as promised, pics are up. i couldnt take the very very fine scratches on the cd, but there are some more obvious ones that you can see in the pic.

1) Scratched CD before sanding


2) Scratched CD before sanding 2 + sand paper used (2000grit 3m)


3) Begining wet sanding in my tub


4) Afer wet sanding....ewwww....did i screw it?


5) look carefully...did i really screw it?

6) Polishing compound, polishing cloth (used to be my guitar polishing cloth) and screwed up cd. more screwed up than before....oh well


7) a drop of polishing compound on the disc


8) polishing it in circular motion


9) Fixed CD view 1 (hard to see the scratches...but its gone for sure )


10) Fixed CD view 2......miracle...? now it plays fine in my player


conclusion:
depending on the pressure you apply during sanding, you might find that there are very very fine scratches on your end product, but the deeper uglier scratches are all gone. if you'r not satisfied with your sanding...go do it again until ur satisfied with it. ive sanded like 6 discs yesterday...apparently those back then looked alot nicer than the one that i just did here....anyway, im lazy to do it again...as long as it works...its fine to me

Cool bro, do u know where to get the Polishing compound? How much is that? Thx!

I've seen those polishing compound demo before, but I don't recall seeing any sanding process before the polishing compound is applied.

What's the purpose of sanding those cd before applying the compound ?

a simple idea, but effective. nice one, alamaklor!

I just know that scratched CD can be fixed >.<

good idea, but i'd say this reparing guide is applicable to those CDs which have skipping issues or are unreadable. if its still readable the best approach is to extract an image and burn a new copy.

"this is sure educating" quoted from kintaro in golden boy ....

hehe...btw, was wondering y u need to sand it first instead of wiping it wif soft and damp tissue...

benkyo benkyo benkyo !!! <-- dunno i spelled it correct o not

If you had used those compound before, you would notice that most deeper scratches couldn't be removed no matter how freaking hard you polish them. I borrow discs from library and they are badly abused....i mean...really badly abused...ill take a few pic of those that are nicely drawn with scratches next time and show u the magic of sandpaper + scratch fix combo. in case you didn't know how polishing compound is made of, they are actually made of microscopic rocks, the same thing on a sand paper. if you understand the purpose of multi-grit/stages sanding you should know that in order to sand deep scratches to flat and back to a scratch free mirror finish you would have to start off with rougher sandpaper and slowly goes to something smoother. CD's are delicate, you dont want to use anything beyond 2000grit seriously.....if the scratches are too deep, dry sanding with 2k grit will work, then wet sand it. if the scratches arent really deep, go right away with wet sanding

that's why there is a sand paper stage isn't it? the mod who is in charge of this forum seperated the beginning part of the guide which explains why I used the sandpaper before the scratch fix compound.

btw, scratches, eventhough minor, affects the original data....whether your ears could hear it or not is something questionable, ripping the image out won't solve the problem unless the scratches didn't make any audible difference.

hehe, i just use wax to fix those scratches and fine cloath, most scratch is just a normal light one. Not Deep scratch. Unless somebody throw it on the road tar surface.

Deep scratch need some sanding to even it out.

CAUTION: When sanding or waxing, make sure the cd is put on a smooth soft surface. U don't want to scratch those thin layer of foil off.

EAC would let you know whether the copy you made was exact

wou !!! only now i know that the scratched CD can be fix !!!
nice guide AlamakLor, thanks !!!

the above method gives me 99.9%/100% per track, unless the data part of the cd is already torn off.

alamak....nice guide here
thanks alamak for sharing it with us ..btw where to get the polish?mahal kah

the polishing compound that I'm using is from canada eh....i just went to a music store and saw it there, about 12 cad = RM36...gona stock up another bottle soon. 1 bottle will last you about 2 years...unless u use them extensively. you shold be able to find it in music stores, pasar malam, or pc fair.

how do you wet sand it witout.. uhh.. wetting the label/data side of the cd?

the reflective layer is coated with the label side right? if you wet the label side, there are chances trhat youre going to damage the reflective side...

no, and who told you that cd can't be wet with water?
if you are afraid that it would damage the cd, why don't you experiment it yourself and let us know if any of your cds get screwed up because they got wet?

they certainly did..

ive wetted a few of my cd rs before and the reflective side were ripped off..

that happened during the rain...

there`s always the quick fix using toothpaste ...