How to fix scratched DVD's and CD's

For those of you who have kids especially Im sure Im not alone. But just valued at least $400 worth of scratched DVD's that dont work or are annoying to watch.

Yesterday I came across and bought a gadget from Dick Smith that repairs light to medium scratches in disks. Looks like the old small portable CD players and it cost me $19.95. There are 2 changeable pads inside, one for repairing that has a repair cream and one for cleaning with a cleaning spray.

Works a treat as those so far I have tried the repair on are now 100%. 😎

You can also repair CD's and DVD's using a soft cloth and some toothpaste... loads of info on google about it.
And yes, it works well. 🙂

Our civic video had a buffing machine and you could pay them to buff your dvd/cds.
Simon

Will it fix the ones the kids have broken in half?

I bought a 'kit' long ago. It consisted of a cloth, and a eye dropper sized bottle of polish. Just looked like regular car polish to me. But it worked, not that I have had much of an issue with that sort of thing. Someone should try a Kitten/Turtle/Meguirs repair kit on a scratched disc that isnt really an issue to throw away.

trickysimon wrote:Our civic video had a buffing machine and you could pay them to buff your dvd/cds.
Simon

Thats where I saw the big prof. machines but they didnt want to do it or even charge for it as they would have people coming all the time for repairs.

brasso might work on cd's too. worked nicely on the screen of my ipod and my phone.