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How to clean a badly scratched/damaged GC Disk?
Madmitten:
--- Quote from: dkamm65 on July 04, 2010, 04:33:07 PM ---Put a generous amount on the disc, then rub it in really good with your finger. What you're actually doing is using the toothpaste to buff away a thin layer of the disc's surface to smooth out scratches. Think of it as sandpaper in paste form. Once you've scrubbed it, rinse it completely with water and dry it off with a soft cloth.
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oromis:
A scratch is a sliver missing from the surface of the disk, and if im correct about how discs work, the data is on the surface. I'm pretty sure you can't 'clean' a scratch, because a scratch is missing from the disk. It's like trying to clean my arm that fell off. Using some soap won't make it grow back.
dkamm65:
--- Quote from: oromis on July 04, 2010, 04:38:48 PM ---A scratch is a sliver missing from the surface of the disk, and if im correct about how discs work, the data is on the surface. I'm pretty sure you can't 'clean' a scratch, because a scratch is missing from the disk. It's like trying to clean my arm that fell off. Using some soap won't make it grow back.
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No, you're wrong. The information is underneath a layer of plastic. Scratches diffuses the laser light, so it bounces back into the eye scrambled up. Smoothing the scratches diffuse the light less, allowing the eye to read it correctly.
Madmitten:
--- Quote from: dkamm65 on July 04, 2010, 04:44:36 PM ---No, you're wrong. The information is underneath a layer of plastic. Scratches diffuses the laser light, so it bounces back into the eye scrambled up. Smoothing the scratches diffuse the light less, allowing the eye to read it correctly.
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I was about to say this
the plastic protects the info on the disc from being forgeted up by a little smudge?
Skip:
--- Quote from: Madmitten on July 04, 2010, 06:19:39 PM ---I was about to say this
the plastic protects the info on the disc from being forgeted up by a little smudge?
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No, it's there just cuz it makes it shinier.
Yes.