Disc repair

[Mrvile]

Let's say I have some CD's or whatever and they're pretty scratched up but I want to preserve them. I know there are a lot of disc repair kits out there but I'm kind of skeptical if they actually work or not. Does anyone have any comments about these things? I'm also looking to repair some mini-discs (like the Gamecube discs and such). Thanks.

 

[imported_goku]

GL, most repair kits I've encountered while didn't really cause more damage, the readability improved BARELY.

 

[sdifox]

They work fairy well, they are not really repairing, it is polishing. Some very find abrasive is in the paste and you are really resurfacing the disc, so you sand away a little plastic to make the scratch disappear. Of course it depends on how deep the scratch is.

 

[Ika]

It worked. I just polished my Baldur's Gate CD earlier today with toothpaste and it worked fine. Before I couldn't rip past 78%, it would error like mad. After toothpaste treatment, it went fine.

Funny you should ask this question, too... very coincidental.

http://www.wikihow.com/Fix-a-Scratched-CD

Basically, you take a cloth, dab a blob of toothpaste on it, then cover the CD with it, lightly rubbing the toothpaste into the bottom of the CD. It should turn out fine, though for me it left a lot of little tiny scratches (kinda like fingernail scratches). It didn't have any effect on readability, though.

 

[MX2]

The one I have that you plug into AC has been amazing for me. I have had it for probably 5 years now and it has fixed every single disc I have come across that needed it.

 

[ActuaryTm]

TurtleWax White Polishing Compound FTW.

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: Aflac
It worked. I just polished my Baldur's Gate CD earlier today with toothpaste and it worked fine. Before I couldn't rip past 78%, it would error like mad. After toothpaste treatment, it went fine.

Funny you should ask this question, too... very coincidental.

http://www.wikihow.com/Fix-a-Scratched-CD

Basically, you take a cloth, dab a blob of toothpaste on it, then cover the CD with it, lightly rubbing the toothpaste into the bottom of the CD. It should turn out fine, though for me it left a lot of little tiny scratches (kinda like fingernail scratches). It didn't have any effect on readability, though.

Hmm, that method seems rather crude, but I'll try it before I buy an actual machine.

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: MX2times
The one I have that you plug into AC has been amazing for me. I have had it for probably 5 years now and it has fixed every single disc I have come across that needed it.

What model do you have?

 

[MX2]

Originally posted by: Mrvile

Originally posted by: MX2times
The one I have that you plug into AC has been amazing for me. I have had it for probably 5 years now and it has fixed every single disc I have come across that needed it.

What model do you have?

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Mine is the older model, but the same thing

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

Maybe your problem isn't that the disc is scratched, but that you haven't rewound it.

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: MX2times
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Mine is the older model, but the same thing

Stylish black-and-yellow color evokes other quality power tools

Literally fell out of my chair laughing at that.

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: MX2times

Originally posted by: Mrvile

Originally posted by: MX2times
The one I have that you plug into AC has been amazing for me. I have had it for probably 5 years now and it has fixed every single disc I have come across that needed it.

What model do you have?

Text

Mine is the older model, but the same thing

Hmm, apparently what that machine does is just buff out scratches in CDs mechanically. I'll give it a manual shot before I resort to one of those.

 

[skull]

Don't use whitening toothpaste thats why aflac got lots of tiny scratches.

 

[fatpat268]

Eh, what those skip/gamedoctor things do is just basically wetsand the disks, and then you buff it out.

I have a old gamedoctor with a hand crank, and it has you spraying water, and basically this wheel sands the disc down. It'd be much cheaper if you buy automotive grade sandpaper (1500-2000grit) and sand with a lot of water.

 

[Captante]

It depends on how badly the disk is scratched ... minor surface scratchs will buff out with a couple quick passes, but a deeply gouged surface still means a ruined CD/DVD.

I got mine for $5.99 off a clearance table at Comp-USA & it was worth it for that price, but for the regular price of $29 its a total rip-off.

 

[DainBramaged]

Just fixed the American History X dvd that my fvcking brother fvcked up last night. Pissed me off so much but at least it now works.

 

[CellarDoor]

I used white toothpaste on a cd that wouldn't read and it worked afterwards.