Scratched CD fixes?

by **:UnclSxyPants:** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:37 pm

ive heard a lot of crazy ideas about how to repair, or a least somewhat repair damaged cds, ive heard that if you rub a white eraser on them it will fix them, putting them in the freezer, and spreading mayonaise on them and then wiping it off. i wanna know if you guys have any ideas or what kinds of rumours youve heard.

by **Chacal** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 12:17 am

I've seen some kits for sale, no idea if they work. Basically there was a circular plastic liner that you sticked on the CD.

by **SkiloDog2000** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 12:21 am

tooth paste
try witch hazel

by **Sabres** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 12:25 am

I have this thing called GameDR. You put the cd on the wheel thing and turn it and it rubs it down. Then you buff it up and it is good to go. It works really good I must say.

by **Evan** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 12:51 am

The bottom of a CD is not as important to take care of as the top (label side) is.

If you scratch the label on most CD's you're ruining the data in them thus rendering them completely useless.

by **SkiloDog2000** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 4:54 am

are you serious, what does the label side have to do with reading the cd

by **JimmyTango** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 9:17 am

Originally posted by SkiloDog2000
tooth paste
try witch hazel

Works, this is the one I use. The crystals in the toothpaste reflect the lazer through the scratch. Fixed my NFL football game for Dreamcast with this method.

by **Sabres** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 11:34 am

Seriously Jimmy?

by **JimmyTango** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 11:57 am

That is what I was told was the reason for it working.

Take some toothpaste and smear it over the scratch. Then smooth it out so the toothpaste is no longer on the actual disk, just in the scratch.

When I had my Dreamcast, the NFL2K game by Sega(best damn football game, ever), there was a large scratch on it. It must have been a sound file(or somethign similar) that the laser could not read, as every game, 2 minutes into it, frooze. A buddy recommended the toothpaste method, told me it was the 'crystals that reflect the light through the scratch.'

Don't know if that is why it works, but it sure did work!

by **Sabres** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 12:12 pm

hmmmm... pretty cool. I'll have to try it on some old cd's.

by **Evan** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 12:42 pm

Originally posted by SkiloDog2000
are you serious, what does the label side have to do with reading the cd

The label side is the side containing the actual data. Take an old CD that you want to ruin, scratch the label. Flip the disc over. Look what you just did.

by **Chacal** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 12:47 pm

It's because the reflective layer is just under the label.

by **SkiloDog2000** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 1:36 pm

i can see how that would work. so if you remove the label is the cd clear?

by **Evan** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 1:41 pm

Originally posted by SkiloDog2000
i can see how that would work. so if you remove the label is the cd clear?

And it won't work.

by **Weasel Meat** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 2:13 pm

Originally posted by Evan
The label side is the side containing the actual data.

On a CD-R the data is actually stored in the plastic. When you write to a disc the laser changes the transparency of a die which lets light reflect off the foil backing.

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