what are some good homemade ways to fix a scratched video game?

Answer 1

you can take a toothbrush (the rounded, electrical ones work well) and some toothpaste (I've noticed that Crest is the best for some odd reason, any kind will do though), put a nickel size amount of toothpaste on the cd, take the toothbrush and GENTLY scrub the entire shiney side of the cd.

Home Remedies
If you're too cheap to spend the bread on a commercial solution, you're in luck. You can find a few scratch-removal alternatives around your house.


Baking soda toothpaste
Backing soda toothpaste, huh? Actually, any mild abrasive like furniture polish, Pledge, or plastic polish works fine for removing CD scratches. Just take any lint-free cloth, add some of the abrasive to the afflicted area, and then wipe. Make sure to wipe from the center of the disc to the rim in a straight line. Never wipe in a circular pattern.


This only works on minor scratches, but I found the results were OK. While it does not work well in bringing back heavily scratched CDs from the grave, it does help to stop CDs from skipping with light to moderate scratches on them.
Finally, use baking soda toothpaste with as few additives as possible. Some of the gel-based baking soda toothpastes tend to leave a sticky film on the CD, which requires a bit of effort to remove.You can use furniture wax like Pledge to remove the film.


When cleaning your CDs use a soft, lint-free cloth and make a single swiping motion from the center of the disc to its rim. Don't clean in circles like you would a vinyl LP.
Remember, the worst scratches are the ones that go circularly around the disc. A scratch from the center to the rim isn't as bad. A CD player can miss a beat and you won't notice it, but if the scratch follows the track pattern of a CD you'll notice a lot more skipping.


Finally, a word of caution: The worst place to scratch a CD isn't on the bottom but actually the top. Why? Because the label side contains the reflective material required to bounce the laser back to the CD player's pick up head so it can be played correctly. It's also close to where the pits and bumps that make up the data track on a CD are stored. Scratch that and you'll most likely never play the disc ever again.

Answer 2

Scratches Video Game

Answer 3

You should colour all the scratches with a ballpen. Cover all the scratches good and then let the disk rest overnight in a bowl of alcohol. Then, get a big fire started in the middle of the room, make sure it's a tire fire, the fumes really help. Fill up a cooking pot with bleach, put the disk in, let it boil for 30 minutes, then take it out, dry it in the microwave oven, get an abrasive sandpaper piece, and rub it in a circular motion untill you get to the organic part of the disk. Then let it dry out really good outside, inb direct sunlight for about a week. Don't worry if it rains, just let it out for a few days more, to dry. The cover out the disk with plastic foil, to replace the plastic layer it originally had, and that'll about do it! If not, get a big hammer, three or four nails and... just kidding! you could use cd-recovery software, like IsoBuster, and it'll build up an image of your disk, but it's a lenghty process, if it's really REALLY scratched, you might have to wait a few good hours and it's not 100% sure that'll work out. Then, just burn the image onto a new disk. If it's a console game, it should be modded to work, and if it's a pc game, you should try to find a no-cd patch for it, it's ok AS LONG AS you have the original disk.:)

Answer 4

Usually if my disk is scratched up to the point where you can't play it, you can wash it under a sink. Use a circular motion with the soap and water from the inside to the outer rim. That always works for mme.

Answer 5

I have had a lot of CDs and video games scratched and this seems to work: take rubbing alcohol and cotton balls. take the rubbing alcohol and dab a little on the cotton balls, then wipe the entire disk over really good. then take some toilet paper and dry and clean the disk.

Answer 6

buy a new one ??? Just kidding, go to a eyewear store like lenscrafters or somthing and ask for a scratch lense solution, now use that on a scratched cd, it should be cheaper than skip doctor( very good prodct for fixing scratches )

Answer 7

I've used plain dish soap and a soft cloth, wipe it on then wash it off, worked every time.

Hold the disc up to a light, if there is any light shining through (pinpoints) than the disc is ruined.

Answer 8

firstly write the scratched CD on a blank CD and then break the olden CD and the new CD you have writed also break that

Answer 9

Polishing the disc with Brasso might help. I've used it on DVDs and it works.

Answer 10

I've heard windex can help, but in all of my experiences, I've had to buy a new game!