CD Scratch Repair Kits

I have used the CD doctor or skip doctor or Data doctor or whatever you want to call it. Its a cheap piece of plastic #$%^, and arrived partially broken, but it actually works!!! It buffs out scratches, some so severe that the disk would skip or stick at various points. Its a pain to use and rather laborious, but it has paid back its price in salvaged CDs and CD-ROMs rather quickly (I have a 12 y.o. son).

IMHO, cursory impression only, the Skip Doctor appears to do an absolutely phenomenal job in restoring lightly scratched disks. Got turned on to it by the late, great, Harvey "Gizmo" Rosenberg. I say cursory, because for the most part, my kids are the ones who have used it on their abominably mishandled disks. I haven't done any exhaustive listening to their finished product by which I might be able to report on any content degradation, but I can attest that the before and after physical appearance is wholly astonishing. Disks with countless spider-like webs of light scratches come out looking virtually as new. I can state I've personally tried it on one single CD of my own that I was intending to throw away because it did have a skip and the good Doctor eliminated it entirely. Their Web site is http://www.digitalinnovations.com/products/doctorMD.html. BTW, to allay the anticipated...no, I have no association whatsoever with the company.

I have also used the Skip Doctor on scratched and skipping CD's. It is a pain to use but it works. I usually use either the auric illuminator or automotive plastic polish kiton the easy scratches. I also tested the skip doctor on a new Reference Recordings CD and compared it to another new one. If you fully polish the CD I could detect no loss due to the poishing.

The Maplshade Microsmooth works great.My friend had 6 discs that either skip or don't read.I treated them with this product{3 times per disc} and the skips and optical read problems were gone.This stuff does wonders on all CDs and improves th sound quality on CDRs {treated before recording}.It's like polishing silver,in fact it is a polish.An abrassive agent suspended in a lubricant.Just polish and rinse under a water source,dry-PRESTO!
If you are considering this product,contact me and I may have a lead.

I hope the recommendation that the Skip Dr. works are right. Due to the previous threads, I just went on line and ordered it. I primarily wanted it for my 7 year old son's computer games which are no longer readable.

Thanks
Richard