I don't know why this video doesn't have more likes! I just fixed 5 of my cd's that my CD player wouldn't even read. They all had pretty deep scratches. I used wet/dry 1500 grit, then wet/dry 2000 grit, then I followed up with wet/dry 3000 grit, and finished it off with rubbing compound. 3 of them worked right away, no skips! The other 2 still had some skips so I repeated the process with 2000 and 3000 grit and they work perfectly! Thank you so much for posting this video!! @BeatTheBush
Cool. And thanks. I just ignore all the idiotic comments and was happy to see yours. I believed him, but reading your experience affirms I will be trying this. Do you think it's better to just go to the sand paper for more damaged disc ?
@@carlo_cali you need to see if your disc is able to repair first. If you sand and buff for too long and still see deep scratches then that will not work. And if your disc has scratches on the label side, you already damaged the data and it won’t work because the label side is actually susceptible to being damaged.
To anyone who isn't aware, this the same process used to polish and remove scratches from anything. It's the same process used to get scratches out of your car's paint. You wet sand with very fine grit paper, follow up with a compound, then a polish, then a wax. It's the same process to restore cloudy headlights. You can even buy "headlight restoration kits" and it contains 4 small pieces of very fine sandpaper to wet sand with, and some rubbing compound. This is how you remove scratches regardless of what you are removing scratches from. The reason it works is because you are smoothing out the scratches with the very find sand paper and following up with a compound that will polish those new, very fine scratches out completely. It works, trust me.
Thanks for the explanation as a lot of people thinks this is a joke. Anyway, you know what this will not work on? Stuff that you cannot sand and smooth out with sandpaper. Like rubber textured coatings.
Those of you that keep on asking for proof. I made a new video destroying the disk and then fixing it with this method on camera here: ruclips.net/video/Tpcd-5fd9nY/видео.html
I do something similar for my car windows. I got really annoyed when I looked through and the sun glare showed all these tiny scratches all over it. Clean window, mix with pumice soap and wax, about 1-3 ratio pumice to wax. use a buffer and done. What you did is similar but damn near spot on what body mechanics do on cars when painting.
Just a note about a few things to think about. A) The disc has to be as clear of scratches only enough for the laser to deflect from the cd uninterrupted or it cannot read the data. That means that wax is unlikely to be effective in the long run as the disc heats up. Some high performance drives such as blue-ray are more likely to read a disc than older dvd players. B) Flatness of the disc is a factor in laser deflection, so sanding the disc by hand can cause an unevenness which will result in poor laser deflection. Using a mechanical means such as a buffer wheel is slightly better, but even then the disc may become concave and not be read. C) Some polishing compounds are for other materials. I find that the ones that work best are for automotive paint. Compounds meant for metal or acrylics may embed themselves into the disc destroying it forever even with a professional resurfacing. D) Quality of the disc is of high importance (not just the data, the physical disc). This means that you should inspect the center for cracks or separation, chips or cracks at the edge and the scrutinize the label by holding it up to the light and looking from the non-labeled side to see any holes that light may pass though. If you can see even a small scratch or pin hole of light, this is sufficient to kill a disc (however, I have seen some small amount of scratches make little impact on a game, and only a pinhole ruin an entire song...you take your chances). I can successfully resurface 60/100 by hand. Using a consumer machine, I can successfully resurface 95/100. I suggest using the least invasive methods by hand and invest in a machine. A good machine might mean dropping a $100, but I highly recommend it if you need to resurface 20 or more discs that are important for you (that means maybe you have some family album or special edition dvd that is hard to find). I would not try to resurface heavily scratched dvds or cds by hand, it is time consuming and almost never fully works. Some fails: I once used alcohol as a cleaning agent when resurfacing a disc. It wiped the label (and data) completely off the disc. I use a green pad on a disc to remove scratches because I thought it was less abrasive than 2500 sand paper. I was wrong. I tried resurfacing a Blue-ray disc on a machine. I mistakenly used the sanding function. Keyword: "mistakenly" Experiences with slightly cracks or chipped discs: They like to explode in disc drives Discs that have been professionally resurfaced two or more times will not polish by hand may be too thin to polish even with a machine.
Thank you for a LOT of good, free advice. I just discovered that I purchased some very high dollar PS2 games (yard sale) with a lot of small scratches, I think I will purchase the machine after reading your comment.
@@medmuscle, sure. I've made some very large lot purchases on eBay and I've only resurfaced about a third of them. But I can tell you that the PS2 games I've saved were: Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Champions of Norrath, Xenosaga, Shadow of the Colossus, Burnout 3: Takedown, Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Jak II and SSX3. I was not able to save Bully, Psychonauts, or Final Fantasy X (yet). I'm working on building another polisher that is more accurate as I've since outgrown the one I bought. I made a prototype that polished some of the above games that were previously not loading 100% of the time and now they are. I've also saved a number of movies: Anniversary Collector's Edition Jaws, Tremors 1,2,3,4, Earth2 TV series, Hellboy, Lord of the Rings 1,3 and Star Trek on Bluray which just needed a slight cleanup as it would get stuck at the scene where his Kirk's dad died but now its working great. I was also able to repair 21 PS1 discs, 16 Xbox discs and 11 Xbox360 discs. I will say that Xbox360 discs are the hardest to polish for some reason. They seem to take a minimum of three passes in the machine even if they are not that bad. I fixed PS2 discs (Jak II and Shadow of the Colossus) which were significantly worse than any of the 360 discs with less effort. There is hope my friend and don't throw away a disc if it doesn't read or work on your first try. As you get better at using the machine, you will find that you can fix games, cds or movies you previously couldn't. Good luck!
You mentioned alcohol ruining a disc, that's interesting since I used to buy special cleaning kits for cd's and I think the liquid that came with it was nothing more than alcohol. Definitely had that smell! Maybe the alcohol you used was too high percentage? Above 70% will most likely damage plastic, maybe even a lower percentage will.
@@HA-cm3kg Yes, I had that same experience; hence, that is why I thought alcohol would be a great "go to" chemical for cleaning. I tried 50/70/90 and all types gave the same disappointing results. There must be a catalyst of some kind with the other solutions that contain alcohol but I haven't been able to figure out what it is. It's possible that it is some other chemical entirely that smells like alcohol which I just don't know about.
0:56 - What you are talking about is specifically for CD's. DVD's have an extra layer of plastic between the label and the data layer. Still good to be careful regardless, if for no other reason than to just not scratch the label itself in the case of DVD's. Oh, and thanks for this. I have some really badly scratched DVD's from garage sales and I've been trying to find a good method for buffing them. Going to see about getting some of the necessary materials when I go to the store next.
Very informative video and so helpful!! Your voice was clear, the view & lighting were excellent - overall an A+ job with easy-to-follow & concise directions. Thank you for helping me fix a scratched DVD and save our movie night, which was turning out to be a disaster! You rock!!
Honestly I wasn't sure to actually try the sand paper and using the buffing compound, but I thought it was worth the shot to fix a PS1 game that I love but was too scratched up from my mistreatment of the disk as a kid. I used a "sacrifice" ps1 game that was in an even worse condition. I used all the same products that was used in the video and it didn't work the first time. I tried it again on the same cd cause I might as well and the game works. I tried this on the other game cd that used to crash all the time and I worked for that game as well. Thanks man now I can go and actually finish breath of fire 4 :)
There had been a lot of skepticism on this and I really have no idea why. It just makes sense to me that's why I did it in the first place. Oh well, glad you actually tried it and didn't just say I'm lying and run. Lol.
This guy did a GREAT JOB! I appreciate him explaining where the data ACTUALLY IS. It made me realize that I don't have to be so afraid of a scratch! That was interesting to find out! (Maybe I'm behind the times, but I did not know that the data is on the silver back of the front label...)
I would try the rubbing compound by itself first before using the sand paper because it has microscopic grains in it to cut through the imperfections on its own. You only need to wet sand if the scratches are too deep for the compound to remove alone. Like another commenter said on here this the exact same process you use to remove scratches from paint, repair headlights and other glass and basically anything that can be polished.
Can't say I 've tried this method -- I will today, though -- but it seems logical. This is the same way I've fixed scratches in glass, headlights and paint over the years. Makes sense. I just wasn't sure it would work on a disc. Thanks tons for the thorough video! I wish you would have shown you playing the disc at the end :).
+BeatTheBush it's OK if you don't have proof I believe it works, but there's some people who will say "this all fake he does this to make people think it works blablabla." and I was just trying to concern you about that. Overall I think You did better than most could even do in their dreams but that was just something I had to put out because I couldn't handle it. Cheers!😃
Yep, there are more than a few that asks for proof of before and after. I agree it'll make it better so I'll be doing this soon. To me, when you see something done, it just make sense and no proof needed. But to some, sanding it makes more scratches so it seems more like a joke.
I like that he gives information about the direction of scratches and how it affects the disc and I like the information about being careful about the flip side, I was not aware. Although he does not show proof he does explain how it did not work and that it does work now.
THIS WORKS!! I wet sanded with 2000 grit in a circular motion like you said for about 4 rotations then I used 100 pound cardstock paper and wet sanded with that for 4 rotations. I didn't have any rubbing compound so I used toothpaste (not the same) The disc came out a little cloudy but it DOES work!! DON'T BE AFRAID TO TRY THIS. Thank you Beat The Bush
Did Exactly as said in the video and took my disc for Xbox one that hadn't worked no matter what for 6+ months and now boom it's working!!!! Thanks man :)
I almost bought a new set of P90x video, but after watching the video,. Windex, Waxing, Buffing all perfect. Thanks for the advice. Saved me $125 . Two thumbs up
Holy crap LOL - I used a headlight shining repair kit LOL (because you mentioned that) - I started with just the 3000 grit and lightly wet sanded it until the whole bottom of the disc was nice and cloudy (while being extra careful nothing on the top of the disc got scratched or touched) - then I washed it - dried it - then applied the compount that came with the kit with a microfiber towel - and rubbed it for a while - not hard - just lightly in a circular motion on the entire bottom - adding more compound when neeeded - did this for about 8-10 minutes until I got the whole thing nice and even - that got the thing SHINY and clear! It got even more clear once I washed off the compound and used the microfiber towel to buff it (using the part of the towel that was dry and did not come in contact with the compound). I could even read the numbers on the inside part of the disc! Plopped it in - and instead of getting errors on the game install and taking forever just to load the installer - the installer instantly loaded - ZERO errors - THANK YOU!!!!! YOU RULE!!!!!!
I understand you being skeptical. So I made a video with proof here: ruclips.net/video/Tpcd-5fd9nY/видео.html Before, during, and after playing an actual disc using this repair method.
I'd try practicing this technique before you do it on something you care about. Hit a pawn shop, thrift store or garage sale and find a couple of trashed CDs there (they might sell them to you for fifty cents apiece or something; they'll probably be happy to get rid of them once they see the scratches). Doesn't matter what it is. If you like the disc, even better. When you do that, hold up both sides to a light source and make sure you don't see any little pinholes of light coming through either side. Those discs are gone; can't fix 'em. Play the CD when you get home (or put up with it) until you hear skipping. Note the time on a piece of paper. Maybe see if you can find a couple of skipping spots. Polish the disc as shown here. If you trash the disc, so what? Do another one until you get it down. By the way, some discs are too far gone to save. Just the nature of that beast.
i would definitely suggest using microfiber cloths here instead of a napkin or paper towel, or regular cloth towel. This is the exact same process for correcting paint scratches on a car. CDs aren't magic people. a light reads the data from the inner portion of the disc. the plastic is just for rigidity and protection. scratches block and bend the light, making the machine unable to read the data. if the disc is crystal clear, it should work just fine.
Yep, I do a more thorough process here with proof of it working because people keep on thinking this is fake here: ruclips.net/video/Tpcd-5fd9nY/видео.html
@@BeatTheBush dude you need to redo this video and delete it. it really makes you look like an unreliable source of information. @Evan Johnston - first thing i was thinking too, NAPKINS??? you know they are made from wood right? :shakes head:
I’ve had a reasonable amount of success restoring Scratched CDs & DVDs, One thing I would say is that when polishing Disks I polish from inside to out or vice-versa and would never go in a circular motion as I do believe that it will cause more problems!
This shit works better than toothpaste which I tried first (didn't work), but I used a cheapish brillo same method, then car wax/polish with leather cloth on laser burtnt mw2 game, and it actually worked, this guys idea is the one you just need to resurface in the best way possible. Good luck.
Some says it works wonders like yourself. Others think it's a scam. I wish people look at my other videos and see I do not make joke videos to trick people.
I just recently bought an Xbox game off of Ebay and it had a really deep circular scratch in it. So i decided to try this and the game worked :D It took me more than one try to do it so don't give up if you're going to try this! Thank you so much man
GTA V Play disc. I tried toothpaste, nothing. I tried deodorant stick, nothing. I tried polishing it first, nothing. Lastly, i tried sanding it with 2500 grit sand paper and then polishing it and YEEEEES, IT WORKED! Thank you very very much for this video!
I’ll never forget the time that I purchased a damaged DVD of To Have and Have Not. When I played it on my Mac laptop, the film just stopped by the “you know how to whistle” scene….and it went back to the menu.
Great video! May I make a suggestion? I'd wet sand the disc first (using 3 levels of grit 1500, 2000, and 2500) and then use the plastix to clear it up. Also, I find that a Microfiber cloth is great for the cleaning and polishing steps. :)
But plastix will not actually buff but just wax. It fills in the fine lines rather than micro sands it away. Yes the micro fiber cloth would work well, not sure why I left that out.
as you would conventional records you would Disc always hold disc by its edges when finished place it back in its place directly after play wipe disc from center to edge lightly never used cleaners it can get off track if done so always use a clean cloth thin one.follow these instructions disc can be heard as the day you bought it @2017
You can also put the disc in your microwave for 2mins 35secs then wipe it down to smooth the scratches out or put it in the oven for 15mins on 425 degrees then take a rubber mallet and hit the disc to bang out the scratches
IVE ONLY WATCHED A LITTLE OF THIS, ENOUGH TO KNOW YOU HAVE USED WINDEX AND SOME TYPE OF WAX. I DONT HAVE ANY WINDEX TO START IT OFF BUT IT GAVE ME AN IDEA TO JUST USE DISH WASHING DETERGENT. I RUBBED IT ON MY GAME DISC WITH A TISSUE THEN WASHING IT OFF AND DRIED THE DISK AND SO FAR JUST THAT ALONE HAS MADE A BIG IMPROVEMENT. IF IT PLAYS UP AGAIN I LL GET EITHER TOOTHPASTE OF WINDEX AND TRY THAT NEXT TIME BUT SO FAR MY GAME IS WORKING MUCH BETTER. AND I WILL GIVE YOU A LIKE. MY GAME WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE POINT WHERE IT COULD BE CLASSED AS FREEZING. THANKS.
I just fixed mine using plain old pledge, a soft t-shirt cloth in circular motions. Brought back to life the last six songs on a homemade CD for my daughter's 6th grade graduating class. She's now 29 and I thought she might like to hear music from 2007. Try simple wax furniture polish first and see if that works for you.
yes my gta 5 pc second disk cant read it but there is no way im using sand paper on it i will just take it too my local game store to get buffed properly.
Alex berlein Sure, you can do that too. This is more for a DIY way. The local game stores may have a commercial resurfacing machine which does essentially the same thing as the sanding.
+beatthebush i'm 100% sure your sanding method works as well but im just not gonna risk it on my gta v disk i would rather take it too be done properly so that if they screw up they owe me a new disk by the way i did not end you taking it to a game store i took it to my local dvd rental store and they didn't even have the commercial one they just used a sanding tool but they had replaced the thick granite disk with like a large microfiber round cloth anyway disk working now only cost me R10.00.
Alex berlein What's R10.00, what country is this? Hmm, if they used a microfiber cloth, they might not have even sanded it and just buffed it with wax or just buffed it with the rubbing compound. Well, if you're more comfortable having someone else do it for you, that's all good too. =D
its how they make cars clear coat shiny its a water sanding process. wet sanding polished and dry sanding Scratch's anyone who painted a car or anything knows this
you are a life saver because I finally got my legend of Zelda twilight princess back from Terrance yesterday and then it wouldn't play. so i'm gonna sub to u and like this vid thanx a ton XD
My dad told me about this, it sometimes works. I had a bunch of blank dvds and spongebob dvds as a baby and I didn’t take good care of them cuz I couldn’t tell what they were. They are full of scratches and I’ll try this.
I recently purchased Marvel vs Capcom 2 for the Dreamcast on eBay and the disk was insanely scratched up, the console's disk drive was unable to read the disk at all! I took it to a videogame store where they tried to resurface the disk with a machine but to no avail it did not work. I finally tried your method with skepticism but to my surprise it worked! The easy part was using the sandpaper thereafter you REALLY have to be patient with using the polishing compound to get rid of the haze. It took me almost two hours to finally get the disk to shine, and now it boots up every time I insert the game into the Dreamcast. Thanks! 👍 P.S. perhaps a rotary car polisher would be ideal to use to remove the haze from the disk.
+Nav Randhawa Awesome. Toothpaste would seem a bit opaque but I guess when it's so thin it's clear enough for the laser to go through. It's great, less discs in the trash and less land fill.
***** I never had a need to do it yet so therefore I do not have a method yet. The top layer is much thinner in blu rays so you cannot sand it and must fill it up instead.
The general advice is to polish radially, NOT in circular motions. Deeper scratches can be treated in a sort of "crosshatch" pattern, going with a shallow diagonal motion obliquely across the scratch from one direction, then the opposite. This method works on scratches in general, and that is really all you are doing on CDs - working on the most effective sequence of polishing from the medium grit to superfine grits, up to 2000 or 3000 sandpaper, and last the fine grades of rubbing compounds. Use the materials designed for such work, as the abrasives are consistent within each grade, unlike toothpaste etc. which may have many grades of abrasives that can continue to introduce new scratches. Don't skip steps, as each one works on the previous level of roughness but will take far longer to smooth two or three coarser grades of intermediate scratches.
That is not what people mean by a circular motion. When people say to not wipe a disk in a circular motion they mean a wiping around the disc in one big circular motion because that is how a disc laser reads. It runs around the disk in a circular motion. Wiping the disk in small circles like he does in the video is fine.
Chaslasher Hilliard I'd say up to about 300um because the clear layer is 600um. I know that probably doesn't help but as long as it doesn't reach the data layer and you can sand down to that level, then you can fix it. You still need to leave some material because you cannot just expose the data directly.
You can check in the video description. It's like $8 for the sand paper (I recommend to go for the higher grit of 2500+) and the rubbing compound is around $5 I think.
The cool thing is all of this is at your Wal-mart in the auto section. Everything shown can by bought for $15 - $20 and it's all good quality product. You'll have plenty left over to do paint scratch fixes and headlight restoration. Pro method all the way. Props.
Dude, I have problems with my spore galactic adventures disc. I don´t know if its a bug or something I only know that it is incredibly scratched up. I don´t want to use sandpaper. Don't want to risk it. Do you have another useful tip? Thanks :)
I tried rubbing using cooking oil to make the scratches translucent and improved my scratched disc abit. But before trying rhe disc, make sure u wipe of the oil using soft cloth or newspaper.
Worked like a charm dude!! Thank you soo much!!!!!! EXCELLENT ADVISE!!!!!!!!!!!! I can also see how this would work on foggy headlights. Thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!
Once again I will judge. Useless comment. His english is excellent, who cares about a slight accent? Why bother with this comment? You've wasted my valuable typing time defending a man's accent. If this was actually a compliment then I apologize because I misunderstood you.
the reflective layer DOES NOT contain any data the data is carried between the reflective layer and the acrylic. Although you're right aboutc part about messing up the reflective layer will indeed render the disk useless .
+BeatTheBush I'm going to refrain from trolling. But have you ever watched "how it's made", it's a thin layer but it's not in the Mylar layer it's inn the polycarbonate layer. your right about the dimples, by I never said didn't exist. Google it.l you can temporary fix a disc by taping a piece aluminum foil or a thermal blanket on it.
The Visual-anti Hmmm, I never bothered to make the distinction. I guess it's an organic layer that gets burned in a CDR. This fix you speak of may only work for stamped discs?
Hello, BeatTheBush. I'm new to your channel and I just wanted to say that I've only been watching your content for 20 minutes and it's just completely amazing! Thanks for sharing this!
and don't bring them in the car especially not in one of those books or sleeves. thats the biggest mistake people make with cd's anyway. but yeah if you take care of your discs they will last a lifetime.
Everyone always tells me that vhs's are terrible quality. But they have not broken yet. And they don't scratch like DVDs. And you can watch when ever you want to. And not be subjected to a streaming service that might not have your movie. This is why DVD/vhs stores are my friends!
VHS tapes do degrade and the resolution is low. They also have an actual footprint which takes up space. That said, I do enjoy having some local copy rather than a streaming service.
Elvis is in the house man I didn't see you play it first I saw you do everything to the desk and you didn't put it after that so I don't know if that's really good for it or not but I'll try it thank you thank you very much man sincere TCB Elvis Presley mr. yes I'm still alive
Alright Elvis, lot of people complained about using the disc before and after so I remade this video with very clear proof of a good disc that I scratched until it doesn't work. Then I repaired it until it does work with this method. The video is here: ruclips.net/video/Tpcd-5fd9nY/видео.html
Elvis is back in the house I'm alive and well man and oh yeah you work um I'm complaining about the dish that I have the scratches are so deep I don't know Atlanta to my friend and this is how it came It had a deep scratch in it and I wanted to know how to get it out or watch the video very clearly and I was watching it again and then you came back on again so I really didn't have a chance to see it again but that's okay man I'm not going to go through right now so I'll just go buy another one because even though I had scratched it all over with sandpaper and use compound to get it out I believe it might be even more screwed up than ever so this is how an older person thanks man nothing to worry about my brother but the situation is I don't want to go through the hassle of all that sincere TCB Elvis Presley I'm alive
Elvis A P Mark Dawson Ok. They say the older you are or the richer you are the less hassle you are willing to put up with. It makes sense and I understand your threshold of how much work you have to do to achieve a certain goal is different for every person. Cheers Elvis. Til next time maybe you will come across another one of my how-to vids.
How long would you have to wait for it to dry before you clean it? 1:07. I'm trying vaseline, it worked once but I didn't let it dry long enough so I am doing it again and letting it dry longer.
Vaseline is not the same as car wax because vaseline doesn't really dry very fast. I guess it is good only int he sense it may fill up the scratch and dry to stay in there. I never tried Vaseline on there so because of that, I cannot recommend it.
To make cheap automatic resurfacer: 1: find air compressor 2: get a small circular pneumatic sander rated for about 80 psi, a DA as some call it 3: get a flat wrench to take off the pad for it 4: take a nut the same size as the pad attachment point 5: stick disc on attachment point 6: screw disc to attachment point with nut 7: get your sandpaper 8: put the sandpaper on a flat surface with a hole in it (a resurfaced wood plank with a knot popped out of it maybe?) 9: poke hole in sandpaper 10: stick DA attachment point in hole to make sure the hole is large enough 11: connect air supply and tune speed to your liking 12: stick it back in and let it spin. Theoretically this will work. The sanding device in mind rotates at two different points. The attachment point is off-center from the spindle, so it rotates that way, but the attachment point itself also rotates. Because of this, it should give a very similar reault to what you get when doing the circular sanding patterns, only to a far finer degree. It also removes any grease-work needed to sand-polish it before applying plastx or whatever other plastic polisher to the disc.
+BeatTheBush I have a case full of blank dvds, as well as several scratched up game titles for PS2, wii, and PS3. I'm sure I can find plenty with scratches on them.
+BeatTheBush A written DVD with old photos that you don't have any other copies of perhaps? I'm sure I might make one or two of those in my lifetime. But for now, I have the excuse of having downloaded ISOs, burned them and lost the download, and lacking the will to wait two days just to redownload it because of my overpriced dumpster diver quality internet ($25 for 3MbPS? Ridiculous.)
I've done this basic thing before and it works although I used a few different products and perhaps a few more stages. First take the surface back with 2000 wet & dry sandpaper with water. I spent a fair bit of time sanding as the scratches were quite deep. Then I used toothpaste and water with tissues. Also spent a fair amount of time to bring the disc to the most shine I could get with toothpaste. Then I used brasso. You know that stuff that comes in a can of wadding for polishing? Did this straight with the wadding to bring it up to a shine pretty much like new. You have to use a fair amount of pressure in both the toothpaste and brasso stages for it to be effective. I do believe however that the compound product that this guy used in the video would work better than brasso and would absolutely use it if I ever needed to restore a disc again.
NO! This is a terrible idea! Windex is very bad for your disc. Too many chemicals, and it will probably lead to early disc rot. Water will also lead to early disc rot. Napkins and towels will scratch your disc. The way you sanded it, you couldn't have done it completely even(you'd need a machine for that) which means that the weight of the disc is now ever so slightly off balance. That could damage whatever game system or CD/DVD/Blu-ray player you're playing it on. The car wax is the only thing that *MIGHT* be okay. You should only use rubbing alcohol to clean your discs(as close to 100% as you can find), and wipe your discs with a micro-fiber cloth ONLY. DO NOT use napkins, towels, toilet paper, tissues, or a T-shirt. Even though they may seem soft enough not to scratch the disc, they WILL scratch it.
Since when does a disc rot from water or windex? Off balanced disc??? Just sand it evenly and you'll be okay. Hundred have tried this method successfully and reported their disc worked after. People will not buy a $100 machine to fix one disc.
No it will not rot the disk but the only thing you are right about is the uneven weight... I tried it with minecraft and it worked so I tried to fix my GTA V but I accidentally sanded it too much and it was too light so my xbox wouldn't spin it because it thought there was no disk to begin with... And now I just realized this one sentence could be split into at least 5 separate sentences. Lol
I do not know if he is correct....but disc rot is a real thing (and it is not the plastic rotting ....duh). Early laser disc and CD's are notorious for developing it (even a few early Blurays had problems). I think the concern is any moisture seeping into the sandwiched layers of the disc. Alot of disc rot was the result of imperfections in manufacturing, debris getting in between layers during assembly.
Keep in mind you should backup the disc ASAP after treatments because this was obviously effect the life span of the DVD/CD even if it works again. I have tons of blank DVD's too laying around so it's no problem to copy it and you might still too!
Well I tried it, worked wonderfully!! It worked so well, that after I buffed the disc, it broke cleanly in half, forcing me to hopefully locate, a new copy, if I can find it, at a not so exuberant price :-)
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Can we applaud this man who is still replying to comments on this video to this day?
Pretty ironic that he didn't reply to yours
Lol
I don't know why this video doesn't have more likes! I just fixed 5 of my cd's that my CD player wouldn't even read. They all had pretty deep scratches. I used wet/dry 1500 grit, then wet/dry 2000 grit, then I followed up with wet/dry 3000 grit, and finished it off with rubbing compound. 3 of them worked right away, no skips! The other 2 still had some skips so I repeated the process with 2000 and 3000 grit and they work perfectly! Thank you so much for posting this video!! @BeatTheBush
Cool. And thanks. I just ignore all the idiotic comments and was happy to see yours. I believed him, but reading your experience affirms I will be trying this. Do you think it's better to just go to the sand paper for more damaged disc ?
@@carlo_cali you need to see if your disc is able to repair first. If you sand and buff for too long and still see deep scratches then that will not work. And if your disc has scratches on the label side, you already damaged the data and it won’t work because the label side is actually susceptible to being damaged.
How hard do you press down when using the sand paper?
To anyone who isn't aware, this the same process used to polish and remove scratches from anything. It's the same process used to get scratches out of your car's paint. You wet sand with very fine grit paper, follow up with a compound, then a polish, then a wax. It's the same process to restore cloudy headlights. You can even buy "headlight restoration kits" and it contains 4 small pieces of very fine sandpaper to wet sand with, and some rubbing compound. This is how you remove scratches regardless of what you are removing scratches from.
The reason it works is because you are smoothing out the scratches with the very find sand paper and following up with a compound that will polish those new, very fine scratches out completely. It works, trust me.
Thanks for the explanation as a lot of people thinks this is a joke. Anyway, you know what this will not work on? Stuff that you cannot sand and smooth out with sandpaper. Like rubber textured coatings.
No
Dawn Estes
No, he never. Idiot. Try it.
Letitia Wilson
Yes, it does work. Don't try it if you don't like it then.
BeatTheBush It definitely doesn't work on blu-ray disks, so PS3 and 4 users and even xbox users beware
How about we thank him for trying to help. Everyone is so critical.....
That's the internet for you. =D
RedeemedIAmNOT EVEN JOKIN I’m my dogs Life it works Toothpaste Whiten Teeth
This is a very helpful video indeed. 🤗
RedeemedIAm never know if it’s fake or not
Yea
Those of you that keep on asking for proof. I made a new video destroying the disk and then fixing it with this method on camera here: ruclips.net/video/Tpcd-5fd9nY/видео.html
Is thier a method besides toothpaste for old PlayStation games
I have everything put the wax compound. What else could I use to substitute for that?
What happens if you use all of the Sandpaper on a disc that's not really scratched badly? Will it still work?
BeatTheBush mine has a hole in it its not big but its causing it not to read the disk do you know any ways to fix this?
I do something similar for my car windows. I got really annoyed when I looked through and the sun glare showed all these tiny scratches all over it. Clean window, mix with pumice soap and wax, about 1-3 ratio pumice to wax. use a buffer and done. What you did is similar but damn near spot on what body mechanics do on cars when painting.
Just a note about a few things to think about. A) The disc has to be as clear of scratches only enough for the laser to deflect from the cd uninterrupted or it cannot read the data. That means that wax is unlikely to be effective in the long run as the disc heats up. Some high performance drives such as blue-ray are more likely to read a disc than older dvd players. B) Flatness of the disc is a factor in laser deflection, so sanding the disc by hand can cause an unevenness which will result in poor laser deflection. Using a mechanical means such as a buffer wheel is slightly better, but even then the disc may become concave and not be read. C) Some polishing compounds are for other materials. I find that the ones that work best are for automotive paint. Compounds meant for metal or acrylics may embed themselves into the disc destroying it forever even with a professional resurfacing. D) Quality of the disc is of high importance (not just the data, the physical disc). This means that you should inspect the center for cracks or separation, chips or cracks at the edge and the scrutinize the label by holding it up to the light and looking from the non-labeled side to see any holes that light may pass though. If you can see even a small scratch or pin hole of light, this is sufficient to kill a disc (however, I have seen some small amount of scratches make little impact on a game, and only a pinhole ruin an entire song...you take your chances). I can successfully resurface 60/100 by hand. Using a consumer machine, I can successfully resurface 95/100. I suggest using the least invasive methods by hand and invest in a machine. A good machine might mean dropping a $100, but I highly recommend it if you need to resurface 20 or more discs that are important for you (that means maybe you have some family album or special edition dvd that is hard to find). I would not try to resurface heavily scratched dvds or cds by hand, it is time consuming and almost never fully works.
Some fails:
I once used alcohol as a cleaning agent when resurfacing a disc. It wiped the label (and data) completely off the disc.
I use a green pad on a disc to remove scratches because I thought it was less abrasive than 2500 sand paper. I was wrong.
I tried resurfacing a Blue-ray disc on a machine. I mistakenly used the sanding function. Keyword: "mistakenly"
Experiences with slightly cracks or chipped discs: They like to explode in disc drives
Discs that have been professionally resurfaced two or more times will not polish by hand may be too thin to polish even with a machine.
Thank you for a LOT of good, free advice. I just discovered that I purchased some very high dollar PS2 games (yard sale) with a lot of small scratches, I think I will purchase the machine after reading your comment.
@@joenwc What games did you find and how much did you pay? I'm just curious as it may give me a little hope, haha.
@@medmuscle, sure. I've made some very large lot purchases on eBay and I've only resurfaced about a third of them. But I can tell you that the PS2 games I've saved were: Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Champions of Norrath, Xenosaga, Shadow of the Colossus, Burnout 3: Takedown, Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Jak II and SSX3. I was not able to save Bully, Psychonauts, or Final Fantasy X (yet). I'm working on building another polisher that is more accurate as I've since outgrown the one I bought. I made a prototype that polished some of the above games that were previously not loading 100% of the time and now they are. I've also saved a number of movies: Anniversary Collector's Edition Jaws, Tremors 1,2,3,4, Earth2 TV series, Hellboy, Lord of the Rings 1,3 and Star Trek on Bluray which just needed a slight cleanup as it would get stuck at the scene where his Kirk's dad died but now its working great. I was also able to repair 21 PS1 discs, 16 Xbox discs and 11 Xbox360 discs. I will say that Xbox360 discs are the hardest to polish for some reason. They seem to take a minimum of three passes in the machine even if they are not that bad. I fixed PS2 discs (Jak II and Shadow of the Colossus) which were significantly worse than any of the 360 discs with less effort. There is hope my friend and don't throw away a disc if it doesn't read or work on your first try. As you get better at using the machine, you will find that you can fix games, cds or movies you previously couldn't. Good luck!
You mentioned alcohol ruining a disc, that's interesting since I used to buy special cleaning kits for cd's and I think the liquid that came with it was nothing more than alcohol. Definitely had that smell! Maybe the alcohol you used was too high percentage? Above 70% will most likely damage plastic, maybe even a lower percentage will.
@@HA-cm3kg Yes, I had that same experience; hence, that is why I thought alcohol would be a great "go to" chemical for cleaning. I tried 50/70/90 and all types gave the same disappointing results. There must be a catalyst of some kind with the other solutions that contain alcohol but I haven't been able to figure out what it is. It's possible that it is some other chemical entirely that smells like alcohol which I just don't know about.
0:56 - What you are talking about is specifically for CD's. DVD's have an extra layer of plastic between the label and the data layer. Still good to be careful regardless, if for no other reason than to just not scratch the label itself in the case of DVD's.
Oh, and thanks for this. I have some really badly scratched DVD's from garage sales and I've been trying to find a good method for buffing them. Going to see about getting some of the necessary materials when I go to the store next.
How to fix a disc not using toothpaste but using other things that people are more unlikely to have than toothpaste
Fine grit sandpaper and rubbing compound is more unlikely to have than toothpaste.
R3hab Ps3 Opps. Then he is correct!
that was cool
Just what I was thinking XD
Not the point. Toothpaste doesn't work which is prob why he specified.
Very informative video and so helpful!! Your voice was clear, the view & lighting were excellent - overall an A+ job with easy-to-follow & concise directions. Thank you for helping me fix a scratched DVD and save our movie night, which was turning out to be a disaster! You rock!!
Thanks! Glad you got it to work! =D
@@BeatTheBush How Do i get my discs to be clear after using rubbing compound
@@Kirbyfan_forever2022it looks like he just used some more Windex and cleaned it off.
@@nickpatterson2149 I tried that too
Honestly I wasn't sure to actually try the sand paper and using the buffing compound, but I thought it was worth the shot to fix a PS1 game that I love but was too scratched up from my mistreatment of the disk as a kid.
I used a "sacrifice" ps1 game that was in an even worse condition. I used all the same products that was used in the video and it didn't work the first time. I tried it again on the same cd cause I might as well and the game works. I tried this on the other game cd that used to crash all the time and I worked for that game as well.
Thanks man now I can go and actually finish breath of fire 4 :)
There had been a lot of skepticism on this and I really have no idea why. It just makes sense to me that's why I did it in the first place. Oh well, glad you actually tried it and didn't just say I'm lying and run. Lol.
RedPanda FoolGod did it realy work beacuse i have tons of brotgers ps1 scratched games
Omg please don't do this to these games! Just go get them resurfaced at any library for free.
+Nick Lopez
Yeah, because every single library in existence has a disk resurfacer...
@@realvivifromloona yea, every public library does actually. Don't believe me? Go ask. I bet you'll be presently surprised.
This guy did a GREAT JOB! I appreciate him explaining where the data ACTUALLY IS. It made me realize that I don't have to be so afraid of a scratch! That was interesting to find out! (Maybe I'm behind the times, but I did not know that the data is on the silver back of the front label...)
I would try the rubbing compound by itself first before using the sand paper because it has microscopic grains in it to cut through the imperfections on its own. You only need to wet sand if the scratches are too deep for the compound to remove alone. Like another commenter said on here this the exact same process you use to remove scratches from paint, repair headlights and other glass and basically anything that can be polished.
Can't say I 've tried this method -- I will today, though -- but it seems logical. This is the same way I've fixed scratches in glass, headlights and paint over the years. Makes sense. I just wasn't sure it would work on a disc. Thanks tons for the thorough video! I wish you would have shown you playing the disc at the end :).
can you show us proof that it actually worked
I don't have proof but maybe I'll redo this video soon.
+BeatTheBush it's OK if you don't have proof I believe it works, but there's some people who will say "this all fake he does this to make people think it works blablabla." and I was just trying to concern you about that. Overall I think You did better than most could even do in their dreams but that was just something I had to put out because I couldn't handle it. Cheers!😃
Yep, there are more than a few that asks for proof of before and after. I agree it'll make it better so I'll be doing this soon. To me, when you see something done, it just make sense and no proof needed. But to some, sanding it makes more scratches so it seems more like a joke.
+BeatTheBush OK thank you for the demonstrating how to fix a disk though I fixed my FIFA street!!!😃😃😃
Miguel Varelas With which level of repair? I'm most interested in sand/rubbing compound method of course. =D
Wow, just tried this and it worked. Thanks!
Some people get really mad at this video saying its fake. Oh well.
@@BeatTheBush so the disc's code is protected by the plastic surrounding it?
@@grigoriyefimovichrasputin7897 yea
@@CarlJohnson-wq3qp impressive
I like that he gives information about the direction of scratches and how it affects the disc and I like the information about being careful about the flip side, I was not aware. Although he does not show proof he does explain how it did not work and that it does work now.
Here is a video with proof since people keep on asking for it: ruclips.net/video/Tpcd-5fd9nY/видео.html
Who else thought he was scratching something off the disc in the thumbnail?
Me lol
Me
MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought he was using a ton of glitter
Me
THIS WORKS!! I wet sanded with 2000 grit in a circular motion like you said for about 4 rotations then I used 100 pound cardstock paper and wet sanded with that for 4 rotations. I didn't have any rubbing compound so I used toothpaste (not the same) The disc came out a little cloudy but it DOES work!! DON'T BE AFRAID TO TRY THIS. Thank you Beat The Bush
Did Exactly as said in the video and took my disc for Xbox one that hadn't worked no matter what for 6+ months and now boom it's working!!!! Thanks man :)
Yep. Interesting how some people are just so angry thinking this is a troll video. Sigh.
This video should give you the ultimate motivation to always handle your CDs very carefully! 👍👍👍
or not - just fix em l8r
WoW! You're the bomb and my very favorite go-to-tech guy now! Thanks BeatTheBush
You're welcome! =D
2015: HAHA NO!
2016: Definitely NOT!
2017: No, too early!
2018: ....nah
2019: PERFECT!
Did you watch this video 5 years ago???
@@BeatTheBush no but I'm saying that this is what RUclips were thinking this before putting it in my recommended section
I almost bought a new set of P90x video, but after watching the video,. Windex, Waxing, Buffing all perfect. Thanks for the advice. Saved me $125 . Two thumbs up
Lol... love how you specify the video. :D
Holy crap LOL - I used a headlight shining repair kit LOL (because you mentioned that) - I started with just the 3000 grit and lightly wet sanded it until the whole bottom of the disc was nice and cloudy (while being extra careful nothing on the top of the disc got scratched or touched) - then I washed it - dried it - then applied the compount that came with the kit with a microfiber towel - and rubbed it for a while - not hard - just lightly in a circular motion on the entire bottom - adding more compound when neeeded - did this for about 8-10 minutes until I got the whole thing nice and even - that got the thing SHINY and clear! It got even more clear once I washed off the compound and used the microfiber towel to buff it (using the part of the towel that was dry and did not come in contact with the compound). I could even read the numbers on the inside part of the disc! Plopped it in - and instead of getting errors on the game install and taking forever just to load the installer - the installer instantly loaded - ZERO errors - THANK YOU!!!!! YOU RULE!!!!!!
sanding your disc ? holy shit I'd have to be pretty drunk to do that to any of my discs 😂😂
I understand you being skeptical. So I made a video with proof here: ruclips.net/video/Tpcd-5fd9nY/видео.html Before, during, and after playing an actual disc using this repair method.
My game isn't going to work the way it is so I may as well try it I've got nothing to lose at this point.
That's the right way to think about it. =D
Same bro
I'd try practicing this technique before you do it on something you care about. Hit a pawn shop, thrift store or garage sale and find a couple of trashed CDs there (they might sell them to you for fifty cents apiece or something; they'll probably be happy to get rid of them once they see the scratches). Doesn't matter what it is. If you like the disc, even better. When you do that, hold up both sides to a light source and make sure you don't see any little pinholes of light coming through either side. Those discs are gone; can't fix 'em. Play the CD when you get home (or put up with it) until you hear skipping. Note the time on a piece of paper. Maybe see if you can find a couple of skipping spots. Polish the disc as shown here. If you trash the disc, so what? Do another one until you get it down. By the way, some discs are too far gone to save. Just the nature of that beast.
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i would definitely suggest using microfiber cloths here instead of a napkin or paper towel, or regular cloth towel. This is the exact same process for correcting paint scratches on a car. CDs aren't magic people. a light reads the data from the inner portion of the disc. the plastic is just for rigidity and protection. scratches block and bend the light, making the machine unable to read the data. if the disc is crystal clear, it should work just fine.
Yep, I do a more thorough process here with proof of it working because people keep on thinking this is fake here: ruclips.net/video/Tpcd-5fd9nY/видео.html
Yea I would probably using those over paper towels
@@BeatTheBush dude you need to redo this video and delete it. it really makes you look like an unreliable source of information.
@Evan Johnston - first thing i was thinking too, NAPKINS??? you know they are made from wood right? :shakes head:
I’ve had a reasonable amount of success restoring Scratched CDs & DVDs, One thing I would say is that when polishing Disks I polish from inside to out or vice-versa and would never go in a circular motion as I do believe that it will cause more problems!
I used 2000 grit then 3000 grit, didn’t even buff it left it cloudy and it worked and played fine !
This shit works better than toothpaste which I tried first (didn't work), but I used a cheapish brillo same method, then car wax/polish with leather cloth on laser burtnt mw2 game, and it actually worked, this guys idea is the one you just need to resurface in the best way possible. Good luck.
Some says it works wonders like yourself. Others think it's a scam. I wish people look at my other videos and see I do not make joke videos to trick people.
it’s funny ‘cause I’m trying to find a way to fix my mw1 game
I just recently bought an Xbox game off of Ebay and it had a really deep circular scratch in it. So i decided to try this and the game worked :D It took me more than one try to do it so don't give up if you're going to try this! Thank you so much man
Excellent! Glad to see this method worked for you. =D
Keep up your channel will just grow man :)
Thanks. =D I hope so.
GTA V Play disc. I tried toothpaste, nothing. I tried deodorant stick, nothing. I tried polishing it first, nothing. Lastly, i tried sanding it with 2500 grit sand paper and then polishing it and YEEEEES, IT WORKED! Thank you very very much for this video!
Polishing with the rubbing compound right? You're welcome! =D
Yeaaap, rubbing compound. Thank's again!! :D
I’ll never forget the time that I purchased a damaged DVD of To Have and Have Not. When I played it on my Mac laptop, the film just stopped by the “you know how to whistle” scene….and it went back to the menu.
Great video! May I make a suggestion? I'd wet sand the disc first (using 3 levels of grit 1500, 2000, and 2500) and then use the plastix to clear it up. Also, I find that a Microfiber cloth is great for the cleaning and polishing steps. :)
But plastix will not actually buff but just wax. It fills in the fine lines rather than micro sands it away. Yes the micro fiber cloth would work well, not sure why I left that out.
@@BeatTheBush I use this but 20000-5000
So many clever techniques. Thank you for great ideas. I am in awe.
=D Too bad CD/DVDs are going away pretty fast.
BeatTheBush Yeah
I feel like I'm the only one, that has an original wii
Not anymore! I got one still! =D
I have the a white one with the GameCube ports.
ThomasFan107 Same
Goten Dont all of them come with gamecube ports?
nope
as you would conventional records you would Disc always hold disc by its edges when finished place it back in its place directly after play wipe disc from center to edge lightly never used cleaners it can get off track if done so always use a clean cloth thin one.follow these instructions disc can be heard as the day you bought it @2017
But you are explaining what to do to prevent a scratched disc. Those who found this video are looking to repair their already scratched disc.
well i try my best not to scratch it but it could be the laser light
If the console or drive does not even play a new disc, then you have to suspect the laser being dirty or something wrong with the hardware.
Brasso worked for me really well. I will try it in my polishing disk machine next time.
I used the same method to get the scratches out of my old ipod screen too as it's also plastic.
You can also put the disc in your microwave for 2mins 35secs then wipe it down to smooth the scratches out or put it in the oven for 15mins on 425 degrees then take a rubber mallet and hit the disc to bang out the scratches
No you cant. I doubt anyone would be fooled by this, otherwise, I would delete your comment.
prob would get about the same results as the OP did. and with a lot less work!
My microwave blew up before the first minute was done.....
Now searching for TriixR4KiiDz
home address for microwave refund
I read the channel name as BeatBrush
Sounds not bad. =D
Lol I did too I didn't even notice until I saw you mention it
This is the coolest, most useful thing I've learned today. Thank you!
IVE ONLY WATCHED A LITTLE OF THIS, ENOUGH TO KNOW YOU HAVE USED WINDEX AND SOME TYPE OF WAX. I DONT HAVE ANY WINDEX TO START IT OFF BUT IT GAVE ME AN IDEA TO JUST USE DISH WASHING DETERGENT. I RUBBED IT ON MY GAME DISC WITH A TISSUE THEN WASHING IT OFF AND DRIED THE DISK AND SO FAR JUST THAT ALONE HAS MADE A BIG IMPROVEMENT. IF IT PLAYS UP AGAIN I LL GET EITHER TOOTHPASTE OF WINDEX AND TRY THAT NEXT TIME BUT SO FAR MY GAME IS WORKING MUCH BETTER. AND I WILL GIVE YOU A LIKE. MY GAME WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE POINT WHERE IT COULD BE CLASSED AS FREEZING. THANKS.
I just fixed mine using plain old pledge, a soft t-shirt cloth in circular motions. Brought back to life the last six songs on a homemade CD for my daughter's 6th grade graduating class. She's now 29 and I thought she might like to hear music from 2007. Try simple wax furniture polish first and see if that works for you.
no fucking way im gonna use sandpaper for my disc
not just any sandpaper, super fine 2500+ grit sandpaper.
yes my gta 5 pc second disk cant read it but there is no way im using sand paper on it i will just take it too my local game store to get buffed properly.
Alex berlein Sure, you can do that too. This is more for a DIY way. The local game stores may have a commercial resurfacing machine which does essentially the same thing as the sanding.
+beatthebush i'm 100% sure your sanding method works as well but im just not gonna risk it on my gta v disk i would rather take it too be done properly so that if they screw up they owe me a new disk
by the way i did not end you taking it to a game store i took it to my local dvd rental store and they didn't even have the commercial one they just used a sanding tool but they had replaced the thick granite disk with like a large microfiber round cloth anyway disk working now only cost me R10.00.
Alex berlein What's R10.00, what country is this? Hmm, if they used a microfiber cloth, they might not have even sanded it and just buffed it with wax or just buffed it with the rubbing compound. Well, if you're more comfortable having someone else do it for you, that's all good too. =D
The wipes really helped thanks
What wipes? Baby wipes?
@@BeatTheBush Vagisil Scentsitive Scents Feminine Vaginal Cleansing Wipes
defiantly not using any sand paper on my disc
You are welcome to do so. =D
***** you need to blend the sanding well to make it even at least.
matt kidwell "Defiantly"
matt kidwell my disc would not work at all so I am using this method. If it doesn't work as it is, how much worst can I get?
its how they make cars clear coat shiny its a water sanding process. wet sanding polished and dry sanding Scratch's anyone who painted a car or anything knows this
just did this to my harry potter ps2 game that was been broken since 2004 and now it works by using the sanding method 10/10
I already knew how to use windex and your one of the smart people!
does this apply to GameCube discs as well?
Yes it does. =D
you are a life saver because I finally got my legend of Zelda twilight princess back from Terrance yesterday and then it wouldn't play. so i'm gonna sub to u and like this vid thanx a ton XD
Yeah? But did you make the game work yet?
almost done I actually have all the things that u introduced in your video.
great! give it a try and let me know your results. =D
mine is scrahed like a big circle around the disk
Depending on how deep, you can still try to fix it with this method.
i tryed everything tooth paste window cleaner bananas.... yeh ok i didn't try everything but single player in portal 2 still doesn't work
BeatTheBush Wait, toothpaste can work too??
I actually never tried but if and I'm hearing mixed responses on if it works or not.
Me toooo! It happened when the disk is on, and i move the xbox and heard some weird noise inside of it :(((
My dad told me about this, it sometimes works. I had a bunch of blank dvds and spongebob dvds as a baby and I didn’t take good care of them cuz I couldn’t tell what they were. They are full of scratches and I’ll try this.
Did it work?
I recently purchased Marvel vs Capcom 2 for the Dreamcast on eBay and the disk was insanely scratched up, the console's disk drive was unable to read the disk at all! I took it to a videogame store where they tried to resurface the disk with a machine but to no avail it did not work. I finally tried your method with skepticism but to my surprise it worked! The easy part was using the sandpaper thereafter you REALLY have to be patient with using the polishing compound to get rid of the haze. It took me almost two hours to finally get the disk to shine, and now it boots up every time I insert the game into the Dreamcast. Thanks! 👍
P.S. perhaps a rotary car polisher would be ideal to use to remove the haze from the disk.
Plastix worked for me without any rubbing compound or buffing, thanks!
Yep. Do this in stages. Do not want to do heart surgery when a hair cut will do. =D
Toothpaste worked for me. Thanks for the tutorial
+Nav Randhawa Awesome. Toothpaste would seem a bit opaque but I guess when it's so thin it's clear enough for the laser to go through. It's great, less discs in the trash and less land fill.
***** I never had a need to do it yet so therefore I do not have a method yet. The top layer is much thinner in blu rays so you cannot sand it and must fill it up instead.
You FIXED A MEMOREX BLANK CD DISK NOT A WII GAME!!!
He said he fixed a Wii game *before* the video.
Lol! I just realized that the rubbing compound has the NASCAR logo on it
Some sort of sponsor?
Yes thank you. Will this method, sanding, work on burned cd's?
Yes.
@@BeatTheBush thank you.
The general advice is to polish radially, NOT in circular motions. Deeper scratches can be treated in a sort of "crosshatch" pattern, going with a shallow diagonal motion obliquely across the scratch from one direction, then the opposite. This method works on scratches in general, and that is really all you are doing on CDs - working on the most effective sequence of polishing from the medium grit to superfine grits, up to 2000 or 3000 sandpaper, and last the fine grades of rubbing compounds. Use the materials designed for such work, as the abrasives are consistent within each grade, unlike toothpaste etc. which may have many grades of abrasives that can continue to introduce new scratches. Don't skip steps, as each one works on the previous level of roughness but will take far longer to smooth two or three coarser grades of intermediate scratches.
As long as you smooth things out in the end and not have unintentional rougher grit in there.
That is not what people mean by a circular motion. When people say to not wipe a disk in a circular motion they mean a wiping around the disc in one big circular motion because that is how a disc laser reads. It runs around the disk in a circular motion. Wiping the disk in small circles like he does in the video is fine.
3M headlight kit works
Yes, that's the same thing except the items I list costs a lot less.
BeatTheBush True thanks!
Umm. That disc looked like garbage when you were done.
+dankantique666 You can buff yours more to make it look better. Mine was good enough and most importantly, it works.
You know that paper you using is scratching it
Yes LOL. It's sand paper.
BeatTheBush I have an old copy of Skyrim that has a very deep scar/scratch, how deep of a scratch can be fixed? nice video btw
Chaslasher Hilliard I'd say up to about 300um because the clear layer is 600um. I know that probably doesn't help but as long as it doesn't reach the data layer and you can sand down to that level, then you can fix it. You still need to leave some material because you cannot just expose the data directly.
BeatTheBush thanks for the tip, how much is the sand paper + rubbing compound
You can check in the video description. It's like $8 for the sand paper (I recommend to go for the higher grit of 2500+) and the rubbing compound is around $5 I think.
The cool thing is all of this is at your Wal-mart in the auto section. Everything shown can by bought for $15 - $20 and it's all good quality product. You'll have plenty left over to do paint scratch fixes and headlight restoration. Pro method all the way. Props.
Did they sell the 3M rubbing compound at Walmart? It's pretty specialized.
I just watched 15 seconds of an unskipable ad to watch this video. May 2020 can't possibly get any worse!
You know what’s even more scratch
My wii sport disc
Actual sobbing rn
Dude, I have problems with my spore galactic adventures disc. I don´t know if its a bug or something I only know that it is incredibly scratched up. I don´t want to use sandpaper. Don't want to risk it. Do you have another useful tip? Thanks :)
Did you try the first two method already?
J Paoloh use a friends and when it loads on the dash borad hit x and install and u can play ur strached one
I tried rubbing using cooking oil to make the scratches translucent and improved my scratched disc abit. But before trying rhe disc, make sure u wipe of the oil using soft cloth or newspaper.
Worked like a charm dude!! Thank you soo much!!!!!! EXCELLENT ADVISE!!!!!!!!!!!! I can also see how this would work on foggy headlights. Thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!
Only those who tried it and make their disk work agrees. Many think it's a joke.
Dude if this works you're a genius!
It does. Come back and let me know how it went.
+BeatTheBush is that how it works?
Yup!
Thank you for that video!
You're very welcome. =D
these is a little bit of asian accent in your english, it is very subtle.
I've been told that but I've never been able to pin point where.
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Once again I will judge. Useless comment. His english is excellent, who cares about a slight accent? Why bother with this comment? You've wasted my valuable typing time defending a man's accent. If this was actually a compliment then I apologize because I misunderstood you.
BeatTheBush If you want to know, It's mostly on consonants like your T's sound a bit like D's. It isn't a problem but it exists lol
the reflective layer DOES NOT contain any data the data is carried between the reflective layer and the acrylic. Although you're right aboutc part about messing up the reflective layer will indeed render the disk useless .
The data is just divots burned in by the laser on the reflective layer.
+BeatTheBush I'm going to refrain from trolling. But have you ever watched "how it's made", it's a thin layer but it's not in the Mylar layer it's inn the polycarbonate layer. your right about the dimples, by I never said didn't exist. Google it.l you can temporary fix a disc by taping a piece aluminum foil or a thermal blanket on it.
The Visual-anti Hmmm, I never bothered to make the distinction. I guess it's an organic layer that gets burned in a CDR. This fix you speak of may only work for stamped discs?
Here is what I think of Googling it: ruclips.net/video/G3EVQEU6M6U/видео.html
Btw, that's for pressed discs. CDRs are built a bit differently.
This is a video that sounds extremely reasonable. Unlike some other videos where the method makes little sense. Why is everyone so critical??
I'm trying to fix my adventure time dvd
I can't believe not 20,000 mofos haven't blown up your com thread yet, wit stupid sh
Question, what was he thinking when he made his RUclips name?
Well... was supposed to be short for "Beat Around The Bushes" as in not getting tot he point.
BeatTheBush Oh
Got to beat the bush to get down there
who the hell just has "Some Rubbing Compound" Laying around there house
You don't. You have to buy it.
Most people.....
The price of some rubbing compound is the same price as a new fifa 15 disc.. :(
Go buy some, dumbass.
Sil perhaps so but with this you can likely repair 200 or so disc before the sand paper wares out
Hello, BeatTheBush. I'm new to your channel and I just wanted to say that I've only been watching your content for 20 minutes and it's just completely amazing! Thanks for sharing this!
How awesome is that?! Thanks Secowe. Time to fix those discs! =D
BeatTheBush Yes you just saved me $113 from buying a JFJ! Thanks man!
Secowe Gaming Yeah, I imagine most would buy it to fix a few discs unless you're a game stop.
i hope you are happy i tried to fix a disc that my uncle had that had passed and i wanned to play it and it is now ruined
This is not a troll video. I made another video destroying the disc, repairing with this method and showing that it works again.
How about this: DON'T SCRATCH THE DISC IN THE FIRST PLACE
It is usually unintentional. I'm sure you've had accidents happen before.
and don't bring them in the car especially not in one of those books or sleeves. thats the biggest mistake people make with cd's anyway.
but yeah if you take care of your discs they will last a lifetime.
Why are you on this video then?
I used jelly but it didn't work
Petroleum jelly? Did you try car wax yet?
+BeatTheBush the same jelly you use on toast and my car was just breaks disks it's made with oil
Potato PlayZ You're not making any sense to me. Don't put food on your disks, it wont heal the scratches.
+BeatTheBush it's all I have sorry I don't have anything else
+Potato PlayZ Maybe you can try that toothpaste method to fill the cracks then.
Omg it’s for a Wii disk 😂😂samE I’m trying to fix my dvd for my wii
Yeah... this should work.
Same
Everyone always tells me that vhs's are terrible quality. But they have not broken yet. And they don't scratch like DVDs. And you can watch when ever you want to. And not be subjected to a streaming service that might not have your movie. This is why DVD/vhs stores are my friends!
VHS tapes do degrade and the resolution is low. They also have an actual footprint which takes up space. That said, I do enjoy having some local copy rather than a streaming service.
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Elvis is in the house man I didn't see you play it first I saw you do everything to the desk and you didn't put it after that so I don't know if that's really good for it or not but I'll try it thank you thank you very much man sincere TCB Elvis Presley mr. yes I'm still alive
Alright Elvis, lot of people complained about using the disc before and after so I remade this video with very clear proof of a good disc that I scratched until it doesn't work. Then I repaired it until it does work with this method. The video is here: ruclips.net/video/Tpcd-5fd9nY/видео.html
Elvis is back in the house I'm alive and well man and oh yeah you work um I'm complaining about the dish that I have the scratches are so deep I don't know
Atlanta to my friend and this is how it came
It had a deep scratch in it and I wanted to know how to get it out or watch the video very clearly and I was watching it again and then you came back on again so I really didn't have a chance to see it again but that's okay man I'm not going to go through right now so I'll just go buy another one because even though I had scratched it all over with sandpaper and use compound to get it out I believe it might be even more screwed up than ever so this is how an older person thanks man nothing to worry about my brother but the situation is I don't want to go through the hassle of all that sincere TCB Elvis Presley I'm alive
Elvis A P Mark Dawson Ok. They say the older you are or the richer you are the less hassle you are willing to put up with. It makes sense and I understand your threshold of how much work you have to do to achieve a certain goal is different for every person. Cheers Elvis. Til next time maybe you will come across another one of my how-to vids.
"breaks out sandpaper" SANDPAPER?!!!!
no shit. that disc looked like sh!t when he was done with it.
Lmfao buff that thing like a man. That shit should look new. Try again
You got me, I should've buffed it more. But.... you get the point. =D
Who else finds the thumbnail disturbing
How long would you have to wait for it to dry before you clean it? 1:07. I'm trying vaseline, it worked once but I didn't let it dry long enough so I am doing it again and letting it dry longer.
Vaseline is not the same as car wax because vaseline doesn't really dry very fast. I guess it is good only int he sense it may fill up the scratch and dry to stay in there. I never tried Vaseline on there so because of that, I cannot recommend it.
To make cheap automatic resurfacer:
1: find air compressor
2: get a small circular pneumatic sander rated for about 80 psi, a DA as some call it
3: get a flat wrench to take off the pad for it
4: take a nut the same size as the pad attachment point
5: stick disc on attachment point
6: screw disc to attachment point with nut
7: get your sandpaper
8: put the sandpaper on a flat surface with a hole in it (a resurfaced wood plank with a knot popped out of it maybe?)
9: poke hole in sandpaper
10: stick DA attachment point in hole to make sure the hole is large enough
11: connect air supply and tune speed to your liking
12: stick it back in and let it spin.
Theoretically this will work. The sanding device in mind rotates at two different points. The attachment point is off-center from the spindle, so it rotates that way, but the attachment point itself also rotates. Because of this, it should give a very similar reault to what you get when doing the circular sanding patterns, only to a far finer degree. It also removes any grease-work needed to sand-polish it before applying plastx or whatever other plastic polisher to the disc.
+BronyBoyYack Sounds do-able. But then after you make this, where are you going to find 100 discs to resurface?
+BeatTheBush I have a case full of blank dvds, as well as several scratched up game titles for PS2, wii, and PS3. I'm sure I can find plenty with scratches on them.
BronyBoyYack I'm not sure about fixing blank dvds since they only costs $0.25 each as compared to a $30-60 game disk.
+BeatTheBush A written DVD with old photos that you don't have any other copies of perhaps? I'm sure I might make one or two of those in my lifetime. But for now, I have the excuse of having downloaded ISOs, burned them and lost the download, and lacking the will to wait two days just to redownload it because of my overpriced dumpster diver quality internet ($25 for 3MbPS? Ridiculous.)
Good point. Fixing it is so much faster than waiting for the download. And photos are so irreplaceable. Better fix it and burn a new disk.
i have a Wii but I'm getting a WiiU
Not sure if this will work with a Wii U disc because the disc material may be hardened like Blurays.
Made in china
So are most your stuff.
shut up
Haha true 😂
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hahahahaha!
wow it fucking worked it made my disk even more fucked thanks bro +1 sub
Did it work for you or did it F it up? Sounds like it worked if you subbed. =D
Since this works for CDs, it works for any scratched plastic. CDs are made of acrylic,which is a type of plastic.
+LBPPlayer7 Correct so you can keep the sandpaper and the rubbing compound around as a tool to clear up any kind of plastic you want.
I've done this basic thing before and it works although I used a few different products and perhaps a few more stages. First take the surface back with 2000 wet & dry sandpaper with water. I spent a fair bit of time sanding as the scratches were quite deep. Then I used toothpaste and water with tissues. Also spent a fair amount of time to bring the disc to the most shine I could get with toothpaste. Then I used brasso. You know that stuff that comes in a can of wadding for polishing? Did this straight with the wadding to bring it up to a shine pretty much like new. You have to use a fair amount of pressure in both the toothpaste and brasso stages for it to be effective. I do believe however that the compound product that this guy used in the video would work better than brasso and would absolutely use it if I ever needed to restore a disc again.
It takes a lot of elbow grease if you want to get it to look clear again.
NO! This is a terrible idea! Windex is very bad for your disc. Too many chemicals, and it will probably lead to early disc rot. Water will also lead to early disc rot. Napkins and towels will scratch your disc. The way you sanded it, you couldn't have done it completely even(you'd need a machine for that) which means that the weight of the disc is now ever so slightly off balance. That could damage whatever game system or CD/DVD/Blu-ray player you're playing it on. The car wax is the only thing that *MIGHT* be okay.
You should only use rubbing alcohol to clean your discs(as close to 100% as you can find), and wipe your discs with a micro-fiber cloth ONLY. DO NOT use napkins, towels, toilet paper, tissues, or a T-shirt. Even though they may seem soft enough not to scratch the disc, they WILL scratch it.
Since when does a disc rot from water or windex? Off balanced disc??? Just sand it evenly and you'll be okay. Hundred have tried this method successfully and reported their disc worked after.
People will not buy a $100 machine to fix one disc.
No it will not rot the disk but the only thing you are right about is the uneven weight... I tried it with minecraft and it worked so I tried to fix my GTA V but I accidentally sanded it too much and it was too light so my xbox wouldn't spin it because it thought there was no disk to begin with... And now I just realized this one sentence could be split into at least 5 separate sentences. Lol
I do not know if he is correct....but disc rot is a real thing (and it is not the plastic rotting ....duh). Early laser disc and CD's are notorious for developing it (even a few early Blurays had problems). I think the concern is any moisture seeping into the sandwiched layers of the disc. Alot of disc rot was the result of imperfections in manufacturing, debris getting in between layers during assembly.
Any ideas of how to fix a CD snapped in two?
Keep in mind you should backup the disc ASAP after treatments because this was obviously effect the life span of the DVD/CD even if it works again. I have tons of blank DVD's too laying around so it's no problem to copy it and you might still too!
Well I tried it, worked wonderfully!! It worked so well, that after I buffed the disc, it broke cleanly in half, forcing me to hopefully locate, a new copy, if I can find it, at a not so exuberant price :-)
Broke in half... huh... discs are really hard to break in half unless you bend it past the 90 degree mark.
Liar
Got a scratched CD? Play it on a DVD player, I have done this many times , it works !
Oh? Sometimes the reading element might be better.
@@BeatTheBush read about it in Playboy, they said DVD player has better error correction
Better than jfj machine at $200+. You did good
Same thing as the machine except much more manual. And well, it's fine if you're doing only one disc.