Millie, if you live in cold country, try leaving it outside to freeze, then stick it in a sturdy paper grocery bag & whacking it with a hammer. This is not the voice of experience with CDs, but I accidentally ran over a plastic Rubbermaid stool when it was frozen (not much below 32F) & it shattered beautifully! 'Pup

So I tried a no-name (read: cheapest on the shelf) auto buffing/polishing compound, and it certainly seemed to help . . . a lot. I may do another couple of rounds, though, to see how shiny I can get it. I'm trying not to spend too much on this b/c they're turning into Stone Soup projects. My frog isn't so bad b/c I already had the craft paints/brushes on had. But I spent $5 on pennies and waaaay too much on glue for the penny ball. Then there's the spray polyurethane I purchased to coat the penny ball & the froggy ball. And all that is on top of the cost of the bowls themselves. I'll post an after photo when I'm done.

That's a great idea for a bowling ball. That's what I'm going to do with mine right after it gets done' holding open the hole I dug but never planted anything in. LOL At least ya'll got snow...we were hoping for snow down here in Spring Branch. Not even a freeze this year for more than a couple hours. And, today at the end of April, record cold...whats up with that?

are you hoping for different answers in different forums ... i either dreamed i answered this.. or i did in fact do so elsewhere.. but i cant find it in the conifer forum ... try linking up all your posts.. and give us some answers to the questions i asked elsewhere .. ken