I generally put my music CDs in a sleeve or jewel box, so I don't have to worry about them getting messed up. However, accidents happen; today I found a disc floating loose in my car. Turning it over, I noticed it was dirty and had several scratches on it. I tried playing it, but it wouldn't play.Cleaning it didn't work; the imperfections remained on the surface. The disk wasn't essential to my collection, but I wanted to try to fix it. I remembered a friend telling me about a radical repair for malfunctioning media. Today I boiled a CD to remove the scratches.
I put a couple of inches of water in a pan on the stove, let it boil, then added the disc. After approximately 10 seconds I took it out with a pair of tongs, set it on a towel, and patted it dry carefully.
I put the disc in my computer's drive, opened the media player, and hit start. It worked great now! No skipping.
wow...i didn't know that trick! i'll have to try it!
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Never heard of this. I might try it if I come across a scratched cd.
ReplyDeleteIt's my understanding that you should try less drastic measures before you use boiling water; sometimes it will ruin the CD.
ReplyDeleteToday, I wasn't too concerned about it.
I had not heard of this before.. like you say it does sound radical but if it works you have gained everything and lost nothing.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of this. I have the entire series of Strangers With Candy on DVD and it would seem that @ the DVD packaging factory someone/thing was a bit overzealous with the glue and they got the packaging glue on a couple of the DVDs. I didn't notice this until it was too late to return...so I will try this! They are alreaady kinda ruined, so it's not like I can ruin them more.
ReplyDeleteWow! What a great idea!
ReplyDeleteVery cool! I'll try this on an album I don't like.
ReplyDeleteGood thing to know! I had no idea. I once threw away a cd that I really liked because I dropped it on the street, then accidently kicked it across the pavement when trying to pick it up. It was shot. Maybe I could have saved it.
ReplyDeletethat's a neat idea. i'll give it a try on one of my scratched up mix-cds.
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