Anyone ever tried Scratch-Out for taking scratches off game discs?

kirbybirbykirbybirby
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Well. I just did and on the back of the bottle it said to "polish in a circular motion". So now there's circle SCRATCHES on my Mario Party 6 game disc. Does anyone know of stuff like this that will actually work? Cause I'm pretty upset right now. I really didn't wanna have to replace almost all of my Gamecube discs. 

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  • Mr.NintendoMr.Nintendo
    never tried it, that sux though

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  • removed04092017removed04092017
    Get them resurfaced. It's pretty cheap.
  • kirbybirbykirbybirby
    Yeah. So if I can't find anything that actually works, I'll end up giving the scratched discs away on here. Because they're useless.







    Where can I get them resurfaced at?
  • removed04092017removed04092017
    Not sure. Call around to CD shops and such to see if they offer it. My local game seller has a machine.
  • VGS_captmorgandrinkerVGS_captmorgandrinker
    ^^^Gamecube games are a bitch to resurface in the machine since they're smaller.



    Instead of that scratchout stuff, do you have a bottle of Weimans? I had a brutal looking DDR Mario that played just fine after light buffing with Weimans.
  • IpsylosIpsylos
    Do a circular motion? That's what causes even more scratches. Best bet is to resurface them,I also heard toothpaste works, never tried it myself though.
  • ulasamosaulasamosa
    the solution/paste is microabrasive, it WILL ADD small surface scratches to the disc. Find a small shop or a movie rental place. Alot of them have resurfacers on site. Unfortunately as with the one my buddy has at Play n Trade, GCN games wear the buffing pads unevenly and the machines arent designed for them with an adaptor. And of course, most people probably dont have it.
  • BenihanaBenihana
    The machine we had at PnT had a special adapter for GC games.

    Don't know if the CD store would invest in one though.

    There are some not as expensive disc resurface systems on amazon. Under $200 I think.

    I got a cheepy one that fixes discs, but you can still see scratches when done.
  • milligangamesmilligangames
    Disc resurfacers work by buffing in a circular motion, except they do it much more evenly and quickly than a person could do with their hands. Very few game stores will resurface GameCube games as it requires either an expensive machine or a special attachment that most of the stores don't have.
  • RengozuRengozu

    Originally posted by: milligangames



    Very few game stores will resurface GameCube games as it requires either an expensive machine or a special attachment that most of the stores don't have.





    I just use a cheaper JFJ machine for our GameCube games. Works great.
  • IpsylosIpsylos
    The Gamestore near me (independently owned) has a resurfacing machine that does regular sized discs and GCN sized discs, I saw the smaller circular area where the GCN disc would go.
  • kirbybirbykirbybirby
    hm. I'll ask around and see if I can find a store to do it
  • dra600ndra600n
    Get a non-abrasive cloth, and some white colgate. Put a nice layer of toothpaste around the disc, "wipe" off with the cloth, then allow the toothpaste to harden and dry. I used to do this on my old music cd's back in the day that had gashes in them, and they played without skipping after this. It might take 2 coats to get it down, but it's definitely an option.



    (for a non-abrasive cloth, anything like a screen cleaning cloth, or a cell phone cleaning cloth, or similar)
  • nonameononameo
    If you have a lot of them that need to be resurfaced you could try sending them to azuradisc. I have never used them, but I did some research and it seems they have a reasonable rate and do a good job. However, shipping is killer.
  • VGS_captmorgandrinkerVGS_captmorgandrinker
    Are they scratched to the point of not working?
  • SinNombreSinNombre
    A video rental place should have a machine that does it. The ones here charge 2 or 3 dollars to remove scratches. They look perfect when they are done though.
  • BouncekDeLemosBouncekDeLemos
    In my experience (I work at a gamestore that resurfaces games), resurfacing either Gamecube or Wii are a pain. Gamecube because they're small, and for some reason, the Wii games have a 50/50 chance on playing 100% again (licensed games are the worse for some odd reason, I guess it's just on how the info written on the disk.)



    Never tried or even heard of 'Scratch-Out' before, but try to find a DVD or gamestore that can resurface games as a service. Don't go to me though, I don't want you to pay more for all the shipping back and forth, nevermind the fact that they could return not working. If you find a shop that can resurface them, see if they offer some kind of guarantee first.
  • milligangamesmilligangames

    Originally posted by: Rengozu




    Originally posted by: milligangames



    Very few game stores will resurface GameCube games as it requires either an expensive machine or a special attachment that most of the stores don't have.





    I just use a cheaper JFJ machine for our GameCube games. Works great.



    Yeah but if you do this it wears only the outside of the pad down, which makes it so you only get maybe 30 or so uses out of a pad with a GameCube disc before its worn down too far and isn't even touching the disc while it spins. I also find a huge amount of disc read errors after resurfacing GameCube discs with my JFJ, even though the discs end up looking excellent. It also damages the plastic protective ring that goes on the disc-holder arm by stuffing it full of the solution so that it peels and wears down.
  • BenihanaBenihana
    PS...

    Hold the game up to a light. If you can see light through the label, because the label itself is scratched, don't bother trying. Those games are toast.
  • zigzagzarfzigzagzarf
    thanks for the warning...i used pledge furniture polish the few times i fixed discs and a microfiber cloth...the wax fills in the cracks....but yeah game store or rental places that resurface discs are the way to go
  • BouncekDeLemosBouncekDeLemos

    Originally posted by: milligangames




    Originally posted by: Rengozu




    Originally posted by: milligangames



    Very few game stores will resurface GameCube games as it requires either an expensive machine or a special attachment that most of the stores don't have.

    I just use a cheaper JFJ machine for our GameCube games. Works great.

    Yeah but if you do this it wears only the outside of the pad down, which makes it so you only get maybe 30 or so uses out of a pad with a GameCube disc before its worn down too far and isn't even touching the disc while it spins. I also find a huge amount of disc read errors after resurfacing GameCube discs with my JFJ, even though the discs end up looking excellent. It also damages the plastic protective ring that goes on the disc-holder arm by stuffing it full of the solution so that it peels and wears down.

    100% yes. I only use JFJ's for DVDs, Music, PC games, 360 games, PS1 and PS2. Anything else, forget it. 



    You might think I'm crazy, but instead of buying that expensive solution every time you run out.... diluted original turtle wax. It may be green, but I kid you not, it works.




    Originally posted by: Benihana



    PS...

    Hold the game up to a light. If you can see light through the label, because the label itself is scratched, don't bother trying. Those games are toast.

    100% yes on this too. lol



    The information sits underneath the label. If the bottom is scratched, you're okay... but if the label is scratched, you pretty much have a coaster. That's why removing the Blockbuster labels from disks break your games-- it peels off the info on the disk. It's best to usually leave them on, because it does help protect them a bit (as ugly looking as they are)




  • krankcolckrankcolc
    I have a machine at my shop and I do all the discs manually so I can do any size disc. I have found very few GC discs that will work after a resurfacing. I can get them looking as good as new most of the time, but 99% of the time it doesn't matter. The recorded material on the disc has most likely been damaged. Nothing you can do about that unfortunately.



    Where are you in Ohio? If you can make it to my store in Cincinnati, I'll resurface it for you for free. Or you can even send me the discs. It'll just cost you the shipping there and back.
  • RetroHackerRetroHacker
    Also, you really don't want to go in a circular motion around the whole disc - you want to go from center to edge. The disc buffers do this - it's a spinning pad, but it buffs from the center out in an arc. Wiping a disc with anything all the way around (like you were cleaning a record) is a great way to produce scratches that damage contiguous data.



    Think of it this way - all optical discs have error correcting functionality built in, even audio CD's. A scratch from the center of the disc, straight out, will create an error, but it's only *one* error, for every given revolution. The disc will still play, because the error correction kicks in. If you have a scratch that follows the path of the track around the disc, then there is a whole long chunk of data missing, and no chance for anything to fix it, because there is too much contiguous data that's unreadable.



    Back when it was actually worthwhile to fix CD players, I had an audio CD that I'd drawn lines on with a fine point Sharpie. A good, working CD player with the laser calibrated properly can play a disc with a bunch of black lines drawn (I think I had done 8) on it, from center to edge without skipping.



    -Ian
  • Zoki64Zoki64
    I remove scratches basically the same way I buff my paint jobs. I use a 3000 grit sand paper to sand the surface then I I buff it out.

    Maybe try novus 3, I heard its great for polishing plstics
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