Scratched Disk Repair

[charyl]

I thought I had seen it here somewhere, but I was wanting to find out before I waste my money again, which product is best to repair scratches on my disk with...

[bartman]

Try toothpaste....the plain, boring, tasteless white stuff, not the gel

[KingJohn]

I thought I had seen it here somewhere, but I was wanting to find out before I waste my money again, which product is best to repair scratches on my disk with...

Yep tooth paste should do it, Also that paint rub you get for car's but repairing a scratch and recovering the data are two different things

[charyl]

OK, now how do i use the toothpaste and will the disk still be good?

[KingJohn]

On a toothbrush, how else

Ok, just kidding. If the disk is badly scratched, then the data is lost forever. Repairing a scratch on anything would be done using a "Cutting paste" which would make the scratch invisible.

BUT on a DVD removing the scratch will not help if the data is lost. The best you can do with a DVD is just clean it, if it still wont work, then there is very little else you can do.

Warm water and dish cleaner is just as good as anything, finishing with warm water, then gently dry with tissue paper (Dont rub it)

[Mirror_Image]

I stumbled across the use of "Brasso" (a liquid brass polish that contains a very fine abrasive) for removing scratches from plastic watch crystals and polycarbonate sunglasses, and it works very well, but I've never tried it on optical discs, so someone else will have to use a disc as a guinea pig...

[bartman]

Toothpaste will work because it is full of fine grains....for getting all that crap off your teeth...like cutting paste but more readily available...and if you get the mint stuff your CD will small great afterward

Anyway, just get a small dab of the stuff and work in small circles around the disk surface with a soft cloth for 5 - 10 minutes...then get a damp cloth to wipe off all the residue.

[marvelus10]

For fine scratches from general use i use Armour All for cars.
Just spray a little on and rub it around so that the entire cd is evenly covered and then wipe off using a very soft rag.

[devinemi83]

At your local record store you can buy a little package of cd scrath wipes. They are like 99 cents per sheet. You simply wipe and rub it into the scratch and hoping it isnt to deep a scratch it will fix it. But it morethan likely wont hold forever. If its a data disc remove ALL data before you loose it again. Hope that helps a little.

[kinneera]

There are some reasonably credible devices available from your typical electronics store that basically rebuff a disc with some polish. Don't expect miracles but they can take care of a lot of common disc blemishes like shallow scratches and scuff marks from CD carrying cases. You might try giving that a shot.