Wet/Dry abrasive paper. Sold at the link below(every grade you need, and cheaper), or you can buy it in individual grades for more money at a local auto parts store or Walmart. The longer you spend wet sanding with the 3000 grit or higher abrasive paper, the better the end result will be. Thanks for watching amzn.to/2x2cQZm (Amazon Affiliate Link)
as you see it's under the water so it's not scratching it and he explains the process clearly, why would he make a video to show you to REMOVE scratches when he would be making more? LOL Not being rude BTW haha
Nicely made video actually. Clearly demonstrated and well spoken and narrated. That in itself gets top marks from me compared to so much else out there. In terms of the content it looks to work very well and is backed by a logical and understandable mechanism that is easy to make sense of. Thanks.
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OMG! THIS REALLY WORKS! I just saved my Mario Party 8 disc from beyond the grave! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I used car wax instead of the the product shown in the video and it worked just fine.
very informative i will give it a try , i first saw the cd disc on the tomorrows world programme in 1982 after nearly 40 years you would think they would have come up with a decent tough plastic so it didnt scratch just by breathing on it or touching it .
Before watching this video, I tried a 1000 grit, 2000 grit sandpaper and a scratch remover paste. It did not work out for me, I think i made a mistake by not using a finer 3000 grit sandpaper, I will try again using a 3000 and higher grits plus a 3M scratch remover cream. Nice informative video!
Came here to learn to remove scratches you scratch the crap out of it. Right on! I have so many CDs I want to keep & now I'm gonna scratch them more. I sure hope this really works.
Dude! I know its been 7 months scince you posted this comment but I am going to try this with my NFS CARBON cd. How did it worked for you? Is it readable?
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Years ago, you could buy buffers that looked like CD players, and you could do the exact same steps, but by replacing the microfiber pad on them with the different grit sandpaper. You could bring any cd back to life which still had an intact foil layer.
Radial strokes might be best because the redundancy for data correction is written shortly after in the same ring but this technique works as demonstrated.
It worked for me. I saved a $460 cd I got from Discogs. I somehow scratched the hell out of it during a move, which is not a proud moment considering the price tag and rarity of the album. However I’m still left with lots of tiny scratches, and my burner keeps ejecting it. It plays fine in a CD player now though, oddly. I did use Brasso which I had on hand instead of headlight polish like yourself. Would I need to sand longer and possibly harder with the higher grit?
Wet/Dry abrasive paper. Sold at the link below(every grade you need, and cheaper), or you can buy it in individual grades for more money at a local auto parts store or Walmart. Thanks for watching! amzn.to/2x2cQZm (Amazon Affiliate Link)
Thanks a lot for this nice video! Did you try it on ps1 games? I've tried on one that was at least starting but it's not starting anymore. I think it's not polished enough because it's not very bright like yours, but i've been polishing it for a while with wet paper. Maybe it's my paste, is it really important? On your video your disc seemed already very good after the 3000 grit paper.
I'm no expert, but for wet sanding and polishing aren't you supposed to make a bunch of smaller circles around the surface instead of just one big one? Other than that solid video though.
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I'm trying to do the same thing with my GC disk, but its only showing the scratches I made with the sandpaper and made it just unreadable. What did you do that I did different???
Will this method work for a single deep scratch at the edge of a music CD or do I need to go with a lower number on the first sandpaper? Also you never did show how you cleaned off the excess polish afterwards. Did you run it under the tap water and dry it off with a microfiber cloth?
I assume its wet & dry sandpaper? The only snag might be depending how valuable or irreplaceable the disc is, the materials, especially the headlight stuff may be dearer than the disc! Pretty miraculous though. I didn't know this was possible.
I see the tooth paste method shown more often. I could try this method but it cost 10$ for the 3M lens cleaning polish plus money for the other supplies. I like what I see here. I may give it a shot over the tooth paste. I did see some other video claim that you should not run in circular motions. I'll find out when I do it.
Thanks for the video. Could I try first with just the Turtle Wax without the sanding, or do you always recommend the sanding? Disc I am trying to fix does not have any really bad scratches. It only has a lot of smaller scratches.
There does seem to be two schools of thought on the DIRECTION of the sanding/restoring motion on the disc surface. Some are saying that one should only go from EDGE TO EDGE in a straight line, whereas others are specifically calling for going in a CIRCULAR pattern, as demonstrated here, much as one would clean an LP record. I take it has to do with how the laser reads the data imbedded. Which is right, or does it truly matter?
Home Depot I imagine is the easiest place where I can find these sand papers? I shall try it out. Any materials apart from headlight polishing paste that can do the job that you are aware of?
Do not do this on blurays. Their construction is radically different than CD/DVD. It will damage/remove the incredibly thin hardcoat, the data layer is very near the hardcoat. Unlike CD where the data is near the label side, and DVD where the data is near the middle.
I've got some old PS1 games that my brother unfortunately treated very poorly when we were little. Some of them might be beyond saving but I think this is more promising than toothpaste or bananas or something stupid like that. I'll give this a shot on some discs I don't care about first because those games are irreplaceable to me
I tried this method on 2 PS3 games, and the end result was a fail. After a lengthy amount of time using the 3000 and 5000 grit paper and the recommended turtle wax scratch remover, I was not able to restore the original sheen on the discs' surface. However, the deep scratches were gone after using the recommended sand paper grits. Still, this was not good enough for the game console to read the disc. I strongly advise against this method since there is no guarantee that your CD or DVD will be repaired.
@@electronicsNmore All I am saying to folks out there is to "repair at their own risk". Good for you if your method works for you. I must also point out that you left a huge chunk out of your video, and I understand that it is to not waste the viewers' time. Much appreciated there, but still, it is a very specific repair process that likely a lot of folks will fail at.
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I must have missed something in the video --- thanks for that -- but after I follow the process using the 1000, 2000 and 3000 grit sandpaper then use the polish, the dvd would work at all in the computer
Did anyone try this but use the Turtle Wax instead of the 3M Headlight Renewal, and it still worked for them? I just tried saving a somewhat readable CD, now it won’t read at all!!! Could I be doing something wrong? Or did I get the wrong sand/ abrasive paper? Someone help!
Using only paste wax may work if the scratches are VERY minor. If you used the correct abrasive paper grits and scratch/swirl remover, then it should work. Thanks for watching!
I did this and my hand started glowing, Like a glow bug. I tried using warm water and that helped. Most of the neon glows went down the drain. Wii sports back in action!
I purchased some 1500 and managed the dull look, then I tried 3000 4000 and 5000 WITH polish and it looks as dull as it did with the 1500, what am I missing here? 😢
I trying to clean this rock band 2 disc and so I'm trying to find some sand paper but my cousin said that it's going to put even more scratches on there is this method really 100%
Hi I have a wii and a disc I have loads up then stops on the section that says "connect the Wii motion plus accessory and numchick to the Wii remote wait a few moments...... it wont go beyond this message, is this a damaged disc problem ,
Bummer, I have a few scuffed and scratched DVD's in the Deadwood series, I used 2500 wet then buffed perfectly with a Dremel felt and plastic polish ... still freezes up in places.
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Bro, I only need to fix 1 little scratch that's keeping my disk from going to the main menu. I'm not about to cratch/sand/resurface the whole disk just to fix 1 scratch. Any advice?
okay so i tried this just today but it didn't work for me, as I'm writing this I've never seen my optical drive have such a hard time reading something lol, my problem is that even after the 3000 and polish paste , it was still too dull, although shiny, so I'm hoping now to find a 5000 sandpaper to try and minimize it
@@electronicsNmore yeah! was just about to order one, thank you, will update! id also note that after all it did read the disk but it's probably my fault maybe for polishing too much with the 1000
This being something I have a lot of experience in, watching you use sand paper makes me cringe a little. Yes, it's a bit more work but strait fine cutting compound really is the best option. Reducing the thickness of the acrylic layer too much can significantly change the focal distance of the laser from the data layer of the disk by changing it's refractive properties. Most DVD, CD, or game ROM readers expect a certain thickness between the read layer and the optical surface of the disk. If we change that too much it fails to line things up correctly at which point you have a coaster instead of a disk. Using a soft cloth and fine cutting compound is the best way because it takes so little off the surface. Anything more aggressive than that can cause serious problems. I've personally "taken the circle of doom" off of Xbox 360 games with just cutting compound and the game worked flawlessly after I was done. The aforementioned circle of doom is what happens to a disk when you move or knock over the Xbox 360 console with the disk spinning at high speed. This leaves a nasty circle up to a quarter of an inch wide in the middle of the read area of the disk. It's nasty, deep, and hard to repair because the tray actually welds plastic to the surface of the disk. I can promise you my method works. I've done it thousands of times without issue. The sandpaper though, I wouldn't do that to a disk more than once in it's lifetime. I wouldn't recommend using a Dremel or other rotary tool with a buffing wheel either. It's extremely easy to burn a divot in the disk or crack it from heat stress. Take some friendly and sound advice from someone who's had some serious headaches over this sort of thing. Just use fine cutting compound. Work your way down to ultrafine if you're so inclined, just don't use sandpaper or power tools...
I can promise you my method works, unless the disc has become degraded over time and the data layer is damaged. :-) Unfortunately fine cutting compound will NOT remove deeper scratches. Reducing the thickness(slightly) of the acrylic layer makes no difference. The acrylic isn't convex or concave, it's flat. The laser is directed through the flat acrylic layer and focused on the center of the disc using lenses. As long as the disc isn't warped, you can sand away. The distance between the focused laser and data layer never changes. All the focusing is done with the laser, not the acrylic layer of the disc. If the disc has scratches, then the laser cannot focus where it's supposed to focus, which is why you need to make sure the disc is very clear and smooth.
Don't suppose something like this would work for policarbonate reading glasses? With the 5000 grit and then the paste, maybe. Mine always get scratched.
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I actually got a 7 way nail buffer at Dollar tree and it worked great!And instead of waiting all of that water I just filled up a bowl and dipped it.And then used car wax and a microfiber cloth and presto!
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Yes, many will remove fine scratches from a car's clearcoat finish. Make sure the abrasive paper is wet, and you keep rinsing. Use steady pressure, and near the end use lighter pressure. No reason to have more scratches if you do a good job and finish it off with the scratch/swirl remover.
I posted a link in the video description area for the lowest cost way to get all the different grades of abrasive paper. Walmart has the scratch and swirl remover. Thanks for watching!
Good tips! although I haven't used a physical media in years. I don't even own a drive anymore. :( I wish I had this info back when I had to repurchase Diablo.
This doesn’t work did exactly what was in the video and it doesn’t. It actually made it worse. He slips different disc. Notice he did not show you the actual label of the disk either before or after. Bogus video
Wet/Dry abrasive paper. Sold at the link below(every grade you need, and cheaper), or you can buy it in individual grades for more money at a local auto parts store or Walmart. The longer you spend wet sanding with the 3000 grit or higher abrasive paper, the better the end result will be. Thanks for watching
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electronicsNmore u sure this works I mean u are rubbing sand paper on a disk?
not being rude btw
as you see it's under the water so it's not scratching it and he explains the process clearly, why would he make a video to show you to REMOVE scratches when he would be making more? LOL Not being rude BTW haha
and you have did that actually work
It made my 15 dollar cd unreadable
when ur in quarantine and you want to play wii sports
I want to play guitar hero
I have a copy of wii sports for sale!
Yes
omg yes!😭
Same 😂
Nicely made video actually. Clearly demonstrated and well spoken and narrated. That in itself gets top marks from me compared to so much else out there. In terms of the content it looks to work very well and is backed by a logical and understandable mechanism that is easy to make sense of. Thanks.
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Wow, that's one hell of a coincidence! It is actually a Wii Sports disk that I want to descratch!
ME TOO
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It's a popular game that everyone forgot until they had to stay inside? One of the many weird things now that are suddenly popular.
OMG! THIS REALLY WORKS! I just saved my Mario Party 8 disc from beyond the grave! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I used car wax instead of the the product shown in the video and it worked just fine.
Everyone here saying they’re trying to repair their wii sports disc. I’m just here to repair my ratatouille game disc
I'm trying to get the scratches of my spiderman ps4 disc
Hell yea ps2 gang
Please god just let me play GTA San Andreas
Bruh i stole it and burnt it to a disc 😂😂😭
NO WAY! I ONLY CAME TO THIS VIDEO TO FIX MY WII SPORTS!
Take your time, do it right, and it should work. Thanks for watching! Please share the video link with friends.
I came here to fix my Wii sports resort CD and my Star Wars CD and my mariokart CD!1!
Same
Same
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very informative i will give it a try , i first saw the cd disc on the tomorrows world programme in 1982 after nearly 40 years you would think they would have come up with a decent tough plastic so it didnt scratch just by breathing on it or touching it .
I tried to use the dvd rom in public library, which has a center hole button to stabilize the disc, it works.
I haven't checked out this channel in a couple years. So glad to see that you've made it to over 100k subs! Keep up the great work man.
Thank You!
Before watching this video, I tried a 1000 grit, 2000 grit sandpaper and a scratch remover paste. It did not work out for me, I think i made a mistake by not using a finer 3000 grit sandpaper, I will try again using a 3000 and higher grits plus a 3M scratch remover cream. Nice informative video!
did you manage to it work?
Is this sandpaper a regular sandpaper used to polish wood? Sorry I'm too dumb.
Toothpaste alone doesn’t work. If you have the patience, it needs to be done exactly as our friend has shown on this tutorial. Well done !
Came here to learn to remove scratches you scratch the crap out of it. Right on! I have so many CDs I want to keep & now I'm gonna scratch them more. I sure hope this really works.
When done properly, if you take your time, it works unless the CD/DVD is too far gone with very deep scratches.
@@electronicsNmore sure...
you must think people is stupid.
Yoooo thx for the vid🤩🤩 I tried fixing my need for speed underground for my ps2 and it works now🔥
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Dude! I know its been 7 months scince you posted this comment but I am going to try this with my NFS CARBON cd. How did it worked for you? Is it readable?
So thanks. This video is useful . You saved my Original Nfs Underground 1 disc.
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Gtfo lol i'm here because my nfsu disc 2 has a scratch/blur smuge my pc wont read it.
Thanks for making this video I used this repair my blue ray copy of hoodwinked too hood vs evil
Glad it worked for you, clearly you did a good job. Thanks for watching!
I have to give this a go. Headlight polisher - who'd a thunk it! Thanks for the tutorial!
Take your time, do a good job, and it will work. Thanks for watching!
Years ago, you could buy buffers that looked like CD players, and you could do the exact same steps, but by replacing the microfiber pad on them with the different grit sandpaper. You could bring any cd back to life which still had an intact foil layer.
I remember those machines. :-) Thanks for watching!
Excellent video! Thank you!
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Radial strokes might be best because the redundancy for data correction is written shortly after in the same ring but this technique works as demonstrated.
Finally I can recover my porn collection... ( priceless )
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@@electronicsNmore hahahaha😂😂😂😂😂
F-ZERO Can you send me a copy of it by the post? I will pay postage ;)
It works! thank you!
Yes, when done correctly!
the concept worked. Holy crap! I used a sponge but wow. Thanks man!
It worked for me. I saved a $460 cd I got from Discogs. I somehow scratched the hell out of it during a move, which is not a proud moment considering the price tag and rarity of the album. However I’m still left with lots of tiny scratches, and my burner keeps ejecting it. It plays fine in a CD player now though, oddly. I did use Brasso which I had on hand instead of headlight polish like yourself. Would I need to sand longer and possibly harder with the higher grit?
Increasing to a higher grit and using the plastic polish will eliminate the fine scratches
Whats the name of the paper? So I can get one immediatly! Man love your video!
Wet/Dry abrasive paper. Sold at the link below(every grade you need, and cheaper), or you can buy it in individual grades for more money at a local auto parts store or Walmart. Thanks for watching!
amzn.to/2x2cQZm
(Amazon Affiliate Link)
@@electronicsNmore Thank you!
Thanks a lot for this nice video!
Did you try it on ps1 games? I've tried on one that was at least starting but it's not starting anymore. I think it's not polished enough because it's not very bright like yours, but i've been polishing it for a while with wet paper. Maybe it's my paste, is it really important? On your video your disc seemed already very good after the 3000 grit paper.
Just bought brainstorm off Amazon from a third party. The first part of the movie freezes because of small scratches, hope it works, love this movie
Try the scratch and swirl remover first.
I'm no expert, but for wet sanding and polishing aren't you supposed to make a bunch of smaller circles around the surface instead of just one big one? Other than that solid video though.
Actually, on a car's clearcoat finish, you'd use back and forth motions. Full circular for the disc is fine. Thanks for watching!
Thanks alot its work for me
Thank you for the vid man now have about 20 cds I can fix
Take your time, use the right products, and do a good job. Good luck!
Very informative video mate
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Thanks for your time
You're welcome!
It does work! I did it with a GameCube disc
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I'm trying to do the same thing with my GC disk, but its only showing the scratches I made with the sandpaper and made it just unreadable. What did you do that I did different???
Gonna try on my DVD’s . Wish me luck !
If you take your time, use the correct grades of abrasive paper in the correct order, then polish well, it will work.
For the 3000 grit can I use just the wet/dry instead of the 3000 grit foam sanding pad
Yes, that's fine.
Will this method work for a single deep scratch at the edge of a music CD or do I need to go with a lower number on the first sandpaper? Also you never did show how you cleaned off the excess polish afterwards. Did you run it under the tap water and dry it off with a microfiber cloth?
Deep scratch, no.
I assume its wet & dry sandpaper? The only snag might be depending how valuable or irreplaceable the disc is, the materials, especially the headlight stuff may be dearer than the disc! Pretty miraculous though. I didn't know this was possible.
Yes, wet/dry paper.
Great video...simple and informative. Random side question but would this theoretically work to remove scratches or scuffs on a phone screen too?
yea, but it would take a lot longer
and some screens have layers that you shouldn't fuck with, google the specfic screen
I thought the same thing!And you know what they say,"great minds think alike!"
I see the tooth paste method shown more often. I could try this method but it cost 10$ for the 3M lens cleaning polish plus money for the other supplies. I like what I see here. I may give it a shot over the tooth paste. I did see some other video claim that you should not run in circular motions. I'll find out when I do it.
Toothpaste only works on a few very fine scratches. Thanks for watching!
Beside polish paste we can use vaceline? (skin protecting jelly)
Thanks for the video. Could I try first with just the Turtle Wax without the sanding, or do you always recommend the sanding? Disc I am trying to fix does not have any really bad scratches. It only has a lot of smaller scratches.
Try Walmart Turtle Wax Scratch & Swirl Remover. Thanks for watching! Be sure to share with your friends.
There does seem to be two schools of thought on the DIRECTION of the sanding/restoring motion on the disc surface. Some are saying that one should only go from EDGE TO EDGE in a straight line, whereas others are specifically calling for going in a CIRCULAR pattern, as demonstrated here, much as one would clean an LP record. I take it has to do with how the laser reads the data imbedded. Which is right, or does it truly matter?
Robert Spreitzer Well, my method works. Not much more I can say.
Home Depot I imagine is the easiest place where I can find these sand papers? I shall try it out. Any materials apart from headlight polishing paste that can do the job that you are aware of?
Robert Spreitzer Auto parts store variety pack.
OK, thanks much.
Do not do this on blurays. Their construction is radically different than CD/DVD. It will damage/remove the incredibly thin hardcoat, the data layer is very near the hardcoat. Unlike CD where the data is near the label side, and DVD where the data is near the middle.
I've got some old PS1 games that my brother unfortunately treated very poorly when we were little. Some of them might be beyond saving but I think this is more promising than toothpaste or bananas or something stupid like that. I'll give this a shot on some discs I don't care about first because those games are irreplaceable to me
The toothpaste and banana methods are for EXTREMELY minor scratches. Thanks for watching!
lmao I'm trying to save the same cd💿
me too!
I tried this method on 2 PS3 games, and the end result was a fail. After a lengthy amount of time using the 3000 and 5000 grit paper and the recommended turtle wax scratch remover, I was not able to restore the original sheen on the discs' surface. However, the deep scratches were gone after using the recommended sand paper grits. Still, this was not good enough for the game console to read the disc.
I strongly advise against this method since there is no guarantee that your CD or DVD will be repaired.
You failed, and advise against it. LOL I bet if I had that disc it would work.
@@electronicsNmore All I am saying to folks out there is to "repair at their own risk". Good for you if your method works for you. I must also point out that you left a huge chunk out of your video, and I understand that it is to not waste the viewers' time. Much appreciated there, but still, it is a very specific repair process that likely a lot of folks will fail at.
Same here. I’ve tried on two different DVDs and my PS4 can’t read them now.
This is good ASMR as well as advice.
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Wow i had the same problem with the Wii and the Wii sports
Another very informative thumbs up video. Thanks so much.
Tooterr102 E. Glad you enjoyed it
electronics N more a question can I use spray wax instead the "paste "? thanks before hand
No, you need scratch and swirl remover. Thanks for watching!
Awesome job.
Thank you!
I must have missed something in the video --- thanks for that -- but after I follow the process using the 1000, 2000 and 3000 grit sandpaper then use the polish, the dvd would work at all in the computer
Did anyone try this but use the Turtle Wax instead of the 3M Headlight Renewal, and it still worked for them? I just tried saving a somewhat readable CD, now it won’t read at all!!! Could I be doing something wrong? Or did I get the wrong sand/ abrasive paper? Someone help!
Using only paste wax may work if the scratches are VERY minor. If you used the correct abrasive paper grits and scratch/swirl remover, then it should work. Thanks for watching!
I did this and my hand started glowing, Like a glow bug. I tried using warm water and that helped. Most of the neon glows went down the drain. Wii sports back in action!
Does the 3000 grit have to be the foam sanding pad or can it just be the normal 3000 grid sandpaper?
Either type is fine.
Might sound like a dumb question, but can any of the sandpaper be reused after a wet sanding, or is it just once and it's done?
Use EXACTLY what I said to use in the video.
I purchased some 1500 and managed the dull look, then I tried 3000 4000 and 5000 WITH polish and it looks as dull as it did with the 1500, what am I missing here? 😢
I trying to clean this rock band 2 disc and so I'm trying to find some sand paper but my cousin said that it's going to put even more scratches on there is this method really 100%
In order to remove scratches, you need to make more first, then remove those. Follow the video, and take your time with each step.
Thanks
I’m attempting to descratch a disc with childhood photos on it, not going well.
Do exactly as shown, using the same materials/products. Doing a rush job will produce very poor results.
Hi I have a question that paste your using is this for headlights
No, but if you have that, use it.
Which grit level sandpaper would you recommend for the best results
All in the video...
5000 grit
DO I NEAD TO USE TOTHPAST FOR THE DISC
How the abrasive stuff not harms the little data lines written into the disk,I don't want to harm my old Need For Speed's.
Hi I have a wii and a disc I have loads up then stops on the section that says "connect the Wii motion plus accessory and numchick to the Wii remote wait a few moments...... it wont go beyond this message, is this a damaged disc problem ,
Does this method only work on game disks or will it also work on movie DVDs
Works on both.
Hi sir , what is that? Is that line scorch bright or sand paperThank you
Wet/Dry abrasive paper.
Can you remove scratches from disc without the sandpaper or is it required
No, you need to use what's shown. Thanks for watching!
ruclips.net/video/3wQIeXRS6kk/видео.html that method worked for me for my ps2 and 360 games that went from never working to working like brand new.
First time on this channel. Great video, like and subscribe from me!
Bummer, I have a few scuffed and scratched DVD's in the Deadwood series,
I used 2500 wet then buffed perfectly with a Dremel felt and plastic polish
... still freezes up in places.
Much still have fine scratches or hazy spots.
can I use steel wool
NO! Bad idea.
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Excellent!
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I'd wave the disc around like that and bam hit the faucet. 😆
Don't keep your phone in your shirt pocket when you go to get the cd out of the toilet.
I have a disc which is a bit scratched and a few finger prints. Will this still work if it's snapped in half as well?
Snapped in half? LOL No.
HAHA 👉🏼
Do this take off all the scratches like not visible at all?
Hi Bob. Only if you do it long enough, and the scratches aren't too deep. Thanks for watching!
@@electronicsNmore ok thanks
YOU ARE A REAL CAR SALESMAN ======ONCE YOU TOOK THE DICS AWAY YOU LOWERED YOU TRUSTWORTHNESS ==== I DID THE SAME BUT USED GOJO GRIT TYPE PASTE TO CLEAN
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Hit the road you Degenerate. I don't have any time to deal with stupidity from undesirables like you.
Bro, I only need to fix 1 little scratch that's keeping my disk from going to the main menu. I'm not about to cratch/sand/resurface the whole disk just to fix 1 scratch. Any advice?
I gave great advice in the video. You cannot try repairing one scratch, the entire disc must be treated, otherwise you'll end up with low spots.
Does this work on DVRs? I've gotten my disc quite shiny but it won't read for anything.😭
CDs and DVDs.
How about brasso? Think that'd work?
Does it have to have high gloss? I wonder if you could have stopped at 1,000 grit??? or 2,000 grit? Should have tested it.
The disc must have a highly reflective finish, no scratches.
okay so i tried this just today but it didn't work for me, as I'm writing this I've never seen my optical drive have such a hard time reading something lol, my problem is that even after the 3000 and polish paste , it was still too dull, although shiny, so I'm hoping now to find a 5000 sandpaper to try and minimize it
Auto parts store or Amazon for 5000
@@electronicsNmore yeah! was just about to order one, thank you, will update! id also note that after all it did read the disk but it's probably my fault maybe for polishing too much with the 1000
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How did the 5000 grit work out for you? Does your drive read the disc now?
This being something I have a lot of experience in, watching you use sand paper makes me cringe a little. Yes, it's a bit more work but strait fine cutting compound really is the best option. Reducing the thickness of the acrylic layer too much can significantly change the focal distance of the laser from the data layer of the disk by changing it's refractive properties. Most DVD, CD, or game ROM readers expect a certain thickness between the read layer and the optical surface of the disk. If we change that too much it fails to line things up correctly at which point you have a coaster instead of a disk. Using a soft cloth and fine cutting compound is the best way because it takes so little off the surface. Anything more aggressive than that can cause serious problems. I've personally "taken the circle of doom" off of Xbox 360 games with just cutting compound and the game worked flawlessly after I was done.
The aforementioned circle of doom is what happens to a disk when you move or knock over the Xbox 360 console with the disk spinning at high speed. This leaves a nasty circle up to a quarter of an inch wide in the middle of the read area of the disk. It's nasty, deep, and hard to repair because the tray actually welds plastic to the surface of the disk. I can promise you my method works. I've done it thousands of times without issue. The sandpaper though, I wouldn't do that to a disk more than once in it's lifetime. I wouldn't recommend using a Dremel or other rotary tool with a buffing wheel either. It's extremely easy to burn a divot in the disk or crack it from heat stress. Take some friendly and sound advice from someone who's had some serious headaches over this sort of thing. Just use fine cutting compound. Work your way down to ultrafine if you're so inclined, just don't use sandpaper or power tools...
I can promise you my method works, unless the disc has become degraded over time and the data layer is damaged. :-) Unfortunately fine cutting compound will NOT remove deeper scratches. Reducing the thickness(slightly) of the acrylic layer makes no difference. The acrylic isn't convex or concave, it's flat. The laser is directed through the flat acrylic layer and focused on the center of the disc using lenses. As long as the disc isn't warped, you can sand away. The distance between the focused laser and data layer never changes. All the focusing is done with the laser, not the acrylic layer of the disc. If the disc has scratches, then the laser cannot focus where it's supposed to focus, which is why you need to make sure the disc is very clear and smooth.
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Does this work on copy dvds aswell?
Yes, when done properly. Thanks for watching!
Don't suppose something like this would work for policarbonate reading glasses?
With the 5000 grit and then the paste, maybe.
Mine always get scratched.
Galo Aguirre Yes, works great, but you need to use 5000 grit
Really?
Dude, thanks, gotta try that.
Spoiler Alert: It worked.
what if the silver part is wearing off?
Once the data layer is damaged, the optical disc is no longer repairable.
Very good indeed !
Hi, If I use 7000 grit sandpaper to grind, Am I still need a headlight renewal or scratch remover?
More than likely not, just as long as you sanded in stages up to 7000.
@@electronicsNmore Ok ! I will sanding it from 1000 grit and up to 7000 grit. Thank you for such fast reply!
Hi, I have question. Does it work with Dual layer DVDs? Trying to fix Super Smash Bros Brawl
Should work fine on all.
@@electronicsNmore OK, thanks
thank you so much I have lots of CDs that are scratched
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I actually got a 7 way nail buffer at Dollar tree and it worked great!And instead of waiting all of that water I just filled up a bowl and dipped it.And then used car wax and a microfiber cloth and presto!
Luckily we have an abundance of water where I live. Using a bowl isn't the best idea because the particles become suspended in the water.
DVD make good targets for skeet and trap shooting.
Also I recently used gum out carb cleaner to clean head light on my 2004 Venture Chevy. Made them clear again. Use test patch first though.שלום
What if the small clear circle in the middle of the cd got cracked slightly ?
Then I wouldn't place it near any water. Try using just the scratch and swirl remover.
I have a really deep scratch will it work for that
It's a lot more work to get out a deep scratch.
Is it possible
Can any car scratch remover be used?
I’ve done the 3000 grit but it seems to just leave more scratches on it. Can’t get it to look smooth and shiny
Yes, many will remove fine scratches from a car's clearcoat finish. Make sure the abrasive paper is wet, and you keep rinsing. Use steady pressure, and near the end use lighter pressure. No reason to have more scratches if you do a good job and finish it off with the scratch/swirl remover.
Could I mail (and pay you for) you a disc to try to recover? I am so afraid of messing it up.
Thanks for the offer, but I'm too busy to do that.
I don’t mind waiting a while and I can pay for everything. I’ve tried everything to restore it and I need help. :/
I’m saying this In 2020 lol but did the abrasive pad come with the package also do I need it?
I posted a link in the video description area for the lowest cost way to get all the different grades of abrasive paper. Walmart has the scratch and swirl remover. Thanks for watching!
electronicsNmore Wii sports is worth 30 bucks now 😂
$10 is much cheaper than $30. 🤣🤣
electronicsNmore think this would work with GameCube games lol
2k 99 grind yes
Good tips! although I haven't used a physical media in years. I don't even own a drive anymore. :( I wish I had this info back when I had to repurchase Diablo.
Hi. How do you clean off the polishing paste?
You buff away the residue with a very soft cloth(microfiber)
Small circles in CD can we remove? that CD is very important.. or there is any technian can help With that?
Kindly reply....
My process works, but you need to take your time and use the correct materials.
This doesn’t work did exactly what was in the video and it doesn’t. It actually made it worse. He slips different disc. Notice he did not show you the actual label of the disk either before or after. Bogus video
Do you know if armor all works by chance?
No Billy. It won't remove scratches.