Remove CD scratches

[Des]

Hi. I have heard that there a chemical repair kits to remove scratches
from CDs and DVDs. Does anyone know where to get one from. I do
remember all thouse adverts on TV. Only wish I had made a note of
them.

Desmond.

 

[Bill McClain]

Hi. I have heard that there a chemical repair kits to remove scratches
from CDs and DVDs. Does anyone know where to get one from. I do
remember all thouse adverts on TV. Only wish I had made a note of
them.

I use a "Xinix" motorized unit from cyberguys.com. It's about $30 and cheaply
built but I've cleaned up a lot of scratched DVDs with it.

It uses rubber buffers and liquid abraisive.

-Bill

 

[Flim Flam Man]

I use liquid automobile polishing compound. Turtle Wax makes a good one.
It's
at least as effective as those expensive specialty products.

Larc

Regular white toothpaste is supposed to work too. I tired it once on a CD
that always got a CRC error at 80% of the install and it didn't work for me.
The game used to install fine and then one day years later I decide to
re-install it and it has gone defective even though it was never touched all
these years.

 

[Man-wai Chang ToDie (+MS=V32B)]

Regular white toothpaste is supposed to work too. I tired it once on a

CD that always got a CRC error at 80% of the install and it didn't work
for me. The game used to install fine and then one day years later I
decide to re-install it and it has gone defective even though it was
never touched all these years.

toothpaste is NOT transparent!!!

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[Flim Flam Man]

toothpaste is NOT transparent!!!

Well, some people say it works anyway. I've given the CD to a friend with
one of those CD repair kits and he is going to see if it fixes it or not. I
never even played that game past the first couple of levels either so it's a
bummer.

 

[Mike Painter]

Well, some people say it works anyway. I've given the CD to a friend
with one of those CD repair kits and he is going to see if it fixes
it or not. I never even played that game past the first couple of
levels either so it's a bummer.

Some/most toothpaste contains diatomaceous earth which is a *very* mild
abrasive and while tootpaste is not transparent, it does wash off.

I'm not sure what the index of refraction is on a CD but if close to glass
there is a last ditch UNTRIED method that might work.
The material they use in the kits that fix bullseyes on car windshields
would be worth a shot.

 

[Nil]

Regular white toothpaste is supposed to work too.

That's always what I try first, and it usually does the trick.
Toothpaste is mildly abrasive, and I use it as a buffing compound,
rubbing radially over the scratch with a cotton rag. Then I wash the
disk in warm water and try playing it again. If it works, I make a copy
real quick!