Can someone explain this

gamer2 · Post by **gamer2** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:04 pm

Ok, Ive heard that Toothpaste can be used to fix CDs. How do you do it, also can it be done with PSX discs?

codeman · Post by **codeman** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:11 pm

I've never heard of the tooth-paste thing...but I do know that you dont want to try many things to fix regular playstation games. They used a different plastic so that you could tell if it was a pirated game or not, but their black plastic is really really easy to ruin. If you wait until november the comany I work for is going to release a CD repair machine that works really well!

gamer2 · Post by **gamer2** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:14 pm

Can i get an early release?

Weebl · Post by **Weebl** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:19 pm

If I remember correctly, bicostp has a great explanation of how to do this. The small abrasive particles in the toothpaste serve to buff out the small scratches, so I don't know why you wouldn't be able to do this with a PSX game. You might want to try on a disc that you really don't care too much about.

Post by **Sparkfist** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:43 pm

I think the brand suggested for cleaning CDs was Crest. I do know that Popular Science had a one of those "How to 2.0" take about using it, I belive it was the June/July issue.

Post by **bicostp** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:56 pm

The fine baking soda in the toothpaste can help make bigger scratches less prominent. You could also try making a paste out of water and confectioner's sugar, but you would need to clean the disc really well to get rid of any sticky residue.

For most scratch fixing I use Meuigar's Scratch X, a car care product. (It's basically name brand polishing compound.) I think Turtle Wax and Mother's brands have similar products. It reduces scratches in the CD, just like it removes scratches and swirls from cars.

If you just want to copy the data off a CD (like I did with an old CD I burned), and it's heavily scratched, first polish out the scratches as best you can. Then I used soem Pledge or Endust dusting spray/furniture polish to help fill in the scratches. This is by no means permanent or recommended; I did it with an old CD-ROM drive in case it spattered and/or gummed the drive up. (Thankfully it didn't).

I'll have to dig up that old CD fixing post and make it a proper web page on my site.

Edit: Here's the thread. <a href="http://benheck.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php? ... ">linky</a> See, the search function isn't entirely useless...

ganonbanned · Post by **ganonbanned** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:34 am

ok, i will. about a year ago, my friend told me that same thing when i couldnt sell sonic for gamecube to EB games cuz they thought it was scratched. i thought he was lying and he told me he would pay me double of what i got it for ($40 when it came out) if it broke. the game looked way cleaner, didnt lag, and worked fine after that. just spread toothpaste along the backsid of the disk, then rinse it all off while rubbing it.

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:06 am

anotherperson wrote:I've never used toothpaste to repair a disk (Don't get them scratched in the first place ), although it cleaned my watch up real nice.

Too bad it won't work on my watch... it's a $70 watch I got as a gift. Today, I dropped it on the bathroom floor and it chipped the glass on the inside

SuperZeldaBros · Post by **SuperZeldaBros** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:52 am

I dropped my watch on the bathroom floor once, and the back opened and all the parts flew everywhere.

I put all the parts back together, no visible permanent damage, still works!

I love five dollar RadioShack watches from six years ago.

wallydawg · Post by **wallydawg** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:57 am

I have a Bart Simpson plastic holograph watch that I got out of a box of cereal.

sammy · Post by **sammy** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:45 pm

Hey, do yuo guys think it is worth trying with FFX-2? I've had scratches on it for a long time and certain parts of the game don't run anymore (like the beginning movie). I don't play it anymore and I'd like to sell it, but not if it does not work... I also had the guide and all, but I sold it already.