SRGilbert Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Anyone have advice on a good cd repair device? I've been buying a lot of used games lately that of course have scratches. I know there are a number of different machines out there for removing scratches. I've been thinking about this one from Skip Doctor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroogur Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 I haven't tried that version of the Skip Dr. but i do have the manual version with the hand crank and i gotta say it does work! I had a bunch of CD's that fell behind the seat of my truck and bounced around back there for awhile so you can well imagine what they looked like and after one or two uses of the Skip Dr. they work fine. I also had a copy of Gex for my 3DO and it brought it back just fine. The only problem i have run into is the resurfacing wheel, they claim about 50 uses out of it and i got nearly that many however when i went back to Staples to get replacement wheels....well they don't carry them in fact no one seems to carry the replacement wheels so i order them online other than that i'm happy with the product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 The only problem i have run into is the resurfacing wheel, they claim about 50 uses out of it and i got nearly that many however when i went back to Staples to get replacement wheels....well they don't carry them in fact no one seems to carry the replacement wheels so i order them online other than that i'm happy with the product. Where online did you order the replacement wheel? I could use one of those! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroogur Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 I get them here: http://www.digitalinnovations.com/products...at2=1&sub2= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Excellent, just ordered a pair of wheels, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroogur Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 You're welcome. I'm still surprised how well they work and how inexpensive the device is it really saved alot of CD's and games i otherwise would have had to throw out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 The Disk Doctor thingies are less than ideal. If you have a Game Crazy nearby, go for the membership. You get a card good for six (?) resurfacings with their GOOD equipment, and a subscription to Nintendo Power or a couple of other magazines. Oh yeah, and a discount on used stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 I just recently tried Radio Crap's scratch repair kit on some bare UMDs. It worked wonders. I used the one with the polishing cloth and solution since the bare UMD won't fit into a CD repair device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 I have a friend who uses a small dab of break cleaner. He said it works wonders. He is 60 years old, not a BSing teenager. he has also put a DVD-R in the DISHWASHER, ran it FULL CYCLE, and said it worked amazingly well!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornpipe2 Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 I have a friend who uses a small dab of break cleaner. He said it works wonders. He is 60 years old, not a BSing teenager. he has also put a DVD-R in the DISHWASHER, ran it FULL CYCLE, and said it worked amazingly well!!! I've often used dishsoap and water on my CDs to take off fingerprints and dirt. Nothing special there, just make sure to use a very soft cloth or paper towel to avoid scratches when you dry it. (Actually I have even stuck wet CDs in my players and allowed them to 'spin dry' - not recommended!) Also I once put a computer ball mouse in a sink to cure some sticking. After drying it ran fine. Sometimes modern technology is more resilient than you think. I've been especially fascinated with how well my 25-year old Atari 8-bit disks have held up, now that I'm trying to back them all up with SIO2PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 I have a friend who uses a small dab of break cleaner. He said it works wonders. He is 60 years old, not a BSing teenager. he has also put a DVD-R in the DISHWASHER, ran it FULL CYCLE, and said it worked amazingly well!!! Wow, thats a bit of a risk, surely the salt will kill the disc surface Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 I was cleaning the dust out of one of my computers, and I ram the Thunderbird CPU and its heatsink under the kitchen faucet. I let them dry, remounted the CPU, and when I started the computer it worked just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRGilbert Posted January 5, 2008 Author Share Posted January 5, 2008 Well, I went ahead and got the SkipDR at CompUSA. They are closing so it was at 15% off, not great, but the cheapest I've seen. I also got a replacement kit while I was at it. Only tried it once a little bit a go, but it does seem to do the job. I had a copy of Sonic Adventures for Dreamcast that wouldn't work but now it does. One thing this thing DOESN'T do is give you a like new surface! I thought at first it might be making it worse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 That's how the RadioCrap kit did. It left the visual blemishes, but Liberty City Stories loaded right up on my PSP. A new UMD case later, all was well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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