Fixing Scratches in CDs and DVDs

While less prone to damage than tapes, CDs and DVDs are not invincible. What should you do when dirt, dust, and scratches introduce skips to your music or movies? Well, I've got just the thing for you, as this video shows.

CDs and DVDs offer great entertainment, but they are far from invincible. Even small scratches and dirt on the discs can make your music or movie skip.

An amazing solution to this problem consists of using just a little bit of toothpaste (yes, toothpaste) to clean the discs. You'll want to get a good non-gel toothpaste, and make sure that it doesn't have any grit or abrasives in it, as these can actually damage your discs.

Grab your CD... This one I happen to have here is Darryl Hall and John Oates—well, OK, maybe that's not worth saving. This one here is by Faith Hill—probably worth saving.

Take a little bit of the toothpaste and put it onto a paper towel or clean cloth. And then you take the back of the CD, where the music actually is and all the scratches are, and you take the toothpaste and you rub it in. You rub it in very gently, and you should rub it from the middle of the CD out towards the outside. Don't' go in any circular motions.

Rub it in, and then what you need to do is—after you've rubbed it all the way in, gently and around—you take some water or take some rubbing alcohol and you'll be able to clean off any of the excess toothpaste that's there.

What should happen is that the next time that you play your CD, you should find that the scratches that used to be there and cause the skips, they've now been filled in with the toothpaste and things should go more smoothly.

I know it sounds strange, but trust me on this. If you do it right, you'll have CDs and DVDs that won't have any more skipping in them, and you'll be able to watch them for many more years.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• CD
• DVD
• scratch
• fix
• repair

[jde96]

at least your cds are in "mint" condition

[JohnCenationinSaw]

im trying to fix my eminem relapse cd

[TristanVang]

That was pretty corny but I hope this work's

[nascarfan3535]

actually the data is not on the scratched side its on the labeled side but the lazor reader reads it through the scratched side so technicly you were right

[blackboy923]

@jde96 that was corny lol but still funny

[Iman290]

@JohnCenationinSaw well then u just wasted a cd, this removed big scratches, but makes like 100 little ones, alomst invisible

[valleytheeper]

thats wat she said !:b



[ProperAnimate]

the big scratches are pretty much gone but there are 100's of tiny scratches and is worse

[pumpkin545]

it doesnt work. it doesnt work.

it doesnt work.

it doesnt work.

It doesnt work

Did i mention? IT DOESNT FUCKING WORK.

[SonikGam3r]

I love how the description is the script

[gatesfan9]

o no the scratches are on the label whatever will i do????