Brasso Rules!

I had an old worn video disc - you know the kind with all sorts of
nasty-looking scratches at random as though people played Frisbee with
their dog - and it would not succumb to a successful backup operation.

I retired several times but all I got was read errors towards the end
of a disc that was dual layer with 8 GB. I tried a couple different
programs to create the ISO extraction but they all failed.

Then I remembered one of the posters (Kony) had mentioned Brasso. I
have a can handy near my desk because I use it to polish the brass
bolsters on my switchblade collection.

I thought it was in jest, but since I had nothing to lose I tried it.
I rubbed firmly but gently, and the surface cleaned up pretty nicely -
no more large surface scratches.

Then I submitted it to a backup operation again and it succeeded on
the very first try - as though the disc were almost new.

Brasso Rules!


--

Greatest Movie Line Ever
http://home.houston.rr.com/rkba/MovieLine.wmv

"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within
limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add
'within the limits of the law,' because law is often but the tyrant's
will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual."
-- Thomas Jefferson

Smells great too *sniff*

Si


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taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae.The rset can be a total
mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.Tihs is bcuseae the huamn
mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

"Bob" <spam@uce.gov> wrote in message
news:43221143.20585312@news-server.houston.rr.com...
>I had an old worn video disc - you know the kind with all sorts of
> nasty-looking scratches at random as though people played Frisbee with
> their dog - and it would not succumb to a successful backup operation.
>
> I retired several times but all I got was read errors towards the end
> of a disc that was dual layer with 8 GB. I tried a couple different
> programs to create the ISO extraction but they all failed.
>
> Then I remembered one of the posters (Kony) had mentioned Brasso. I
> have a can handy near my desk because I use it to polish the brass
> bolsters on my switchblade collection.
>
> I thought it was in jest, but since I had nothing to lose I tried it.
> I rubbed firmly but gently, and the surface cleaned up pretty nicely -
> no more large surface scratches.
>
> Then I submitted it to a backup operation again and it succeeded on
> the very first try - as though the disc were almost new.
>
> Brasso Rules!
>
>
> --
>
> Greatest Movie Line Ever
> http://home.houston.rr.com/rkba/MovieLine.wmv
>
> "Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within
> limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add
> 'within the limits of the law,' because law is often but the tyrant's
> will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual."
> -- Thomas Jefferson

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:08:40 +0100, "Si" <si@munirs.freeserve.co.uk>
wrote:

>Smells great too *sniff*

I do not care for the smell. But it works so I am willing to put up
with it.


--

Greatest Movie Line Ever
http://home.houston.rr.com/rkba/MovieLine.wmv

"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within
limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add
'within the limits of the law,' because law is often but the tyrant's
will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual."
-- Thomas Jefferson

God I remember having to get used to the smell of Brasso for shining my belt
buckle, it grows on you though :) The shoe polish always got me much worse
than Brasso ever did though.

"Bob" <spam@uce.gov> wrote in message
news:43222ee9.28174906@news-server.houston.rr.com...
> On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:08:40 +0100, "Si" <si@munirs.freeserve.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>>Smells great too *sniff*
>
> I do not care for the smell. But it works so I am willing to put up
> with it.
>
>
> --
>
> Greatest Movie Line Ever
> http://home.houston.rr.com/rkba/MovieLine.wmv
>
> "Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within
> limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add
> 'within the limits of the law,' because law is often but the tyrant's
> will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual."
> -- Thomas Jefferson

"Smith" <rangerxlt92@cox.net> wrote in message
news:pvrUe.3690$nq.2556@lakeread05...
> God I remember having to get used to the smell of Brasso for shining my
> belt buckle, it grows on you though :) The shoe polish always got me much
> worse than Brasso ever did though.
>

Humm... wonder if a "Blitz Cloth" would work? And what
is the name of that cotton like stuff that came in a can?

Ex-SFC Ken Maltby

On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 22:23:13 -0400, "Smith" <rangerxlt92@cox.net>
wrote:

>God I remember having to get used to the smell of Brasso for shining my belt
>buckle,

That's what you get for sniffing your belt buckle.

> it grows on you though :)

So does ringworm.

> The shoe polish always got me much worse
>than Brasso ever did though.

That's what you get for sniffing your shoes.


--

Greatest Movie Line Ever
http://home.houston.rr.com/rkba/MovieLine.wmv

"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within
limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add
'within the limits of the law,' because law is often but the tyrant's
will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual."
-- Thomas Jefferson

"Bob" <spam@uce.gov> wrote in message
news:43221143.20585312@news-server.houston.rr.com...
>I had an old worn video disc - you know the kind with all sorts of
> nasty-looking scratches at random as though people played Frisbee with
> their dog - and it would not succumb to a successful backup operation.
>
> I retired several times but all I got was read errors towards the end
> of a disc that was dual layer with 8 GB. I tried a couple different
> programs to create the ISO extraction but they all failed.
>
> Then I remembered one of the posters (Kony) had mentioned Brasso. I
> have a can handy near my desk because I use it to polish the brass
> bolsters on my switchblade collection.
>
> I thought it was in jest, but since I had nothing to lose I tried it.
> I rubbed firmly but gently, and the surface cleaned up pretty nicely -
> no more large surface scratches.
>
> Then I submitted it to a backup operation again and it succeeded on
> the very first try - as though the disc were almost new.
>
> Brasso Rules!

I'll have to get some Brasso - Ive been trying toothpaste with some success
(its mildly abrasive) but I have a couple of really old CDs Im having
trouble with.
Thanks for the tip Bob n Kony.

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:55:31 GMT, spam@uce.gov (Bob) wrote:

>On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:08:40 +0100, "Si" <si@munirs.freeserve.co.uk>
>wrote:
>
>>Smells great too *sniff*
>
>I do not care for the smell. But it works so I am willing to put up
>with it.


.... sometimes less is more... a little brasso goes a long
long way if you keep the rag damp. Unlike with metal
polishing, it doesn't matter much if the ammonia in it
evaporates before you're done polishing so long as it stays
in a semi-fluid suspension instead of hazing up..

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 11:32:00 GMT, kony <spam@spam.com> wrote:

>... sometimes less is more... a little brasso goes a long
>long way if you keep the rag damp. Unlike with metal
>polishing, it doesn't matter much if the ammonia in it
>evaporates before you're done polishing so long as it stays
>in a semi-fluid suspension instead of hazing up..

I recommend the first-time user to check the disc often to make sure
not to overpolish it. As you say, a little goes a long way and that
includes the amount of rubbing.

Since I have experience with Brasso on brass parts, I know how much is
needed so I did not overpolish. But the first-time user could get
caught in a reverie and bore half way thru the plastic before he
notices.


--

Greatest Movie Line Ever
http://home.houston.rr.com/rkba/MovieLine.wmv

"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within
limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add
'within the limits of the law,' because law is often but the tyrant's
will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual."
-- Thomas Jefferson