Vinyl Repair?

Thanks everyone.  I clearly need to hang out on Discogs more. 

I am going to try the toothpick and will advise if for nothing else future time travelers to take advantage of should they happen upon this thread.  

Don't mess with the toothpick.  You might think it's wood so it can damage the vinyl but the vinyl's really soft.

Besides. the point of the toothpick will cover three of four grooves - it's huge, relatively speaking.

@clearthinker , "better than a jump." That is the first time I have heard that. It must be the British term for a skip? Not only is the toothpick to big as you suggest but the wood is too soft and dull to shave the defect blocking the groove any way. In the case of a severe scratch multiple grooves are probably blocked. At any rate you would have to have great light and magnification and a cutting needle to have a prayer of clearing the skip/jump. It is certainly cheaper to buy a new record.

My wife will use the system but she stays way clear of the turntable even though I have tried to teach her how to use it. Good female instinct. Now I'm going to be banned from twitter. 

@mijostyn 

Hi.  Glad we agree on something!

We called it 'jump' in English English.

Reference the triple jump in athletics, in early days this was known as 'hop skip and jump'.  The skip and the jump were pretty similar.

There's nothing worse than dropping a mint copy of an album onto the floor as it hits something on the way down.  You can attempt to clean it up; but usually it will never sound the same.  Just go on Ebay and purchase a new sealed album, many are available.  Or, you can go to Discogs and purchase a nice used one.  Good luck!