a vast majority of people on this board have never done this

I did for a PS1 game back in the day and it ruined the CD. Learned to never trust the internet again

I did this all the time and it never worked.

On the flip side I had a scratch in my Meta Quest VR goggles and rubbing toothpaste 100% fixed it. How does that even work.

>>715715242
You could also just look at their hand

>>715715171 (OP)
I did it to Blockbuster games all the time

>>715715171 (OP)
I did this. I even did the stupid fucking banana trick as well and sprayed the disc with sprite

The trick is to microwave it afterwards

>>715715171 (OP)
I just threw them into the freezer.

>>715715334
>>715715242
literally nobody before the whole "life hack" meme got really big in like 2012 would actually fall for this, toothpaste has tiny grain particles that scratch your cd

this works on shit like glass for that reason, but a cd needs to be able to be read

qtips and one of these bad boys is all you need, no need to brush your teeth with neurotoxin

>>715715870
I vividly remember my GTA San Andreas CD not working and my 2004/2005 self looking up what to do in this situation, the #1 advice was always toothpaste.

In 2012 I didn't even use CD media anymore, I was already a digital-only chad.

No i had a CD/DVD repair kit with cleaning solution, scratch filler and a bristled disk for cleaning the actual disk slot.

The scrath filler also never worked

>>715715870
You know the information in a CD is located INSIDE it, not on a surface like a record? Scratches create reflections that stop the laser from working. Toothpaste polishes everything down and lets the laser work again.

>>715715171 (OP)
I bought a product specifically meant for disk scratches in gamestop I think
didn't work
dad bought me another copy of Sly 2 cause he's a bro
probably my favorite game

>>715716086
>he thinks you can fit all that info inside a cd
those are thin as hell you can't put a lot of info on it if it's inside, idiot
the info sits on the disk

i bought a cleaning kit before i learned that so i didn't try it, it managed to save a sonic adventure dreamcast disc that i got used in a thrift store

>>715715171 (OP)
I tried doing this to my unsalvageable copy of Simpsons Hit and Run and all it did was ruin it even further.

>>715715171 (OP)
I blowed cartridge

I creamed on my GTA5 disc if it counts

>>715715171 (OP)
Never had to I took care not to scratch my shit.

>>715715171 (OP)
I was never a retard that treated my CDs like shit

>>715715171 (OP)
Why would I? Tiny abrasives in toothpaste will scratch it up making things worse. Now, a CD in a microwave? I've done that for lulz.

>>715715171 (OP)
I did, it never worked for me.

this shit never worked, I used rubbing alcohol

>>715715171 (OP)
i'd use windex, if that didn't work then i'd go to a game rental, video rental, or library and ask to use their disk cleaner.

>>715715171 (OP)
Because they're not fucking retard gorillas that take care of their things

qtip plus bleach worked for me on ps2 discs

>2011+14
>he doesn't wash his PC in hot soap and water
ISHYGDDT

>>715716112
> dad bought me another copy of Sly 2 cause he's a bro

What kind of fucked up family tree do you have, Cletus?

>>715715334
Its abrasive, you're basically sanding it down

i don't see the point in telling stupid people this shit. it's a waste of toothpaste

>>715716639
What? Oh you're implying incest. Cletus isn't a muslim name so that threw me off.

>>715715171 (OP)
>that fucking cd cleaner kits that never worked
one of the biggest scams

>>715716771
lol

>>715716214
why

>>715715870
Nope, I remember my uncles doing this back in 2006/7 with PS2 games. It actually did work sometimes.

>>715715171 (OP)
This literally never works

>>715715171 (OP)
I did it very recently to save a boot magic ps2 disc
Works great as long as you're not retarded, you don't slather the whole fucking thing in toothpaste you rub down the scratched area so the toothpaste can fill the gap and fix the refraction fucking up the laser

>this thread
So digital is... le good?

>people saying it doesn't work
It does, it just doesn't work if you fuck it up or if the scratch goes to the data layer. Nothing can fix a fucked data layer

The real question is....
Does disk cleaner make good toothpaste?

>>715715171 (OP)
>white peopo don't season they discs

>>715715171 (OP)
>>715717161
>>715715870
>>715715334
>>715716315
my jak3 disc would freeze at a certain point every single time and this trick actually fixed it, i'm sure it's a 99% does nothing/ruins it even further method but it is possible to fix games with it, even if just a 1% chance

>>715717236
No, cartridge is king

I took care of my game discs so no. My friends would just leave those things lying around like savages and then act shocked when they became too scuffed to work properly.
The disregard some people have for their own stuff is incredible to me. It's why I never let anyone borrow my games.

>>715717427
are you sure the fix wasn't just to wipe the disk off? maybe you thought it's the toothpaste doing it but it was actually just the act of removing dust, and using a fine wet cloth without the toothpaste would work the sameven though i'm not gonna watch it, i don't care, if a cat vagina isn't big enough to accomodate a human dick that means the more humanoid and more catlike ones can't interbreed so eventually some genetic variance will occur between the two?

>>715716818
they worked if your laser was failing because it was disty
they didn't do shit if it was dying

>>715717236
Game key cards for the best of both worlds

>>715715171 (OP)
For good reason.

>>715717593
i already had tried wiping the disc multiple times before resorting to toothpaste

>>715715171 (OP)
>colgate toothpaste
You fucking retard, smearing this all over the CD will absolutely destroy it.

Use aquafresh instead.

>salvages your 360

Toothpaste is so minimally abrasive that while it absolutely does polish plastic without causing more scratches, it takes for fucking ever and that's why short attention span idiots who tried it say it doesn't work

>>715715870
I encourage you to look up how cds work

>>715717593
What happened in this post? Did you have some weird shit in your copy paste or something lol

>>715717550
This. It takes lending a game to classmate just once to learn your lesson and ensure that your vidya collection remains pristine.
Unless you were the classmate in question lol.

>>715717981

>>715718067
>I encourage you to look up
Wtf there are words on my ceiling

>>715715171 (OP)
i did this with my ff9 which always froze during the 2nd to last fmv on disc 3, this allowed me to progress to the final fmv but it did not work and it froze there

>>715717427
Discs store data in the shiny foil part, the plastic itself is there for structure, but it needs to be transparent so the laser can shine and bounce on the foil. If the scratches aren't too deep, polishing until its level will fix read errors (Provided the only issue with your disc is scratches).
Polishing compounds are basically just super fine grit sandpaper, and toothpaste is a polishing compound.
The issue is that when polishing anything, you want to start with a coarse grit to get rid of the deepest scratches, then move to a finer one in order to remove scratches caused by the previous one, so like >>715718010 said, it's gonna take forever to polish with just toothpaste. However, plastic is still fairly forgiving when it comes to skipping grits, 800 grit, then 2000 and then polishing compound usually doesn't take too long. Either that or buy a polishing machine for like 40 bucks on Amazon, they only use polishing compound but they're automated so it doesn't matter if it takes a long time

TL;DR
It works but it's likely gonna take you forever, you can speed it up via sanding with 800 and 2000 grit prior, or automate it with a machine that costs like 40 bucks

>>715715171 (OP)
Because I don't fall for highschool memes

believe it or not this worked for me at least with original xbox games

>>715715171 (OP)
I bought an album of the backstreet boys from a flea market. It kept looping at a certain part of the first song.
I did this and fixed it.

>>715715171 (OP)
it doesn't work

>>715715171 (OP)
I did this as a teen and had mixed results with it. It seemed to work more than half the time for me. I remember several of my CDs would stop skipping after I used toothpaste on them.

Because I'm not retarded. What's next? Gonna claim using a "DVD rewinder " is something to be proud of?

whats the proper way to resurface a disc long term? my old mgs1 discs freeze during the cutscenes

way back when I had an 8800gtx that started crapping out on me, I read a few places the issue might be a bad solder and you could fix it by baking your video card in the oven. pulled all the plastic off and tried it, and it actually fucking fixed the issue (for a few months) until I built a new PC.

The best easy trick for cleaning discs is flushing them in the toilet

Stupid, funny, easy, and actually worked for me once when cleaning didn’t. Also if the disc doesn’t work you get to laugh at flushing it like the crap it is

>>715722983
convert them to isos/bin cues

>>715723051
i can play mgs1 on a dozen different hacked devices, my question was more a technical one because i want to learn how resurfacing discs works

>>715715171 (OP)
I did it on my HoMM 2 disc and it actually worked

>>715715171 (OP)
I did for my copy of smash bros brawl. Didnt work

>>715723167
>>715720561

>>715715909
Amazing post.

>>715723051
i was doing this with starcraft cds way back in 2000
FUCK discs forever

>>715715870
>this works on shit like glass for that reason
The most hilarious thing is that people brush their teeth with this shit. They look at Colgate Ultra White 4D StainBuster(tm) and say yeah, that sounds like a good idea. Meanwhile the RDA value is like 500, and then they wonder why their cavity turned into a cavern that goes down to the root.

IDK why, but It worked

>>715715171 (OP)
tried this on my MW2 disc, didn't work.
cartridges remain superior, simply blow into it and it works flawlessly everytime.

>>715715171 (OP)
What's that round reflective thing? Looks kind of wild, no cap.

>>715717593
wat

>>715715171 (OP)
ahem.

John son of a bich give me back my fucking perfect dark.

>>715715870
>toothpaste has tiny grain particles that scratch your cd
That's kind of the point though.
Like I am not at all advocating for pouring toothpaste on your discs. But if there are scratches on it, you could technically use toothpaste to effectively sandpaper the disc down a tiny bit.

It's not like you've got a lot of leeway with discs. But if the scratches are shallow enough, then you could grind down the disc until the scratches are gone, and if it was shallow enough you could avoid damaging the layer that actually holds information. And now disc readers could, potentially read the disc again.

Though even if you'd want to do this, I don't think toothpaste would be the best method. Though honestly. If you need to even attempt this, then your disc is probably fucked anyway.

>>715715870
the data is on a reflective metal disc underneath a layer of clear plastic. if the plastic is scratched, you could be able to remove the scratch using a buffing compound, which is what the toothpaste is being used as.

>>715719425
Wow this is also my success story with toothpaste and at the exact same point in the game. Must have been a sensitive spot on the disc.
I tried this method with true crime new york on xbox too but it turns out that there was a story mission that you just couldn't beat out of the box. Still pissed about that

>PS1 only read discs upside down

>>715715171 (OP)
I didn't because I took care of my discs.

>>715715171 (OP)
not even nortubel would do this

if you retards kept your games in the fridge, they wouldn't suffer from disc rot

>>715715171 (OP)
But did you own one of these bad boys?

I just washed mine with soap and water and it always worked

>>715715171 (OP)
I wasn't brown so I didn't have to do this.

>>715715171 (OP)
Brasso worked significantly faster. I found out after exhausting a crazy amount of elbow grease trying to salvage my copy of Kingdom Hearts, since my younger siblings refused to put discs back in their cases.

>>715715870
>>715715242
Smooth toothpaste worked, although there were better options. You weren't supposed to use the shit with little beads in it.

>>715723562
plastic rails and heat warped said rails, flipping it over caused the laser to ride differently, really only an issue with the early models.

>>715728285
ALL toothpaste has tiny abrasive bits in it, the "smooth" stuff is just too fine to detect but it still makes a difference when it's used to buff something

The notion that toothpaste needs to be used twice a day is nonsense, it's best to clean your teeth with water and a brush after meals everyday, toothpaste used to be like medicine, used occasionally to break down buildup, using it daily is like using sandpaper on your tools everyday

>>715715171 (OP)
Did this and it mostly worked but it was a fucking hassle to polish up all the scratches the toothpaste itself left so it wasn't worse after. But if you did this than it was mostly to pull a rom off it anyway.

>>715728505
>ALL toothpaste has tiny abrasive bits in it
That's precisely why it worked to buff out CDs. The big beads could cause more scratches, but the tiny abrasives wore away the scratched outer layer to smooth it down. It wouldn't save a deep scratch, but it worked fine for the typical scrapes CDs tend to get when not cared for.
>The notion that toothpaste needs to be used twice a day is nonsense, it's best to clean your teeth with water and a brush after meals everyday, toothpaste used to be like medicine, used occasionally to break down buildup, using it daily is like using sandpaper on your tools everyday
You're only supposed to lightly brush for a couple minutes, not sand down your teeth. You only need a tiny bit.

>>715728998
>You're only supposed to lightly brush for a couple minutes, not sand down your teeth. You only need a tiny bit.
No, really, it causes damage if used everyday and that's not even accounting for the flouride
Aside from brain damaged caused in children by ingesting it, even if only applied topically, using flouride twice a day causes buildup on the teeth

You could just take it to blockbuster and have it recoated for like $5

>>715715171 (OP)
Friend of mine told me about this as a kid, never fucking worked. Funny enough though there was a gadget we bought from circuit city, it was a scratch remover that would gradually sand it down as it rotated the disk. Worked really well to buff out soft surface level scratches, but it it was too deep it was over.

Optical media is SHIT.

The discs are shit. The readers are shit. Players are shit. The burners are shit. IT'S ALL SHIT.

There. I said it.
Their only worth was being dirt cheap TRASH in the second hand market, so that you could then backup lossless quality albums and console games to a useable form of media for cents. But now even used optical media GARBAGE costs an arm and a leg because some stupid streamers made them a fad and told everyone there's cheap music and games available on them.

>>715731556
it was at least better than the magnetic tapes and diskettes that came before.

the last gasp of audio cds were actually pretty nice as they supported MP3 CD formats where you could take full advantage of the 700mb of storage space a disk had instead of being limited to 20-ish songs, i used this to make a single music cd for the 2008 Mazda i bought for my wife that had over 120 songs on it, it has a 6 disk changer on it so i could make up to 5 more but that one disc alone has 6-8 hours of music on it.

>>715715171 (OP)
I accidentally once put a CD on my toothbrush and brushed my teeth

>>715715171 (OP)
I actually bought one of these fucking piles of shit and it actively made my disc WORSE

YOU FUCKERS OWE ME A COPY OF SUPER BOMBAD RACING FOR THE SONY PLAYSTATION 2

>>715731556
optical media is actually some of the most durable media consumers can access. They can go for over 100 years before any sign of data degradation. The only issue is you have to actively seek out archival grade DVDs. Good luck with that since all the factories who made them are shut down at this point!

>>715723495
And what should they be using instead?

>>715715171 (OP)
This meant to be for cleaning it?
I've got access to an actual machine for it.

>>715715171 (OP)
I never needed to do this because I actually care for my property. I bet your phone is coated in grease you hog.

>>715715171 (OP)
>Get a few minuscule scratches on the back of your disc
>Money stolen

>>715731556
>players are shit
Dis nigga's dad never had a Pioneer player on his car or a Sony walkman, lmaooo

>>715734264
>dsp.jpeg
WOW

>>715734001
Low RDA toothpase, like Sensodyne Pronamel (not the whitening shit, that has the abrasives that will just eat your dentin), or better yet just plain baking soda. Did you know that Xylitol will be taken up by your mouth bacteria like sugar, but they can't metabolize it so that just die without producing acid?

the truth is that scratches on the TOP of the disc are way more dangerous than on the bottom of it.
Also on the sides as well. I have seen many discs get fucked because someone accidentally dropped it and it hit something sharp and even a little dent on the side is enough to either instantly damage the disc or the topside would slowly peel off.

>>715715171 (OP)
Way to much toothpaste. Only supposed to use a little bit

>>715715870
It worked on ps1 disc's. But it had to be white toothpaste, no gel, you have to just use a little bit and you gotta be able to buff it out (the excess) before it'll work

>>715715171 (OP)
This fixed literally every scratched CD I had. To a degree at least, sometimes the game would freeze at a later point than before and no amount of alcohol or toothpaste would change that issue.

>>715734001 NEVER EVER USE BLACK CHARCOAL TOOTHPASTE. that shit is a scam. Will literally dissolve all your teeth away within a year. Needs to be taken off the market

>>715716147
You're a stupid fucking nigger. The laser etches a pattern into the reflective foil. The plastic layer protects the foil from damage, but it can get scratched if you're a nigger who just leaves disks lying around instead of putting them back inside of the case.

>>715738120
Anon wiped his teeth with fucking firewood LMAO

>>715738209
how does it etch it into the foil if the plastic protects it? also how can scratches on the plastic make it not work but buffing it with an abrasive paste fixes it? you're an idiot lmao, the laser puts the information on top of the disk, it builds a layer over it

>>715738659
because the plastic is transparent. Is that word too complex for you?

>>715738828
>something being transparents means nothing magically passes through it
lol this motherfucker a bird
fly into any windows recently buddy?