My dad is a car painter. In those days of PS2, he did the same to all scratched discs, totally without knowledge about layers and stuff. He just came up with idea, that if he can renew cars' surface with pastes, maybe he could do the same with discs' ones and fix them the same way. He cleaned them with cologne, used car paste for bigger scratches then paste for smaller ones, just like you. It worked like gold, and most of games became playable again. This video brought back memories and smells :)
my dad used cologne as well, i didn’t know it was cologne though and he told me not to use it all, but i really wanted to play this one game so i kept using it to clean it under the assumption that it would work at some point, let’s just say he was not happy when i used a whole half 80 dollar bottle of cologne on a video game
@@joshuajones4472 No surprised, that your dad was mad if it was that expensive :D Mine had a surplus of cologne after christmas, so it was easier to sacrifice one of his bottles as a disc cleaner and when we ran a ,,cologned" game in the console, the smell was spreading in all room, better than air conditioner :) Now, everytime I smell cologne, I think ,,Oh boi, smells like game cleaner
May i ask, do i need to just apply the toothpaste on the cd since i dont have any resources right now? After apply, what should i do, leave it just like that or wash it with water?
yeh a pity it was absolutely incorrect though, the label is the game, the lable is the aluminium part that is the games data, if that is damaged in any way the game won't play
@@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4 No, the label is not the aluminum. The label is the label. Also, the second part of your comment was... exactly what he already said.
I've been in the data recovery industry for the last 23 years and we recover optical media as well. The dye layer is actually on the topside of the disk (label side) and needs to taken care of. If the polyester side (shiny side) being scratched is causing the read errors, simply clean it with IPA and coat it with clear polyurethane spray and they will read every time.
@ Is that polyurethane thing a sealant foam ? Because that's the only thing I can find in my country.. sorry bad English..
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@@MrFuly7 my hesitance was right. Apparently the clear coat i thought of contains acetone, butyl acetate, propanol & butane. So I guess it is not advisable to use it on disks. The brand is Motip.
Years of hoarding several scratched PS2 discs have finally led up to this moment. I finally don't have to experiment with a banana or toothpaste anymore
I bought a huge lot of PS2 games recently and a ton of them weren't working at all. Thought I was going to have to throw them out. But I found this video, then went and found that polishing paste in a car parts shop near me, and it works like a charm! All of the discs I've tried this method on are working perfectly now! Thank you so much, love the channel
@@Samas-tq4bw I have the wires but my ps2 just broke disk tray pretty upset just got a good amount of games to it also svr 06 svr 07 nba street and hulk can’t even play them
Great trick! This also made me nostalgic to old PS2 games might have to find one online. In reference to how you won match, that "Ring Out" was actually Yamcha's. The end of the move has him stand on the ground. When he dashed towards you, you were out of the ring, but flying. When the move ended, it put him immediately on the ground while you were knocked back and then landed on the ground. It's a split second, but Yamcha was out first.
I figured that's probably what happened. I'm not too familiar with the game and I was wondering why the NPC would do something that results to them going down 😂 I would do that myself because I have no idea how to play
🤣🤣 Ir maybe its just that the game is configured in a way that makes it reasonable the fact that Yamcha really just dont stand a chance against Vegeta 😅😅 so even if Yamcha wins, he looses
The reason you clean a disc from the center out, is because of how the data is "tracked" in the disc. It reads radially. If you clean, sand or polish radially around the disc, you could introduce a scratch that follows these tracks and it makes it a lot more difficult to repair.
back in the day I used a foam buffing pad designed for polishing glass that was the same diameter as a cd and used the cream provided and it worked like a charm so both methods clearly work if done correct. great video as always Odd.
if the scratches ain't so bad it might work , but 99 percent of the time they don't work because the scratches are too bad, and when they're too bad nothing works, car polish, tooth paste ,fine grit sand paper and polish nothing works, I'm surprised playstation 2 is the most successful video game of all time considering the games are on discs, all that surface area to be scratched, almost everything in this world can be fixed but not playstation discs,
@@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4 id assume in most cases should work - the guy method explaining, is exactly same what i used yesterday and visually they were buffed, im about to test if there is something else that damaged it eventually during process that cant be seen.
If everybody learned to repair their possessions instead of just throwing them in the garbage then our planet would be a cleaner place. Your videos are far more important than you realise from a world view plus they're extremely entertaining too. Please keep up the amazing work! :-D
Holy heck, I could possibly finally restore my poor Lego game disks, I was a dumb kid back then so they’re kinda beat up so I’m so thankful there is some way to fix some damage. Thank you for this!
@@dhruvavikas1632 I tried playing guitar hero 1 on my newer $300 laptop and it was kinda buggy so I found a great condition ps2 slim with 2 official controllers and couple games for $140. The stores were out of them in my area
Thank you! Your explanation of the layers of the disk helped a lot. I was able to use toothpaste as my abrasive with my finger and a little water, and successfully got my Jak & Daxter disk to come back to life!
I think it’s simple 1. He cleaned with iso Alcohol 2. He polished with something they use for cars (need to check) 3. He polished further with polishing liquid
I’ve gotten PS2 games from friends over the years who treated them badly, I used to get my stuff resurfaced but this home remedy is looking EXTREMELY promising! Thank you!
Just wanna say, i enjoy watching your other channel for game console restoration, and I really appreciate this video! I was able to restore my old Mario Kart: Double Dash disc using your method in this video, and I just wanted to say thanks for the tutorial!
@Kyroh Rin A tool to remove layers of polymere on cd\dvd. There are some other brands\technologies but we were using this one 15 years ago and it still on sale apparently.
As for the final match, the attack animation and knock back angled you slightly upward, while Yamcha was low enough to the ground to be forced to land. In the World Martial Arts Tournament, you suffer a loss and a Ring Out by touching the ground outside of the ring. But also great work, man, I'm inspired to do some repairs and tinkering of my own haha
Absolutly awesome your work, i love the way you dedicate time to all this stuff, i love to repair old things like you, and the way you explain all what you do is great! Keep working like this bro! Congrats
I remember when learning about repairing scratch discs when I was a teen , Scratch Dr at GameStop , that "special cream" that one dab and a cloth to buff out scratches , toothpaste, toilet water , rubbing alcohol, and the time I've spent on the internet looking up different methods, can't wait to try this.
I remember many years ago, probably back in the early to mid 2000s, there was this product called Disc Doctor. I rented one from a supplier to repair some of my scratched CDs and DVDs. I don't remember much how it worked. Probably used some kind of polishing compound that was automatically applied to the surface of the disc while the device spun at a low RPM. Cleaned the discs quite well from what I can recall remembering. Sadly, they don't make that product anymore where I live.
A nearly Identical product is sold under the name "skipDr" on amazon. I'm wary of them, but thought I'd let you know. www.amazon.com/Skip-Classic-Disc-Repair-System/dp/B003YQ9RYM
I remember having something like this. You put the disc in a clamshell style case. Sort of like a waffle maker. You’d apply some spray to it first, and then it had a crank on it that would spin the disc around inside. Once the polish was on, you’d then apply a thicker paste and do the same thing. Sadly, it wasn’t that good. In theory, it does similar things to this video...but all of it was a little janky.
They were used for more light scratches that could make a game or movie hitch at certain spots before playing again. I remember having one of those Disc cleaning kits and it didn’t do anything for deep scratches for some games my brothers and I played.
Going from the center of the disc out to clean it IS the proper way! You can even refer to gaming companies in their manuals I’m sure it might be the same for DVDs in the older days.
@@equinox322-8 Con is that disc in the future would prone to Disc Rot, in where the Disc can get too old, that the edges of the Disc will show weird cracks and stuff, meaning any data there is permanently gone.
I bought a copy of LCS for ps2 online and it arrived so scratched it would not play. I took it to my local video game store and they put it in the scratch repair machine. Cost me $6. Got home still did not work. After seeing your video I used some chrome polish I had and now it works great. Thanks
I used the only white type toothpaste method with a microcloth I had, it started to work but it couldn’t buff away all the skipping and glitching. As I tried polishing it again and again I started to get a little rough on them, big mistake, it ended up fucking them up completely unreadable but tbh the games were preety beat up, basically if it’s still somewhat playable it’s savable but you have to be very gentle, if it’s not playable the polish repair just won’t do. You can try to find a machine near you to repair the disc comepletely but honestly your better off buying a new copy. Luckily most ps2 games are cheap compared to retail prices.
Many DVD rental and game rental shops had a buffing disk that they used on all the games to remove scratches, where you could see the scuff marks on the disk, but they would, because of the error correction on the disk, work well enough.
Thank you SO MUCH for this! I shared this with my dad bc he knows more about this stuff than I do, and with that video, he managed to repair my childhood favorite game that hasn't worked in at least 5 years because of scratches. Once again thank you, SO MUCH!
OMG. THANK YOU. I LEARNED DISC ROT BECAUSE OF YOU AND I WAS THINKING OF TAKING MY PS2 TO REPAIR, NOW I KNOW THAT I DON'T HAVE TO. JUST EARNED A SUBSCRIBER BRO
fun fact: repairing cd/dvd is exactly the same process as restoring faded car's headlights...So, just buy a headlight restoring kit and you have all you need to.
are they supposed to look liquid? i have one here that's liquid yet idk if it works, maybe i mustn't wash the disc after i polished with it (not gonna use the sandpaper since the highest i can go is 1000 i think)
I can hear the announcer in the anime, “It seems that the recovery from Yamcha’s Wolf Fang Fist technique caused him to hit the ground first! Well folks, that’s the kind of ending to a fight you’d only see here, at the World Martial Arts Tournament!”
Wait wait wait, this is actually how Tenshinhan won against Goku (more or less). If anything that Vegeta victory was exactly what the spectators expected.
I remembered when i was a kid, my neighbour said that for scratched discs, you have to use toothpaste and then use a napkin. It always worked but back then I didnt know why. Now I know. Thanks for this video. Educational
Dude, I've just repaired this exact same game I hadn't played in almost 10 years cause of the damage it received due to heavy use. Thank you so much (tho it's far from being the best Tenkaichi title), I owe you childhood memories.
PS2 games dont play for a million different reasons not just that they have a scratch or scratches, I sent my games in to get resurfaced they came back looking like new absolutely mirror Finnish perfect yet none of them worked
So what ended up happening at the end was that Yamcha activating his special move made him land on the ground but since you were on the tournament stage that meant that landing on anything besides the central platform meant you'd be out of bounds. So basically Yamcha yamcha'd himself.
@@patthegoat I do. Actually some of those home burned discs might actually be more important since you've stored personal irreplaceable data instead of some game you can buy again
@@fayelinae welcome to the millennial, thats how this generation works, very negative/offensive/racist and if you point it out they'll just laugh at you
Bro why was nothing like this around when I was growing up playing Xbox 360😭😭 all we had was people telling you to use tooth paste and to put it in the microwave for 2 min😂😂
If you use toothpaste made with baking soda, it actually works like a polish! The baking soda is abrasive and I've used it to remove oxidation and scracthes from my car's headlights! Not sure how microwaves would help haha
@@immichaelyeh Microwaving it is how you destroy the data beyond salvation. Excellent for getting rid of that compromising data and for making sparks. 😂
@@justsomesleapydudeonacouch4524 ikr it's only for america (and some European countries tho it's called asda) the only Walmart ever opened in my country got shut down after a few weeks from poor sales lmaooo
Watching you cut the printed cover art was satisfying as all hell and I don't exactly know why, ahaha. But overall, love seeing you bring a good ol PS2 game back from death.
Fun fact: the reason that it's better to go from the center to the edge of the disc is to avoid accidentally leaving a scratch along a data track; the data on a disc is one big spiral that circles around the disc, similar to a vinyl record. So, if you wipe the disc circularly, you're more likely to irreversibly damage more of the data since you're following the data track. This applies for both DIY resurfacing and just generally cleaning discs!
@@dannycarrington1601 it's worse when she walks in on you while you've got the dvd rag in one hand and yourself in the other. There are no explanations.
Nice video, I didn't know you could use polish to restore discs like that. I had a disc doctor to remove scratches and it worked pretty well but the polish seems much more effective.
Yamcha stopped flying after his wolf fang fist was done because of how close he was to the floor but Vegeta was still in his "launched" animation. Because of that, Vegeta managed to touch the floor AFTER Yamcha by mere seconds meaning that you were actually the winner! You absolute beast!
I'm thinking the PS2 DBZ game let you win the match as a way of saying thank you for restoring it and getting it a brand new case to call home. Well done!
Seus reparos são minuciosos tanto com os aparelhos quanto com os cds. Queria conhecer alguém aqui no Brasil pra concertar meu Playstation assim como vc.Parabens.
I had a set of three scratched Compaq Presario 2100 recovery disks which were scratched like this and to fix it, I took it to a CD repairer expert that used a sanding machine with water and a sanding grit to smooth out and remove the scratched. After that, my recovery CDs worked.
this is probably just a me thing but every single disc i've fixed has worked after rinsing it off in the sink and drying it with a paper towel, and after watching how discs are supposed to be cleaned im convinced im a disc cleaning wizard
If I understand correctly, the polishing compound removes a layer of the surface, as opposed to filling in the scratches with new material? Is there a way to fill in the scratches instead?
I believe the toothpaste method works like that but it's not a permanent fix if it even works. I have not heard that any method would have worked in long run but I might do some experimenting for a future video if I can find a way do it without removing material. The surface will probably be left with more visible scratches but for gaming purposes it's good as long as it works fine
i studied how electro-magnetic waves works in my physics course at university . when going through different materials ( as in this video, the materials are air , the thin layer between the laser and the actual disc , and polycarbonate, ) the wave are deflected from the original path. formulas can tell you everything you want to know about this wave therefore you can build the disc so that its structure can compensate this aspect. as far as i know, if you use different materials you basically add more deflection to something that has not been created to compensate this . that's why i think that the method showed in the video is brilliant ( i throwed away a lot of games without trying this as i was 10 years old ) , because the thickness of layer doesn't really affect the path of the wave , as long as it's constant with really good approximation . hope i was clear enough :D
as disgusting as it sounds, i once tried a method of "rubbing the damaged disc on your forehead", then you just use a fine cloth to clean the disc. The oils from your skin fill the gaps. It worked. It took me like 3 attempts but it really did work. However i used the disc only once, it was one bad scratch on a brand new PC game that i wanted to install, back in the day i had a bad internet, i can't even test the disc today since I don't even have a disc drive in my pc today.
*Wow,* man! I learned something pretty *amazing* today thanks to you. This is *incredible...* almost like magic. You are very talented. I plan on watching more of your content. I'm going to share with my brother this trick for buffing out scratches from the polycarbonate layer of a DVD. Question though; will this trick work on Blu-ray discs?
Awesome 👍🏻😎!!! I've had my PS2 games and machine for a decade. I take extreme Care of my stuff. All of my PS2 games were in pristine condition. I had 1 party at my house a few years ago. While WE adults were outside, everyone's kids found my game room. BTW, I didn't have kids back then. THEY admitted to have played my PS2 for a couple hours. 8 games F'd!!!! NOW, I can have hope in restoring them, thank You!
My dad is a car painter. In those days of PS2, he did the same to all scratched discs, totally without knowledge about layers and stuff. He just came up with idea, that if he can renew cars' surface with pastes, maybe he could do the same with discs' ones and fix them the same way. He cleaned them with cologne, used car paste for bigger scratches then paste for smaller ones, just like you. It worked like gold, and most of games became playable again. This video brought back memories and smells :)
Totally worth it
my dad used cologne as well, i didn’t know it was cologne though and he told me not to use it all, but i really wanted to play this one game so i kept using it to clean it under the assumption that it would work at some point, let’s just say he was not happy when i used a whole half 80 dollar bottle of cologne on a video game
@@joshuajones4472 No surprised, that your dad was mad if it was that expensive :D Mine had a surplus of cologne after christmas, so it was easier to sacrifice one of his bottles as a disc cleaner and when we ran a ,,cologned" game in the console, the smell was spreading in all room, better than air conditioner :) Now, everytime I smell cologne, I think ,,Oh boi, smells like game cleaner
Your dad is a genius haha
May i ask, do i need to just apply the toothpaste on the cd since i dont have any resources right now? After apply, what should i do, leave it just like that or wash it with water?
Repaired it down to the point of giving it a brand new case. Your work is immaculate and inspiring. Keep up the great work!
Its a crime that you get your first reply at 712 likes.
It is inspiring but if I tried this there would be more scratches then what it started with.
@@cezzy_1496 haha dude I didn’t even realize I had this many likes! I’m just glad there that many people watching this and showing support.
@@Joey_Youngace What can I say? Love seeing people showing support to a creator lol.
@@cezzy_1496 much love bro! Positive vibes only love and prosperity all 2021 ✊🏾💯
Every kid who lived in the 90s will treat you as a God if you had these skills back then.
I did, and in the 80's too. We were usually using toothpaste, but in general we were cautious not to scratch our valuable gear, so damages were rare.
@@thefreedomguyuk I used toothpaste on my scratched disks too. It didn't work :(
Only Lord Jesus Christ can be God as we all will find out on judgement day. He is the Just Judge.
@@thespaceram2879 kind of random but amen to that :)
@@thespaceram2879 Jesus isn't God.
That disc anatomy diagram was such a simple way to explain it, it was beautiful
yeh a pity it was absolutely incorrect though, the label is the game, the lable is the aluminium part that is the games data, if that is damaged in any way the game won't play
@@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4not true cuz i absolute fucked up a label once on a game disc and it worked perfectly
@@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4 No, the label is not the aluminum. The label is the label. Also, the second part of your comment was... exactly what he already said.
I've been in the data recovery industry for the last 23 years and we recover optical media as well. The dye layer is actually on the topside of the disk (label side) and needs to taken care of. If the polyester side (shiny side) being scratched is causing the read errors, simply clean it with IPA and coat it with clear polyurethane spray and they will read every time.
What do you do after spraying? And for how long/much do you spray?
@@tarnation4448 Just enough to fill in the scratches. Let dry and read it.
Thanks for this tip. I have thought about using a clear spray but was hesitant if it would work. 👍
@ Is that polyurethane thing a sealant foam ? Because that's the only thing I can find in my country..
sorry bad English..
@@MrFuly7 my hesitance was right. Apparently the clear coat i thought of contains acetone, butyl acetate, propanol & butane. So I guess it is not advisable to use it on disks. The brand is Motip.
he actually did it, he fixed scratches in discs, he's a legend
He didn't tho, he just removed the upper layer of the disc, if the discs get scratched again they won't be usable anymore.
@@Ebani Yea but the disc is in better hands now so the problem has been corrected
@@tacoengineer6660 If you say so
@@Ebani Of course, but most of the scratching can be avoided anyways so it should work for a long time.
@@jonr9467 Probably got another 10-20 years in it but eventually discs degrade over time used or not.
Years of hoarding several scratched PS2 discs have finally led up to this moment. I finally don't have to experiment with a banana or toothpaste anymore
B A N A N A
T O O T H P A S T E
E X P E R I M E N T!
For me it was Windex aha shit was like magic
i also put my scratches disks in the freezer. After a session of bananas and toothpaste
I'm so glad I havent thrown away any of my old discs now
same
😭😭😭
Same here.
Look at ebay maybe you got some gems to sell
i just broke some last week 🤦🏻
I bought a huge lot of PS2 games recently and a ton of them weren't working at all. Thought I was going to have to throw them out.
But I found this video, then went and found that polishing paste in a car parts shop near me, and it works like a charm! All of the discs I've tried this method on are working perfectly now! Thank you so much, love the channel
"It didn't work on any of my PS2s" lol I'm imagining this man just has 7 or more PS2 consoles he's restored all organized in a container
Better excuse to have so many than I do, I have three that I don't know how i got >>" don't know what to do with two of em
@@Samas-tq4bw you could give one to a poor kid 🤷♀️
I would if I had all the wires, feels like a jerk move to provide a console without em :/
@@Samas-tq4bw I have the wires but my ps2 just broke disk tray pretty upset just got a good amount of games to it also svr 06 svr 07 nba street and hulk can’t even play them
@@Samas-tq4bw ohhhh ok, yeah I agree 😕
I should recommend this video to my local library.
They should have resurfacing devices for this purpose.
@@Aivottaja (dot dot dot) _should_
This is awesome
Yeah, ALL local libraries need those! Especially for those out-of-print titles!
Wouldn't that be a dream come true.
The "miracle", as you call it, was just a coincidence, because the opponent left the ring before you, just for milliseconds I guess. Nice tutorial :D
Exactly. Yamcha landed after the combo before Vegeta fell to the ground.
@@AmartharDrakestone You are right!
So Odd Tinkering won the same way Ten Shin Han won the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai, is that what you're saying?
@@avantesma1 That is right. Except nobody hit a bus.
Nah... Vegata is simply better and much more of a bad ass so judges don’t mess with him.
Great trick! This also made me nostalgic to old PS2 games might have to find one online. In reference to how you won match, that "Ring Out" was actually Yamcha's. The end of the move has him stand on the ground. When he dashed towards you, you were out of the ring, but flying. When the move ended, it put him immediately on the ground while you were knocked back and then landed on the ground. It's a split second, but Yamcha was out first.
I figured that's probably what happened. I'm not too familiar with the game and I was wondering why the NPC would do something that results to them going down 😂 I would do that myself because I have no idea how to play
🤣🤣 Ir maybe its just that the game is configured in a way that makes it reasonable the fact that Yamcha really just dont stand a chance against Vegeta 😅😅 so even if Yamcha wins, he looses
good luck finding games for it that work
The reason you clean a disc from the center out, is because of how the data is "tracked" in the disc. It reads radially. If you clean, sand or polish radially around the disc, you could introduce a scratch that follows these tracks and it makes it a lot more difficult to repair.
back in the day I used a foam buffing pad designed for polishing glass that was the same diameter as a cd and used the cream provided and it worked like a charm so both methods clearly work if done correct. great video as always Odd.
if the scratches ain't so bad it might work , but 99 percent of the time they don't work because the scratches are too bad, and when they're too bad nothing works, car polish, tooth paste ,fine grit sand paper and polish nothing works, I'm surprised playstation 2 is the most successful video game of all time considering the games are on discs, all that surface area to be scratched, almost everything in this world can be fixed but not playstation discs,
Or xbox series x disks my goat simulator 3 disc has just 1 little scratch and Won't work
@@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4 id assume in most cases should work - the guy method explaining, is exactly same what i used yesterday and visually they were buffed, im about to test if there is something else that damaged it eventually during process that cant be seen.
I was thinking during the PS2 Slim video, "watch, he'll find a way to fix the game without a resurfacer too." Yep! I salute you, sir.
If everybody learned to repair their possessions instead of just throwing them in the garbage then our planet would be a cleaner place. Your videos are far more important than you realise from a world view plus they're extremely entertaining too. Please keep up the amazing work! :-D
That’s why right to repair is so important, so people can actually repair their possessions instead of being forced by buy new.
How about not having garbage in the first place?
@@carlosg3799 Impossible. The state of California is literally full of garbage, all over the place..
If everyone just took better care of their shit it wouldn't get broken
Sorry, this is a disposable culture altogether
If only my 12 year old self known this before doing those 'hacks' that were used with something like. . . a banana .
I've seen that work. I don't know why it works, but no harm trying.
Haha! Never heard of that one I think the tooth paste actually sometimes works for a while
Yes, I've heard of the old "toothpaste" trick, and it seems to work on very fine scratches.
I use to use clean discs with Windex.
@@Odd_Experiments hi
If more people existed like you , the world would be a better place ! Keep it up sir !
Holy heck, I could possibly finally restore my poor Lego game disks, I was a dumb kid back then so they’re kinda beat up so I’m so thankful there is some way to fix some damage.
Thank you for this!
don't bother trying to polish them trust me you'll just be super disappointed like me, 2 weeks trying this method and no games worked
Basically you win because it's yamcha.
LOL
Smile, sweet, sister, sadistic, suprise, service,
*Snoop Dogg!!*
I was going to say the same thing.
Whats yamcha?
@@joaofeh TFS reference in 2021? Nice one. Wanna hear a joke? It starts with ''i killed your dad!''
- So haha funny?
That kid who bought my ps2 collection for 20 bucks is probably rubbing his hands like birdman right now.....
😂😂
I bought a ps2 for $30 cuz the disc door doesn’t open 👏😏
i just bought a laptop for 200$ so i can emulate ps2 on it
@@dhruvavikas1632 I tried playing guitar hero 1 on my newer $300 laptop and it was kinda buggy so I found a great condition ps2 slim with 2 official controllers and couple games for $140. The stores were out of them in my area
@@BrandonWingerAir must be intel
Right as I thought it would end he makes a new case. Brings a tear to my eye.
Just lost BIG ($900 big) on a Kuon for PS2 due to scratches. This video helped bring this game back to life thank GOD!!
@@Megatron_Leader_of_Cybertron Kuon is a survival horror game released in 2004. Try finding one for less. I dare you.
😅 thank god it worked, I would’ve been heartbroken if it happened me
Thank you! Your explanation of the layers of the disk helped a lot. I was able to use toothpaste as my abrasive with my finger and a little water, and successfully got my Jak & Daxter disk to come back to life!
Whoa, i'm gonna try this. Your restorations are usually way out of my league but i could actually do some good on my old discs with this. Cheers
I think it’s simple
1. He cleaned with iso Alcohol
2. He polished with something they use for cars (need to check)
3. He polished further with polishing liquid
It’s pretty simple like the comment above me said, except he used a compound that’s meant for paint in cars and then followed up with a polish.
Brother ... you repaired what once was my childhood ... RESPECT ✊
Who just blew on the disc and used their shirt to clean it
I still do
It's easier to ask who didn't do that
😂😂😂
@@toast_bath5937 Some psychopaths probably...
@@_Killkor Wdym? Works a charm.
I’ve gotten PS2 games from friends over the years who treated them badly, I used to get my stuff resurfaced but this home remedy is looking EXTREMELY promising! Thank you!
😂😂😂😂 you'll be lucky
Just wanna say, i enjoy watching your other channel for game console restoration, and I really appreciate this video! I was able to restore my old Mario Kart: Double Dash disc using your method in this video, and I just wanted to say thanks for the tutorial!
Really love this channel. It makes me so, so, happy to see all these old pieces of hardware getting restored.
Same
I have over 50 ps2 discs from the early 2000s, all pretty scratched and a lot of free time. Gonna try this. Thanks
Rain x for car windshields also fixes scratched c.d's and games, apply, let sit for a min. Buff with dry paper towel. Do this 2-3 times.
@@Johnny.1965 Cool. I want to see it in action before I test cause I dont want you to be scamming me, but thanks
I you're a slacker like me, just buy a skip doctor ...
@Kyroh Rin That makes sense
@Kyroh Rin A tool to remove layers of polymere on cd\dvd.
There are some other brands\technologies but we were using this one 15 years ago and it still on sale apparently.
As for the final match, the attack animation and knock back angled you slightly upward, while Yamcha was low enough to the ground to be forced to land. In the World Martial Arts Tournament, you suffer a loss and a Ring Out by touching the ground outside of the ring.
But also great work, man, I'm inspired to do some repairs and tinkering of my own haha
Wtf are you actually talking bout...
@@zipperblues6714 watch the full video and you would know
@@zipperblues6714 🤣🤣🤣
Absolutly awesome your work, i love the way you dedicate time to all this stuff, i love to repair old things like you, and the way you explain all what you do is great! Keep working like this bro! Congrats
This was so satisfying and wholesome to watch, somebody restoring and preserving one of the best games on PS2.
Well Budokai tenkaichi2 and 3 are better
@@bowserpog jo
I remember when learning about repairing scratch discs when I was a teen , Scratch Dr at GameStop , that "special cream" that one dab and a cloth to buff out scratches , toothpaste, toilet water , rubbing alcohol, and the time I've spent on the internet looking up different methods, can't wait to try this.
Your knowledge, technical skill, and most of all, your immense attention to detail, never fail to amaze me 🙏🏼
Out of all the games you could have found in the ps2, you found my #1 game from childhood 😂
I remember those days when you openend a fresh newly bought game that smell will stick forever
You just made me cry a little when you said that. Nothing beats the smell of that, or the smell of Blockbuster.
Not only did you clean/repair a disc that many would have simply tossed, but you gave it a brand new case……I almost feel emotional over it 🥺
I wish I knew about this 10-15 years ago as a kid, would've saved me a lot of trouble
I remember many years ago, probably back in the early to mid 2000s, there was this product called Disc Doctor. I rented one from a supplier to repair some of my scratched CDs and DVDs. I don't remember much how it worked. Probably used some kind of polishing compound that was automatically applied to the surface of the disc while the device spun at a low RPM. Cleaned the discs quite well from what I can recall remembering. Sadly, they don't make that product anymore where I live.
A nearly Identical product is sold under the name "skipDr" on amazon. I'm wary of them, but thought I'd let you know. www.amazon.com/Skip-Classic-Disc-Repair-System/dp/B003YQ9RYM
I remember having something like this.
You put the disc in a clamshell style case. Sort of like a waffle maker. You’d apply some spray to it first, and then it had a crank on it that would spin the disc around inside.
Once the polish was on, you’d then apply a thicker paste and do the same thing.
Sadly, it wasn’t that good. In theory, it does similar things to this video...but all of it was a little janky.
They were used for more light scratches that could make a game or movie hitch at certain spots before playing again. I remember having one of those Disc cleaning kits and it didn’t do anything for deep scratches for some games my brothers and I played.
Restore and fix the damaged things is an art and you sir are a master of that ! I love to watch your videos and learn from you .
This type of knowledge would've been great in my youth with the amount of times I had to deal with scratched discs on my consoles.
Going from the center of the disc out to clean it IS the proper way! You can even refer to gaming companies in their manuals I’m sure it might be the same for DVDs in the older days.
Seeing how careful he is with everything makes me really happy. Im sure the CD is also happy to be back in its place. Im such a child hahaha
I agree.
before o thought that dvds are very very complex but now i learnt they are really simple storages for data
It’s like how a vinyl works but with a laser instead of a needle
@@equinox322-8 Con is that disc in the future would prone to Disc Rot, in where the Disc can get too old, that the edges of the Disc will show weird cracks and stuff, meaning any data there is permanently gone.
@@ドーブルX75 Its a shame but when all discs start to rot we'll luckily still have the archived PS2 library on the internet
@@tacoengineer6660 Yeah...
@Kyroh Rin yed
*8 year old me using peanut butter to clean a disc before running it under water in the bathroom*
“i am simply a technological genius”
I bought a copy of LCS for ps2 online and it arrived so scratched it would not play. I took it to my local video game store and they put it in the scratch repair machine. Cost me $6. Got home still did not work. After seeing your video I used some chrome polish I had and now it works great. Thanks
LMAO, Yamcha hit you with the ability, but his character can't stay in the air too long like others and he floated to the ground before you landed.
Classic xD
Yamcha got yamcha'd
dam lol
epic!
Shop clerk: how much isopropyl alcohol do you want?
Odd: yes.
not too much tho. learned the hard way
Lmao
I used the only white type toothpaste method with a microcloth I had, it started to work but it couldn’t buff away all the skipping and glitching. As I tried polishing it again and again I started to get a little rough on them, big mistake, it ended up fucking them up completely unreadable but tbh the games were preety beat up, basically if it’s still somewhat playable it’s savable but you have to be very gentle, if it’s not playable the polish repair just won’t do. You can try to find a machine near you to repair the disc comepletely but honestly your better off buying a new copy. Luckily most ps2 games are cheap compared to retail prices.
Hmmmm gotta try this out with some DVD's.
Many DVD rental and game rental shops had a buffing disk that they used on all the games to remove scratches, where you could see the scuff marks on the disk, but they would, because of the error correction on the disk, work well enough.
Oh man I can't wait to watch toy story 3 again
How did it go?
Same.
@@pastryguy2972 I can't wait to watch ice age dawn of the dinosaurs again
Thank you SO MUCH for this! I shared this with my dad bc he knows more about this stuff than I do, and with that video, he managed to repair my childhood favorite game that hasn't worked in at least 5 years because of scratches. Once again thank you, SO MUCH!
Witch game is that?
@@danypouliot5237 jo
OMG. THANK YOU. I LEARNED DISC ROT BECAUSE OF YOU AND I WAS THINKING OF TAKING MY PS2 TO REPAIR, NOW I KNOW THAT I DON'T HAVE TO. JUST EARNED A SUBSCRIBER BRO
Absolute legend. Just did this to get Spider-man 2 for GameCube working. Thank you so much
Yamcha: wins
Game: "Nope! Doesn't count!"
winning hate yamcha
yamcha hate game
toriyama hates yamcha
@italison cv oh... he landed before Vegeta finished falling, losing by ring-out. You got a good eye. Or both eyes, idk.
@italison cv Yamcha would be that stupid so… accurate.
fun fact: repairing cd/dvd is exactly the same process as restoring faded car's headlights...So, just buy a headlight restoring kit and you have all you need to.
some headlight restoring kits feature 400 grit sandpaper hhh
Thx for the advice
Buy a good one, though. Some of them are far too rough.
are they supposed to look liquid? i have one here that's liquid yet idk if it works, maybe i mustn't wash the disc after i polished with it (not gonna use the sandpaper since the highest i can go is 1000 i think)
Head light restorationkits are usually too aggressive for a thin polycarbonate layer of a disc.
I can hear the announcer in the anime, “It seems that the recovery from Yamcha’s Wolf Fang Fist technique caused him to hit the ground first! Well folks, that’s the kind of ending to a fight you’d only see here, at the World Martial Arts Tournament!”
Wait wait wait, this is actually how Tenshinhan won against Goku (more or less). If anything that Vegeta victory was exactly what the spectators expected.
I remembered when i was a kid, my neighbour said that for scratched discs, you have to use toothpaste and then use a napkin. It always worked but back then I didnt know why. Now I know. Thanks for this video. Educational
Dude, I've just repaired this exact same game I hadn't played in almost 10 years cause of the damage it received due to heavy use. Thank you so much (tho it's far from being the best Tenkaichi title), I owe you childhood memories.
I wish I knew someone with your skill set to fix such stuff in my country! Damn, your work is perfect! I can smell the passion all the way from here.
PS2 games dont play for a million different reasons not just that they have a scratch or scratches, I sent my games in to get resurfaced they came back looking like new absolutely mirror Finnish perfect yet none of them worked
@@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4 alright but I'm just impressed with this dude's talent!
You can see Yamcha stupidly touch the ground before Vegeta hits it.
@SunglazzGaming Yamcha just proved he was superior to Vegeta, he just didnt wanna hurt Bulma's feelings. XD
@@Trayton yamcha the goat💀
Stupidly, like all Yamcha does.
wow my dude. you really go above and beyond with your projects. that case looks better that the ones that gamestop makes.
Where did you find the rubber pad ? Very cool by the way, thank you.
I did this too today, in desperation to fix my Crash Team Racing disc for PS1- and it worked! Thanks for this lifesaver of a video!!!
You sir are a genius. Just found uour channel and this video has blown me away. Good job dude
Just tried it now on a call of duty 2 disc that wouldn’t load past the first level, game now works perfectly!
you literally treat everything with so much care
So what ended up happening at the end was that Yamcha activating his special move made him land on the ground but since you were on the tournament stage that meant that landing on anything besides the central platform meant you'd be out of bounds. So basically Yamcha yamcha'd himself.
I truly admire your patience.
Always amazing work. Love these videos you make. Never unsatisfactory.
Still waiting for that nemo sticker repair!
This polishing repair only works with bought discs. The home burned discs have the data much closer to the surface.
No one cares about home burned discs buddy
@@patthegoat I do. Actually some of those home burned discs might actually be more important since you've stored personal irreplaceable data instead of some game you can buy again
@@patthegoat It was useful information, why are you so negative?
who told you that? the data in both dvds and dvdrs is exactly in the middle.
@@fayelinae welcome to the millennial, thats how this generation works, very negative/offensive/racist and if you point it out they'll just laugh at you
Bro why was nothing like this around when I was growing up playing Xbox 360😭😭 all we had was people telling you to use tooth paste and to put it in the microwave for 2 min😂😂
If you use toothpaste made with baking soda, it actually works like a polish!
The baking soda is abrasive and I've used it to remove oxidation and scracthes from my car's headlights!
Not sure how microwaves would help haha
@@immichaelyeh the microwave would fry the aluminum layer of the disc lol
@@immichaelyeh Microwaving it is how you destroy the data beyond salvation. Excellent for getting rid of that compromising data and for making sparks. 😂
Microwave?
Bro. . I knew someone who tried that and ruined like three games. Lmao
Pov: your watching this helplessly knowing u cant get the stuff he has
Plastx polish at walmart my dude.
@@suhandatanker these dudes act like walmart is every around the world
@@justsomesleapydudeonacouch4524 ikr it's only for america (and some European countries tho it's called asda) the only Walmart ever opened in my country got shut down after a few weeks from poor sales lmaooo
@@suhandatanker deadass
@@justsomesleapydudeonacouch4524 ?
Watching you cut the printed cover art was satisfying as all hell and I don't exactly know why, ahaha. But overall, love seeing you bring a good ol PS2 game back from death.
When the end of world arrives ... I want this guy on my team !!!!
i love how much effort you put into your projects. So cool
Ah, my childhood game. I still remember playing it split screen with my younger brother.
The best explanation how discs and their layers work. Thanks
Incredible, informative. Thank you I'll never toss or give up on scratched discs
Ok, with this tutorial I'll try restoring my old PS1 discs.
Only if we had this video like 15 years ago..
Fun fact: the reason that it's better to go from the center to the edge of the disc is to avoid accidentally leaving a scratch along a data track; the data on a disc is one big spiral that circles around the disc, similar to a vinyl record. So, if you wipe the disc circularly, you're more likely to irreversibly damage more of the data since you're following the data track. This applies for both DIY resurfacing and just generally cleaning discs!
Oh! I didn't know that! Thanks!
@@Puffy_The_Fox I wiped in circles on my game discs and nothing bad happened
Truly all heroes don't wear capes they just repair a ps2 game to the point of being brand new
Cool. Nice video. Nice to see how bad condition items are restorationed and taken to use again.
I learned something new, thanks.
I can't wait to get home and "polish the dvd"
Mother: "What's this nasty rag?" Son: "That's what I use to polish my DVDs." Mother: "In your bed?!"
@Sacred Mamba Same exact reaction
While watching that faded old vhs porn!
@@dannycarrington1601 it's worse when she walks in on you while you've got the dvd rag in one hand and yourself in the other. There are no explanations.
Nice video, I didn't know you could use polish to restore discs like that. I had a disc doctor to remove scratches and it worked pretty well but the polish seems much more effective.
Yamcha stopped flying after his wolf fang fist was done because of how close he was to the floor but Vegeta was still in his "launched" animation. Because of that, Vegeta managed to touch the floor AFTER Yamcha by mere seconds meaning that you were actually the winner! You absolute beast!
I'm thinking the PS2 DBZ game let you win the match as a way of saying thank you for restoring it and getting it a brand new case to call home. Well done!
Sooo, cool :D I just like, when something looks hella clean and mint condition.
Seus reparos são minuciosos tanto com os aparelhos quanto com os cds. Queria conhecer alguém aqui no Brasil pra concertar meu Playstation assim como vc.Parabens.
E porque nem tenta falar isso em inglês para ele? Oxi vocês brasileiros querem tudo à vossa maneira
The guy: [4:31]
Me: This man have a TON courage.
Scrathes 💀
I had a set of three scratched Compaq Presario 2100 recovery disks which were scratched like this and to fix it, I took it to a CD repairer expert that used a sanding machine with water and a sanding grit to smooth out and remove the scratched. After that, my recovery CDs worked.
this is probably just a me thing but every single disc i've fixed has worked after rinsing it off in the sink and drying it with a paper towel, and after watching how discs are supposed to be cleaned im convinced im a disc cleaning wizard
8:18 You won because after the attack was finished, he touched the floor first while you were slightly above the floor. Check Yamcha's feet.
ok
If I understand correctly, the polishing compound removes a layer of the surface, as opposed to filling in the scratches with new material?
Is there a way to fill in the scratches instead?
I believe the toothpaste method works like that but it's not a permanent fix if it even works. I have not heard that any method would have worked in long run but I might do some experimenting for a future video if I can find a way do it without removing material. The surface will probably be left with more visible scratches but for gaming purposes it's good as long as it works fine
i studied how electro-magnetic waves works in my physics course at university . when going through different materials ( as in this video, the materials are air , the thin layer between the laser and the actual disc , and polycarbonate, ) the wave are deflected from the original path. formulas can tell you everything you want to know about this wave therefore you can build the disc so that its structure can compensate this aspect. as far as i know, if you use different materials you basically add more deflection to something that has not been created to compensate this . that's why i think that the method showed in the video is brilliant ( i throwed away a lot of games without trying this as i was 10 years old ) , because the thickness of layer doesn't really affect the path of the wave , as long as it's constant with really good approximation . hope i was clear enough :D
Would it work if laquer was aplied on the surface of the scratched disc?
as disgusting as it sounds, i once tried a method of "rubbing the damaged disc on your forehead", then you just use a fine cloth to clean the disc. The oils from your skin fill the gaps. It worked. It took me like 3 attempts but it really did work. However i used the disc only once, it was one bad scratch on a brand new PC game that i wanted to install, back in the day i had a bad internet, i can't even test the disc today since I don't even have a disc drive in my pc today.
I already fixed some minor scratches with pledge, a spray with liquid wax for wooden furniture...
*Wow,* man! I learned something pretty *amazing* today thanks to you. This is *incredible...* almost like magic. You are very talented. I plan on watching more of your content. I'm going to share with my brother this trick for buffing out scratches from the polycarbonate layer of a DVD. Question though; will this trick work on Blu-ray discs?
Awesome 👍🏻😎!!!
I've had my PS2 games and machine for a decade. I take extreme Care of my stuff. All of my PS2 games were in pristine condition. I had 1 party at my house a few years ago. While WE adults were outside, everyone's kids found my game room.
BTW, I didn't have kids back then.
THEY admitted to have played my PS2 for a couple hours. 8 games F'd!!!!
NOW, I can have hope in restoring them, thank You!
The way you rubbed alchohol on the disc is way more gentle than I do with any cleaning substances