Someone showed this post to me. It was posted on Slashdot (http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/05/1448203&from=rss) in response to a question “I have a few discs that have suffered extensive scratching through listening to the disc either via a portable disc player … I would appreciate any other suggestions for devices that people have had personal experience with that won’t break the bank.”

Re:Toothpaste by Inda

1. Take a power drill, make sure the hammer action is off.
2. Place the CD on the chuck, tighten the chuck around a bolt and washer to keep it in place.
3. Clamp the drill in a bench vice.
4. Spin the CD at 30,000rpm
5. Hold an oily rag against the CD and polish away.

Disclaimer: I typed this message with two fingers.

Caution: Whoever read this to me, couldn’t even finish his sentence before he fell to the ground and rolling…

I found another one below the post above:

Blow Torch, Seriously by michaelepley

Make a few quick, gentle passes over the recorded side(s) with a common butane blow torch, of the plumbing variety. The heat slightly melts the polycarbonate plastic, causing most scratches to get filled in, and other sharp edges to be smoothed & making reading easier. Tips: 1) don’t overdo it, or the plastic might warp, 2) doesn’t work well with recorded media (CD-Rs), 3) first practice a couple of times with media you don’t mind losing.

We shall start a webpisode:

Season 1: When the redneck becomes a geek….

Season 2: When the American Gladiator becomes a geek…