Cd Resurfacing

DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">can it be done at home (for cheap)?</div> ^ topic <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

basically, I've got some scratched up CDs and DVDs that I don't want to pay to have fixed... are there any cheap chemicals/methods one can use to make scratched software function again?
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  • DrfuzzyDrfuzzy FEW... MORE.... INCHES... Join Date: 2003-09-21 Member: 21094Members
    Heard toothpaste works.
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  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Drfuzzy+Aug 4 2005, 12:12 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Drfuzzy @ Aug 4 2005, 12:12 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Heard toothpaste works. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    applied Mentadent. Rubbed with TP. Rinsed. Result: minty fresh disc that looks like it MIGHT be less scratched :> putting it in PS2, will repurt further <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • MantridMantrid Lockpick Join Date: 2003-12-07 Member: 24109Members
    For temporary fixes, know that grease that can build up on your skin, especially where your nostril meets the rest of your face?

    Yeah.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    Don't even think about Mantrid's idea. A slightly abrasive material applied in small doses until the disk works beats nose-oil 24/7.
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  • That_Annoying_KidThat_Annoying_Kid Sire of Titles Join Date: 2003-03-01 Member: 14175Members, Constellation
    it's called a "Skip Doctor" it's ~20 bucks at any CD store / electronics store

    the light abbrasiveness of toothpaste will work for small scratches, but for mass fixing of non label side damage is the skip doctor
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  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    Toothpaste contains many tiny particles of titanium dioxide that are very faintly abrasive. Remember to rub from the hub straight out towards the edge, never tangentally.

    --Scythe--
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  • funbagsfunbags Join Date: 2003-06-08 Member: 17099Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Mantrid+Aug 4 2005, 12:20 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mantrid @ Aug 4 2005, 12:20 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> For temporary fixes, know that grease that can build up on your skin, especially where your nostril meets the rest of your face?

    Yeah. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Oh finally, something us geeks have an abundance of.
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  • MantridMantrid Lockpick Join Date: 2003-12-07 Member: 24109Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-funbags+Aug 3 2005, 11:45 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (funbags @ Aug 3 2005, 11:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Mantrid+Aug 4 2005, 12:20 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mantrid @ Aug 4 2005, 12:20 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> For temporary fixes, know that grease that can build up on your skin, especially where your nostril meets the rest of your face?

    Yeah. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Oh finally, something us geeks have an abundance of. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Now, if we can find a way to harvest it and then make it useable as a clean-burning fuel...
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  • CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Mantrid+Aug 4 2005, 03:55 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mantrid @ Aug 4 2005, 03:55 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-funbags+Aug 3 2005, 11:45 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (funbags @ Aug 3 2005, 11:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Mantrid+Aug 4 2005, 12:20 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mantrid @ Aug 4 2005, 12:20 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> For temporary fixes, know that grease that can build up on your skin, especially where your nostril meets the rest of your face?

    Yeah. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Oh finally, something us geeks have an abundance of. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Now, if we can find a way to harvest it and then make it useable as a clean-burning fuel... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Brilliance! The geeks will inherit the earth indeed!
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  • Dirty_Harry_PotterDirty_Harry_Potter Join Date: 2002-11-21 Member: 9500Members
    Supposedly some guy have done it with a regular nailfile several times, so that's how cheap it can get, but you should probably stick to a real tool like the one TAK suggested.
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  • Private_ColemanPrivate_Coleman PhD in Video Games Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7510Members
    edited August 2005
    <!--QuoteBegin-CForrester+Aug 4 2005, 03:16 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CForrester @ Aug 4 2005, 03:16 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Mantrid+Aug 4 2005, 03:55 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mantrid @ Aug 4 2005, 03:55 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-funbags+Aug 3 2005, 11:45 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (funbags @ Aug 3 2005, 11:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Mantrid+Aug 4 2005, 12:20 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mantrid @ Aug 4 2005, 12:20 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> For temporary fixes, know that grease that can build up on your skin, especially where your nostril meets the rest of your face?

    Yeah. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Oh finally, something us geeks have an abundance of. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Now, if we can find a way to harvest it and then make it useable as a clean-burning fuel... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Brilliance! The geeks will inherit the earth indeed! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    This could result in farms of geeks being harvested for their grease! <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • MantridMantrid Lockpick Join Date: 2003-12-07 Member: 24109Members
    edited August 2005
    Ah, the noble profession of grease farming...
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  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    And we wonder why girls don't like us.
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  • CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
    Pssssh, geek farming. We'll take control of the world. People will go to wars over us. They'll play "capture the geek". SAVE THE PRECIOUS NOSE OIL. WITHOUT IT, WE CANNOT DRIVE.
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  • MantridMantrid Lockpick Join Date: 2003-12-07 Member: 24109Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-AllUrHiveRblong2us+Aug 4 2005, 01:59 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (AllUrHiveRblong2us @ Aug 4 2005, 01:59 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> And we wonder why girls don't like us. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Please, I think we're all intelligent enough to figure things like that out. We can apply incredible logic to everything else, we can do it in that area too.

    Unless, of course, women are illogical...






    Damnit.
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  • OttoDestructOttoDestruct Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7790Members
    <a href='http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005B9W6/qid=1123166290/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-3749737-0692021?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846' target='_blank'>Link</a>

    As retarded as it looks, it works.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-OttoDestruct+Aug 4 2005, 06:34 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (OttoDestruct @ Aug 4 2005, 06:34 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <a href='http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005B9W6/qid=1123166290/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-3749737-0692021?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846' target='_blank'>Link</a>

    As retarded as it looks, it works. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Reading the reviews, it seems it does not work.
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  • R_A_CR_A_C Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16273Members
    lol, someone gave the skipdoctor this review:
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Its too much work! you put the disc on the wheel, put the wheel in the thing, then plug the thing in, then press the button, then sit there for 10 minutes while the the wheel slow moves around. Then you take out the CD, then you polish it with the little square piece, gimme a break!<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I'm not sure if the person was serious or not, but come on, he had the motorized version too! Lazy bum.
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  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Drfuzzy+Aug 4 2005, 01:12 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Drfuzzy @ Aug 4 2005, 01:12 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Heard toothpaste works. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I heard this one, too. Just make sure you clean all the toothpaste <i>off</i> afterwards. I know that from experience.

    Um... yeah.
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