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Title: Scratched CDs
Post by: Pooh21 on May 27, 2003, 12:35:52 PM

Trying to reinstall on old game I have but theres a buncha little scratches, and a 1 in. medium scratch, on the CD.  Is there anyway to fix these?

Title: Scratched CDs
Post by: Mini D on May 27, 2003, 12:58:19 PM

Buff them out... if not... you're screwed.

MiniD

Title: Scratched CDs
Post by: Furious on May 27, 2003, 01:06:08 PM

Most electronic game stores like E.B. and such sell a little gadget that will buff out the scratches.  DataDoctor I think its called.

Title: Scratched CDs
Post by: Pooh21 on May 27, 2003, 01:08:19 PM

Thanks for the quick replys, Ill try that.

Title: Scratched CDs
Post by: Pfunk on May 27, 2003, 01:12:49 PM

Use Pledge furniture polish

Title: Scratched CDs
Post by: JBA on May 27, 2003, 04:10:05 PM

If the back surface "paper" is scratched your srewed.
The non "paper side" is not where the info is burned.
the laser passes through this surface and incodes the info on the thin film between the paper and the clear plastic. IMO

Title: Scratched CDs
Post by: Skuzzy on May 27, 2003, 04:22:23 PM

The recording medium is completely encased in polycarbonate JBA.

The difference between the two sides is the finish of the metallic recording surface and the thickness of the poly covering.  The label side of a CD has a thicker poly coating for stability.

Title: Scratched CDs
Post by: Defiance on May 27, 2003, 04:32:23 PM

Hiya's,
If still no joy try toothpaste ;)

(smooth kind not bio etc type) (colgate orig etc works for me)

Title: Scratched CDs
Post by: Tarmac on May 27, 2003, 05:19:49 PM

Bought one of those 3M (i think it's 3M at least) scratch remover kits, the ones with 2 bottles (a polish and a putty of some kind).  Have tried it on numerous CDs, has never fixed one of them, whether a single large scratch or lots of small ones.  Waste of 15 bucks in my book.  

If you really want it fixed, I'd try one of those spinny polishy buff machines.  More expensive, but the cheap solution doesn't work in my experience.

Title: Scratched CDs
Post by: capt. apathy on May 27, 2003, 06:33:29 PM

I've never had any luck with the cd repair kits.  pledge furniture wax works sometimes and requires little or no effort.  just spray it on and let it sit for a bit then rub off the excess.

if that doesn't work get some polishing compound and rub it out.

  thats worked everytime that I've tried it (3 or 4 times, most cd's aren't worth the effort).

Title: Scratched CDs
Post by: Ripsnort on May 28, 2003, 08:42:19 AM

This may sound strange, but I use Machine polish thats used for automobiles.  #1 Machine polish is gritty, and #3 is fine. If the CD is really bad, I begin with Machine Polish #1 in one of those cheap circular thingies that clean CD's.  Then I work up to Machine Polish #3. Works great!

Title: Scratched CDs
Post by: Baine on May 29, 2003, 09:41:26 AM

I've always had lots of luck with toothpaste, which I read somewhere is a very mild abrasive. I use it on CDs I get for my kids from the library, which invariably look like some cat used them as a toy. A good session with some Colgate usually works wonders

Title: Scratched CDs
Post by: capt. apathy on May 29, 2003, 10:04:26 AM

toothpaste is an excellent polish (though not as good as polishing compound which doesn't have the sugar, flavor, and fluoride. But toothpaste is cheaper if you only need a little bit).  we used to use it to polish the aluminum on engines, and they shined almost as well as chrome (as I recall 'pepsodent' was the best for aluminum polish)