<div dir="ltr">I've also had good luck with the small buffing wheel on a cordless dremel. Small, low power, convenient. I haven't tried compound though.<div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 8:57 PM, grarpamp <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:grarpamp@gmail.com" target="_blank">grarpamp@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">> Am 04.12.2014 um 00:11 schrieb <a href="mailto:xiphmont@xiph.org">xiphmont@xiph.org</a>:<br>
</span><span class="">>> You can in fact often buff out scratches from the play surface.<br>
>> Polish from hub to rim. Plastic 'scratch-removal' fluids and a cotton<br>
>> cloth work pretty well.<br>
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</span>This works to remove typical fine grained haze and<br>
surface scratches. It's the car wax approach, literally.<br>
<span class=""><br>
>> There's also a product called a 'CD Doctor' that's a little automated<br>
>> buffing machine that does the same. It actually works.<br>
<br>
</span>It's called a "skipdr / skip doctor", one current manufacturer is here...<br>
<a href="http://www.digitalinnovations.com/product-category/skipdr-disc-repair/" target="_blank">http://www.digitalinnovations.com/product-category/skipdr-disc-repair/</a><br>
They're on Amazon.<br>
<br>
They're useful for similar levels of damage. And provide a more<br>
consistant operation/environment than a newbie human would be<br>
at polishing anything.<br>
<br>
But when you need to burn out real scratches or get down into the<br>
polycarb past some manufacturing defect like bubbles, inclusions,<br>
or lensing, you need a real buffing wheel and some practiced skill.<br>
In good hands, a simple cotton wheel and a bit of plastic polish<br>
will handle anything from trivial haze to severe issues.<br>
<a href="http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result?q=buffing" target="_blank">http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result?q=buffing</a><br>
<br>
The operating words are "compounding / polishing / buffing". A disc<br>
is exactly like clearcoat on a car, only thicker. Approach the small<br>
or large problem area. And the more wrecked it is, the more aggressive<br>
initial grit correction and more polishing grades and finishing steps<br>
you need to apply to fix it.<br>
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