OT: Brasso fixes yer CDs - Amazing! -Sound Forge - PC

Subject:OT: Brasso fixes yer CDs - Amazing! Posted by: plasmavideo Date:7/24/2007 8:53:56 AM Yep, you read the topic header right. And now for something completely different . . . . So anyway, I was working on something in our tech shop the other day, and one of the guys was vigorously working away on the plastic faceplate of his cellphone with something. "So", I said "What you usin' on that?" He said "Brasso" (the brass and metal polisher). "Get outta here", I exclaimed, knowingly. "No, really" he replied. He showed me the usage chart on the back of the Brasso polish can, and one of the listed usages was "Plastic Watch Crystals". H'mmm - I thought, and grabbed an audio CD that I happened to have that was so scratched that it skipped badly. I applied some Brasso, let it dry, and polished it with a soft cloth and repeated the process. Imagine my amazement when after the second polishing and cleaning with a premoistened optic pad a majority of the scratches had vanished, and the CD played perfectly! Who'd a thunk it. Ya learn something new everyday, even in the pre-senile condition I find myself these days. Hope it works on your CDs and DVDs. Any other tips from outta your left field? Tom
Subject:RE: OT: Brasso fixes yer CDs - Amazing! Reply by: Kennymusicman Date:7/24/2007 11:45:08 AM There's many tales for cleaning Cd's - my favourite one is tooth-paste...

Yep, you read the topic header right.

And now for something completely different . . . .

So anyway, I was working on something in our tech shop the other day, and one of the guys was vigorously working away on the plastic faceplate of his cellphone with something. "So", I said "What you usin' on that?" He said "Brasso" (the brass and metal polisher).

"Get outta here", I exclaimed, knowingly. "No, really" he replied.

He showed me the usage chart on the back of the Brasso polish can, and one of the listed usages was "Plastic Watch Crystals".

H'mmm - I thought, and grabbed an audio CD that I happened to have that was so scratched that it skipped badly. I applied some Brasso, let it dry, and polished it with a soft cloth and repeated the process. Imagine my amazement when after the second polishing and cleaning with a premoistened optic pad a majority of the scratches had vanished, and the CD played perfectly!

Who'd a thunk it. Ya learn something new everyday, even in the pre-senile condition I find myself these days.

Hope it works on your CDs and DVDs.

Any other tips from outta your left field?

Tom