Trust the Process: Resurfacing 6 BAD and WORST Condition Discs w/ the JFJ Easy Pro Plus!
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Decided to do a video showing my thoughts on how I would tackle these discs using the JFJ Easy Pro Plus. These include discs needing just buffing and polishing, but also discs that are really bad and required full course and soft sanding to get the desired results. The links to all the products I used in the video are down below. These are not sponsored links not do I receive any kickbacks for you using them, just what I find works the best for me.
White Bauer Pads: www.harborfrei...
Yellow Bauer Pads: www.harborfrei...
Disc Cleaning Spray (for help removing compound): a.co/d/gVItvTx
3D AAT 501 Cutting: a.co/d/069SOYbs
3D ACA 520 Polish: a.co/d/0dwGac9I
Just because a game actually boots up, doesn't mean it will be playable all the way through. I generally rip every disc I resurface (if possible) to ensure the entire disc can be read. This is the only way to ensure the entire disc is readable. You can generally rip CD/DVD games using a PC but that is not always the case. OG XBOX games require a modded XBOX, Wii/WiiU games required a modded Wii/WiiU as console as well. Same goes for XBOX 360 games. I haven't tried resurfacing any PS4/XBOX One games nor have I ever tried ripping them so I don't know exactly how they would behave.
Yea I mention this when I test the games at the end of the video. That there could always be a "bad data spot" on the disc and whenever you hit a certain part of the game or try to access a certain mode, it will just freeze up on that specific spot each and every time. Walmart has a 90 day refund period, so I usually just do quick tests on games that were in really bad shape, and if they pass that and at some point the customer has an issue they can refund it without issue.
Unless they have visual pitting like with NFL Street, those do not get sold because I don't trust the pitted area to work correctly if it is ever needed for data.
Hello, I Just bought everything in this video, all these products works fine with ps1 games? (3D products)
Yea i haven’t had any issues with them. Even the black back games. One of the videos is showing me do a black back one, but i used meguairs i think. Honestly no difference. Same thing.
Hello Mr Gaming, I’m am commenting on this video to see if you can help me. I have used the Bauer pads that you suggested however they are leaving big swirls around the disc. I have tried different option and they did not work. Could you tell me what I am doing wrong
Could be dirt on the pad or possibly the cut was too rough? Sorry can’t help much with this since i haven’t had that issue before.
pronounced "bow-er" like bowser from mario w/o the s
Thanks! 😆
Jfj is king of repair machines
Hello thank you very much for your video! I have all the materials you use in your video, but I'm having a hard time finding the bauer polishing sponges, would you recommend any other brand? Thanks
The only other brand I’ve used is Milwaukee but they are not as good. They get the job done but they don’t give the same results as the Bauer pads and don’t last as long.
Thank you so much for a great video! Was fun to watch. I love my JFJ and i finally got a PS1 Black Disc with a mirror finnish. I used a Rupes fine polishing pad, did look a lot like the Bauer one, they dont sell Bauer in my country. I use Maguiars Ultimate Coundpond and Polish. Do you use the sandpaper from JFJ, or do you use something else?
Happy you enjoyed it. Yea i just use the sandpaper that comes with the jfj. Not even jfj can mess up sandpaper 😂
What is the water reservoir you have next to the JFJ? And the cable hanging in the lid of the JFJ?
Lol 😂 so i basically built a automatic water feeding system that drips water into the jfj directly into the pads while it runs. However, it is still being tweaked. I need to get a slower drip end and also find a way to stop it from immediately slinging the drips all over the place lol.
If i get it where i want it, then I’ll do a video and show how to set it up. Right now i dont see much of an advantage from just spraying the disc with water pre cycle. But maybe i might if its working right 🤷🏽♂️
Edit: Just to clarify, it was not running during the video in case you (or anyone else) was wondering.
Where do you get those sanding pads? I tried cutting sheets and glueing them to the pads but it’s not working properly
I just get them from the jfj site.
www.jfjeasypro.com/product-category/supplies/easy-pro-supplies/
For the games that have pitting I would rub some carnauba wax on it and then run it through the machine typically it will fill in the pit before I upgraded to my 3M sauce for the jfj. I saved alot of heavy hitters using the wax the only caveat is that it would make the pads hard after it dried up but you can leave the pads soaking in water and press out most of the old compound and wax out of it and it should make the pads softer again.
Good info! Thanks for sharing 🫡. Definitely gonna try this out next time i get a pitted one.
your videos are great and so helpful can you do a video on blu ray discs cheers thank you for your videos.
I’ll look to see if i have any blu-rays that are in bad shape. Usually the newer games come in pretty good condition. But i will keep an eye out 👍
also have you got a tube in the machine for water if so that is a great idea
Yea i am trying to get it dialed in right first. Right now the drip feed is too fast, so i have to get a slower drip end and try that out. I also have to find a way to get it to drip into a soft brush or something that will apply it to the pad without the pad slinging it off while its running lol. But if/when i ever get it right, a video is definitely going up with how to do it.
Oh the other issue is that it doesn’t seem to save more time than just spraying the discs lol 😂. So there’s that too
Thank you for this
No problem. Happy to help
@@GamingRenewedLLC You know how your compounds are mis matching. Which matching series will you go for next time you have to buy? Also, how firm is your bauer yellow pad in comparison to the JFJ cutting pad. I can't get bauer in canada and the cutting pad I got seems to soft and doesn't do as well as the jfj one.
The 3D ACA 510 and 520 would be the match i use. The yellow pad is a polishing pad, so it isn't a cut pad really. You could end with the yellow pad if you wanted, but I use the white finishing pad for even better results after the yellow pad. I would say the cutting pad jfj uses is more like a medium cut, which would be the green pad for Bauer. I just don't like the polish pad jfj uses. Doesn't seem like it gives a good finish.
Not sure if you mentioned this, but which ended up having better results Meguiar or 3D? We’re just getting into the JFJ, so I’ve been hitting RUclips up for guidance and ran into your channel!
Also I watched your GameCube tutorial with the adapter piece for the JFJ. Is that a must have for GameCube games or do you think we can buy a separate set of regular pads specifically for GameCube games? Just seeing if we can avoid that extra step lol
Also where do you order or buy your 600/1200 grit pads? I see the links for the yellow and white ones.
Honestly it probably would just be personal preference regarding whether to use Meguiars or 3D. They both are great, but i lean towards 3D. It doesn’t get all hard in the top of it like Meguairs does and gets harder to squeeze out. Of course maybe if i closed them more often that wouldn’t happen lol. But i like 3D.
Yea you have to have the Gamecube adapter or else it will cut into the pads if you put a Gamecube game on the regular sized back plate. I tried that and it shredded my pad pretty good.
Link for replacement coarse (600) and soft (1200) sandpaper here : www.jfjeasypro.com/product-category/supplies/easy-pro-supplies/
Also remember that the sandpaper just sticks on the black pads. So you can pull it off and put another new sandpaper piece on the black pad when it is worn out. The black pads you stick them on is the same link. I haven’t needed to replace the black pads just the sandpaper itself.
Messaging through here again…
So do you recommend resurfacing every game, even if they don’t need it? Just to get it clean? Or just for games that are not reading?
For deeper scratches, sanding is the go-to option correct? But that is also with the risk of damaging the disc in terms of the save data or how far the disc can be read in game. So how would you determine when to just buff a disc or use the sander?
Thanks again!
Or I guess what I’m asking is, do you have a process for each disc? Like a starting point then a specific process for the depth of the scratches. Because if you have some kind of code that would be sick lol