How to fix those scratched vinyls
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scootchu
Dear Sir or Madman
You can't fix scratches on "vinyl" minus the (s). You can clean the dirt and crud out of the grooves, but you cannot undo mechanical scratches.
Nope...if there is a scratch into the material of the LP, you've lost information.
kaplang
Works for me !
I have always thought that any attempt to repair a CD was useless. If their is a scratch and the information is gone then it's gone. Am I wrong here? :scratch2:
Yes. CDs have a layer of plastic between the information and the outside world. If the scratch goes through it, you're toast, but most in the clear plastic can be polished out so the laser can see through again.
JonL
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CDs often fail to play because of scratches and scuffs that interfere with the laser. The scratches and scuffs are on the plastic surface and not on the layer that has digital information. The scratches and scuffs can be polished out. I've found that Ultrabrite toothpaste with a drop of water and rubbed with a finger is very effective. Ultrabrite apparently has just the right amount and size abrasive. It works much better than some disc polishing hand crank thing I bought once.
If the TOP surface of a CD is scratched badly - the side with the printing - that will usually destroy the disk because those scratches get into the digital layer.
If the TOP surface of a CD is scratched badly - the side with the printing - that will usually destroy the disk because those scratches get into the digital layer.
ejman
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Scratches per se are not fixable on vinyl although I've found after I steam clean some records that looked hopeless that they are quite listenable again. I don't know what the mechanism is for this effect. Maybe vinyl has a "memory" and somewhat springs back after the heat in steam cleaning. Also, different stylus shapes will ride in different parts of the grove and there may be quite different noise levels. I alway try a record on a conical, elliptical and hyperelliptical stylus before tossing it. (there are actually very few that are totally unlistenable)
clydeselsor
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What the **** are vinyls?
willyrover
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It's the "cool" word for "records".
clydeselsor
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I guess I am a dork then...
bobaloniny
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Here in Quebec, in the Quebecois version of French, a record is referred to as a vinyl (pronounce it vi neel) and more than one would be vinyls. I will just assume the op may not be from a place that realizes the accepted terminology here. And even if the op isnt from a different culture/language base than ours, is the above an example of all audio, no attitude? Just wondering...
Divotdog
"I can fix it Grampa"
Join the club Clyde. :yes:
scootchu
Dear Sir or Madman
I was trying to be subtle in my response, but I like yours better.
Shackman55
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I was told, being a dork was a prerequisite, for getting in the door here? And if I gots enough of em, they be vinyls.. Works for me.. Now if this was the English grammar forum, there could be a problem.
boreas
"If it sounds good, it IS good." E.K.E.
The information on a CD isn't on the top layer but on a substrate. Sometimes a scratch on the surface can interfere with the laser's ability to read the information on the substrate. There are machines which can resurface a CD to cure that problem.
John
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