Would this fix a scratched CD?

It depends on whether the scratches are just on the surface, where the stuff might help, or deep enough to destroy the pits that represent the "ones" and "zeros". Of course, the error correcting encoding of the redbook CD will "fix" quite long disruptions of the digital data stream.

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Why is it that I never experience a CD that skips? Exceptions are...

All CDs began to skip on my ten year old Mission CDP. I gave the CDP a decent burial.

I have have had a CD skip in my car when I hit a really bad bump in the road.

When CDs were first invented I had several with obvious defects when brand new. I returned them.

I have faith in the error correcting encoding of the digital data on the CD, so I NEVER clean them. I suspect that excessive cleaning may be a problem.

My present disc player is a Denon 2900 (Underwood Mod). I also have a Pioneer DV-45A, which presently plays mostly DVDV discs, and it also performs flawlessly. A Rotel CDP that I used in between the Mission and the Denon never had a problem.

Maybe I'm just lucky.
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