Scratches Suck!

[IpicmaNose]

HAHA. Bad scratches don't scare me! Only took 5 hours to go over and rip the scratch with decrypter! Would brasso work to resolve any further issues regarding scratches? Tried lens cleaner, but no help. What is an alternative to brasso? thanks.

Only about 10000 retries! could that be a record?!

[freestyler]

Brasso works quite well - it's worked in about 3 instances where nothing else would. I don't own one of those cd repair doctors.

[lordsmurf]

No, I've had more. Be sure to do that one a drive you don't care about. It could kill the laser.

[iooi]

What is an alternative to brasso? thanks.

Only about 10000 retries! could that be a record?!

Oven cleaner or toothpaste folowed by some household spray cleaner (Mr Sheen) to shine it up a bit....

Worked for me on a deep scratch

[guns1inger]

Agreed - toothpaste, a little water and a soft cloth. Brought a couple of mine back from the dead.

[glockjs]

brasso + armor all....works the best, 3 months ago became a firm believer and never looked back

[iooi]

Just copied a disk for a friend who wanted a backup as the disk is covered in marks and scratches.. Why dont htey ask before they wreck em... As its not mine i didnt want to risk damaging further so just gave it a good polish with Mr Sheen ( UK Spray can polish) and its done the trick removed most of the marks just a few radial scratches but dycripter got passed them OK...
Must be my lucky day.

[nexus123]

Try soaking it in karosine or gasoline it will take the outer coating and let you make a copy of it. only try this on an original disc and original will be very fragile afterwards

[freestyler]

You're kidding right?

[iooi]

Try soaking it in karosine or gasoline it will take the outer coating and let you make a copy of it. only try this on an original disc and original will be very fragile afterwards

And if it dont work afterwards....
Just drop a match in the gas...
What disk was that....... Ring of Fire.....

[JHMac]

Try taking better care of your disc!

[hhhhbk]

Try soaking it in karosine or gasoline it will take the outer coating and let you make a copy of it. only try this on an original disc and original will be very fragile afterwards

petrol will melt plastic so there is a chance that this could work
may be worth trying it out on a scratched disk you dont care about first as if left in for too long the whole thing would dissolve [anyone who has ever made napalm from polystyrene will agree] finally there may be a use for badly burnt disks and free ones for dial up isps like aol - testing how long a disk can be left in petrol to just remove a small layer off the bottom 8)

[IpicmaNose]

first time ever had a disc this badly scratched. Think ill go with the brasso and armorall path rather than the gas method. gas ain't cheap no more, need it for the car. I use a dvd-rom for all ripping purposes so as to save the burner. Thanks everyone.