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This is a nifty little trick I found out about from when I couldn't get my Lunar 2 PSX game working.

I was asking around my local Game Stops on where I could get my CDs refinished / remachined, and when I heard the cost (15.00+) per CD, I freaked out pretty quickly

Sure, I could spend 5.99 on Game Stop cleaner, but WHY? Hopefully, you'll have everything you need in your house.

Let's begin.

Materials:
1) Cotton Shammy / Undershirt
2) Toothpaste*
3) Time

Alright. Now we take our CD, look at it. Stare at it. See how your face is all cracked and ugly? That's because of the scratches. Let's fix it to make sure we look as pretty as possible. Some things even beauty rest cannot help us with.

*Please, make SURE you DO NOT use Whitening Toothpaste. There is grit in the toothpaste that will ONLY scratch your CDs further.

Take the shammy and wrap it in your hand. Pull it tightly, and then dab some toothpaste on it. Now, slowly work in circles where the scratches are. Start from the inside out, and take your time. This can take a while. Finish up your cleaning by dabbing a clean section of your cloth in water and slowly spin in circles again, working inside out, and then dry it in the same fashion.

If you are questioning this, and think you'd rather drop 30.00 on a Game Doctor instead of risking it, take a look at the Game Stop scratch cleaning solution. Bring along your tube of Crest, and then compare the active ingredients. They're nearly the same.

Hope this helps, as always, post feedback with how this guide helped you.

Ch13f121

Game Doctors are a rip anyway...I bought a skip doctor and it sucked.

claymanhb

Awesome FAQ!

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legoman786

Awesome FAQ! I can now bring back my old music CDs!!

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phatness500

Nice! and as if i'd use toothpaste anyway lol

Niko-Time

Toothpaste, is there anything it can't do?

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danm

Nice! Will have to give this a go

pablo420

Nice! I bought a Game Doctor for my Scratched upped Copy of Halo 2 so I can repair it. BUT it just made the Scratches even WORSE! Either Deeper Scratches or MORE scratches. +REP. I'll give this FAQ a go!

Trippen Out

i herd about this years ago.. as for the disc drs.. the bottle of solution is just water i havnt seen one with a paste yet.. and they never work on my xbox games everytime i run a disc dr on an xbox game it wont boot anymore.. go figure.. it worked great for music but never any data stuff..

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Kamakazi

Okay just tried this, didnt help,just made new scratches. and I tried it with Crest Tartar Protection Regular Paste.