Scratched DVD/CD Fix trick with household supplies... EASY AND CHEAP!

I just helped out a member on the boards that I sold a BBA w/ CD... well, unfortunately, the CD got damaged during shipping.


Anyways, I found out a lot of people don't know this trick, so I'll detail this here for everyone to see.

Anyways, on to it.

IF you've got any DVD's or CD's that are scratched.. this will fix (at least mostly.. enough at least to rescue music CD's) your problems. This even fixes SEVERE DAMAGE.

Look around your house, do you have a bottle of PLEDGE handy? Or at least some furniture polish?

You need the "scratch fixing" formula. I've tried bunch, but pledge seems to work best.

For this to work, you need the following:

1. Bottle of Furniture polish
2. Soft cloth or tissues
3. Your damaged CD
4. About 1 minute of your time.

Step 1:
Coat the bottom of your disc with pledge.

Step 2:
Let your disc sit for about a minute.

Step 3:
VERY CAREFULLY AND SOFTLY wipe your CD off from the INSIDE OUT, not clockwise or counter-clockwise.

Step 4:
Make SURE your CD is cleaned off COMPLETELY. Leave no residue on your CD at all, or you may screw up your lens.

Step 5:
Put in your player. Check if it reads or not. If it's not perfect, repeat once or twice. It should play.

Anyways, a nice 99 cent fix instead of shoveling out $40 for a repair kit. I've found this works a LOT better than resurfacers.

I've found baking soda based toothpaste to work to bring a cd back to life. Wipe that stuff on and then gently rub it out (i did it under running hot water) from the inside to out as you mentioned. I was able to get a non working Rez disc up and running on my PS2.

Your method sounds interesting too, i'll have to try that.

Lagduf said:

I've found baking soda based toothpaste to work to bring a cd back to life. Wipe that stuff on and then gently rub it out (i did it under running hot water) from the inside to out as you mentioned. I was able to get a non working Rez disc up and running on my PS2.

Your method sounds interesting too, i'll have to try that.

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This is the first time I've heard of using Pledge. I've tried the toothpaste method with so-so results. I read somewhere that "Brasso" worked as well as the best resurfacing liquid and have tried that as well.

For me, the $30 skip doctor has brought back discs I couldn't get working with Brasso, Toothpaste, etc. and has been worth it.

Cologne and perfume work good too but is a temporary fix.

chemical said:

This is the first time I've heard of using Pledge. I've tried the toothpaste method with so-so results. I read somewhere that "Brasso" worked as well as the best resurfacing liquid and have tried that as well.

For me, the $30 skip doctor has brought back discs I couldn't get working with Brasso, Toothpaste, etc. and has been worth it.

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I've tried brasso, also ... I found this to work the most consistently. I don't like what resurfacers do to your discs and I'm not to hot on the other ones.

This one seems to work even on the worst cases for me, and I've suggested this to other people to rave reviews. Hell, for me.. $40 for a machine from EB Games or 49 cents at the dollar store..it's not even close.

bump for science

thanks VT; pledge worked beautifully on a super scratched blockbuster dvd. I was sad that the movie started fucking up when i was like an hour in, but then i remembered this thread.

Now back to Cabin Fever. P.S. - Jordan Ladd is hot.