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Renew your scratched up music or game CD's using toothpaste!!!
MPORTANT NOTE: Make sure you are using a toothPASTE and not a gel. Gel-type toothpastes will not work.... More» Also make sure it isn't the type that has little bits of anything in it. Many manufacturers now like putting "breath crystals" or other little speckles of junk in their toothpastes that will defeat the purpose of this process. Just make sure the toothpaste is white, and has no specks of stuff in it, and it should work fine.
Why does this work? because toothpaste is an abrasive. When you smear it on the disc, it buffers the scratches out and resurfaces the entire CD along with all the scratches and blends it all in making the disc smooth. Therefor, the CD will look unscratched and the disc wont skip.
WARNING: In some rare cases, this method can worsen the condition of the CD. It barely happens but be aware that its possible. «Less
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it really does work, i use it for my halo 2 disc and now i dont fail to load od maps , plus the game now smell like mint!
Now i understand why his toothpaste is almsost finished....
Its cause I actually brush my teeth. =/
can i use gel toothpaste or if i cant email me at olex eliacin@yahoo.com can i use it on playstation 2 games
Glad it helped you!
thanks 4 that thumbs up
mine smells like cinnamon :P
9 out of 10 dentists recomend it! :) LOL
thanx man, great work!! 5/5
smart ass lol
You should never rub anything abrasive onto a cd in a circular motion around the disk. It will scratch across sectors of the disk and it will probably skip even more. What you should do is rub from the centre to the outside or visa versa.... much more likely to remove the skip.
First you aren't damaging the sectors since they are under the layer of thick clear plastic you are rubbing. Second I doubt it is actually sanding down the surface. I think it might be similar to the turtle wax trick whereby you are merely filling the scratches. I could be wrong.
If the layer of plastic is scratched eccentically across the sectors (over the image underneath) than it would be harder for the laser to read through. The toothpaste is abrasive similar to a low cut car polish. It would be moreso polishing out blemishes. I'm no toothpaste expert but I can give creedence to your "filling of scratches" opinion... like your turtle wax comparison, it COULD also be putting down a protective layer over scratches.
that is exatley what it does it fills in the cracks and th info is stored in the foil under the label if u have a scrach in the label that part in un reparable
is right. my dad is a computer expert, he is correct, always move from the centre out, or outside in, as this is the way the laser reads it.
should not rub CDs in circular motion!!
it is subbosed to scratch the disk.
it is esentially sanding and resurfacing the disk just like you wou would do with a wood table
for best results polish it with a nail buffer (note buffer not FILE)
I just tried this on an old and very scratched CD which wouldn't play; it didn't remove ALL of the scratches, but it did seem to reduce them a lot. The CD works perfectly. Thank you very much for the video. :)
Make sure you are using a toothPASTE, not a gel. Gel-type toothpastes will not work. Also make sure it isn't the type that has little bits of anything in it. Many manufacturers now like putting "breath crystals" or other little speckles of junk in their toothpastes that will defeat the purpose of this process. Just make sure the toothpaste is white, and has no specks of stuff in it, and it should work fine.
Cool, that's pretty neat, I'm gona try it now!
my grandad showed me this twenty years ago he show me how it renews scrached watch faces ,hope this also helps some one i also clean my kids games and cds this way thanks mark
who would have thought toothpaste could do that??????????/
tooth paste containes microscopic particles that "scratch" the surface. this is how abrasives work, like 3,600 grit sandpaper is used to POLISH glass, it feels like notebook paper.
Another great video RazorG606! Keep on making them!
on my scratched chilli peppers cd but wen i went to play it again it would only play vanilla ice's, ice ice baby....???
Good Job, keep it up!
5/5
those who it doesnt work 4 dem should try using colgate whitening :P
Dude your freaking awesome! Thank you so much!!! I can finally play my games again! I love you!!!
wow, this accually work, i tried 3 CD's out this afternoon and they worked like brand new.
its bad for your cds it smash my crackdown cd use brasso indsteed
the toothpaste just removing a bit plastic so the scratches dissapear, because the info lays in the shiny surface at the top
but why instead of putting toothpaste put your sPerm hahahh no i know this before i used it for Need For Speed Porches
See, that's why you have to wear braces, cause you use your totthpaste aaall wrong!
it really cool but he may use other CD!
IT WORKS although wont the water leak in???
This is fantastic!
It works ,,, it works !!.. I did it with my playboy girls dvd and now I watch Merry Melodies !!..
try cumming on it, it works like a charm =D
NICE AD FROM COLGATE!
hmm try it on the pc monitor =.=
cheers mate...it worked on one of my old ps 2 games...now i can play it again...many thanks
isn't it prove that a toothpaste can be very dangerous??
Does it work with glasses lens? I have a few scratches here and there and its pretty irritating
I'll test it. If it worked, I'll start using it to remove scratches from old PS discs!
this works!! san andreas is back in business!!
and it is organic and more environment friendly method :)
I've been doing that with hair gel for years.
Haha!i will try this=)
thanks dude! thanks for this info....gonna try it now
u're the man!
toothpaste really useful in many things other than for ur teeth....hehe
:D
keep it up by posting more infomative clips!
great 5 stars man
k nice, but it's looks more like Colgate tooth paste advistory :)
5/5
i bet you could use toothpaste for anything.
Billyboy 2006
Now are my cd's brand new
ThaTs GreaT
HEY R U SURE.THAT THE CD WILL WORK AFTER THIS
Will that goober it up?
GOOD JOB MAN!! 5 STARS
i've been trying various houshold items to fix scratched cds for years, but have never heard of this one. seems to work pretty well though. for years, the most effective method i found was polishing the cd with a wax-based furniture polish (pledge) using a soft cotton rag or old cotton t-shirt. good job!
Take an iron and use it on CD - fast and good way to take all the scratches away :)
if u can eat it
to remove scratches from crystal wine glasses
Shit the only toothpaste I have is aquafresh does it have to be colgate>? LOL
5 stars for sharing.
Man this really works and it smells good and looks Shiny.
goes away? lol =]