CD Scratch Art

On this instructable I will show you how to turn old CDs into pieces of art.
WARNING: This instructable will make it so that your CD will no longer work, so only use CDs you don't want.

Step 1 Ingredients

Old CDs
Tape
Sharpies or Paint
Needle, Tack and/or X-acto knife

Comments

[Partex]

I don't get it! So you scratch on the non-shiny side and you see it on the shiny side?

[ac1D]

The "shinny side" is the art side, the plastic is only there to protect this data "film".

[Earendilgrey]

The "non-shiny" side is actually the shiny side.  A CD isclear and all the info is printed on one side and then covered by the CD art/label.

[animan1]

take a cd and hold it flat on your hand now look verry closly and you can see thruough

[Bright Shadow]

Well, you're scratching the shiny film off.

[MarkerMan1]

Nice instrucable

[TheEvilRobot]

When You Say Backwards, Do you mean like a mirror image? For example, would I have to write the word "hello" like i would see it in a mirror?

[alex-sharetskiy]

yep

[caitlinsdad]

So, is creating CD plastic dust toxic? Is it charged like styrofoam particles and stick all over the place?

[garrett10]

Its just plastic.

[h2oboy]

the scratching dosent realy make a dust or anything like a fine powder

[h2oboy]

Its more like glitter.

[PKM]

I believe the plastic is polycarbonate and the foil on the back is aluminium coated in lacquer. The polycarbonate is probably non-toxic, though I wouldn't breathe it in because I don't like having itchy lungs, and would advise the same for the aluminium. It has "been linked" to Alzheimer's disease, take that as you will. I can't comment on the styrofoam-like properties of polycarbonate dust, but sod's law says it will be. tl;rd- maybe do this outside but it's probably not going to kill you.

[mechaninja]

Strange thing (kind of off-topic), many vaccines have aluminum and\or in them, such as tetanus shots. Most doctors will say that in small amounts, these chemicals won't harm you, but if a mercury thermometer breaks in a public building, the floor or area is sectioned off and a professional hazardous cleanup specialist is brought in to "neutralize the threat."

[sharlston]

i did this when i was 6 i got the spindle of cd's then where the top of the spindle goes on there are little holes then i put a paperclip there like a turntable it was well cool

[Marble of Doom]

Really cool!