read it at 52X if you took a lot of plastic off becuase it may break apart at high speeds though I doubt it.
Thanks and hopefully you like this humor.
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