Hi gundamGAF,
just a bit off topic for a sec, i did a write up on retroGAF for scratched disc and thought it might help to post it here for those who may own a few unplayable scratched gundam or other CD/dvds. here's a step by step; please pardon the large post, it's going to have several photos just to show the brands used and results:
if you want to see the disc's condition at the start, you can look over
here: post #2202:
Before we begin, there's 3 steps in removing scratches from a disc:
1. Rubbing Compound
2. Polishing Compound
3. Finishing Polish
First step:
used this Crest brand toothpaste as a rubbing compund:
Crest Complete mult benefit gel w/ extra whitening
with a white t-shirt, i took a dab of it (old photo)
and began rubbing all around the CD in a circular motion. rubbing pretty hard.
at a point the paste will become dry and very hard to rub which is good, that's the friction needed to begin buffing out deep scratches.
if it becomes too dry, add a dab of water:
buff thoroughly, the end result should look like this
(click to enlarge)
deep scratches should all be leveled out while the disc will look hazy full of micro scratches completely all over the disc. fear not, the next steps will be to buff out these with a polishing compound =)
Second step:
For a polishing compound, i used Mequiars Scratch Remover 2.0 (there's also a gentler one called PLastX by the same brand which i recommend over this but don't have at the moment, so this'll do)
apply a generous amount of polishing compound(more than what's pictured) and use a microfiber cloth to buff.you want to use plenty of muscle to buff really bc you're bascially getting out all the micros scratches while polishing the disc.
end result of step 2 (ignore the date on the paper, i'm just using that to keep my table from being dirty)
looks pretty good eh? well, if you're satisfied you can stop here, but there's some really fine scratches that the camera won't pick up so... onto adding a finishing polish =)
Step 3: add a finishing polish as it acts as a filler for small imperfections.
this is the brand i use:
i use Zymol but you can use Eagle1 polish as well, either one is good. I own a bunch of high end instruments w/ delicate finishes and this is what is used to remove scratches w/o damaging the finish.
same as step 2 apply an generous amount of finish polish:
using a microfiber cloth, muscle and don't allow the polish to be rubbed off. also once Zymol dries on the cloth it hardens and can scratch the disc so add dab of water on the area of the cloth
and keep polishing the entire surface of the disc, redo steps 1 and 2 if you see some deep scratches not coming out.
afterwards: success!
as always, try at your own risk, but it's pretty easy, took me 30 mins =)
alright, back to Gundam banter!
