An abrasive auto polish would work just as well. I wonder how polymer glass and plastic lens repair would work. It's all about seeing through scratches. The Skip Dr leaves a pattern, but the optical head has no problems reading through it. I noticed one of the local rentals has a Skip Dr on hand. Polishing with a polish doesn't get the suferficial scratches off as well as a resurfacing tool. There's others probably as good as the Skip Dr. I'm not making anything on sales. LOL But to read past the problem scratches, the scratches have to be removed (polished or ground off). I've not tried this, but I've heard on some scratches a yellow marker can be used. Since it's about light and refraction, I can see how it could work. With the tools I have, I just haven't given that one a try.
Wouldn't it be a lot cheaper to just rent it or borrow it from the library and copy it? Your friend already owns it and you are doing it for him so it's not like you are copying something you don't own.
The SkipDr will pay for it self in the long run. Like I stated earlier I have owned mine for over 2 years and I can't even count how many DVDs and CDs it has recovered for me, but it has been a lot.
Yellow marker huh? That's cool...I always learn something new! I will also be trying the lens scratch kits. AND, thanks pac for posting pics. It looks like we had the old style dr (with the hand crank) I am going to try agin with the new style one WITHOUT the hand crank. Perhaps it will cut down on cabana operator errors!!!!!!!!! Thanks.
BMF1 why not just have your nephew’s mother purchase a new copy of Madagascar and backup that one? Some Film Studio also replace damaged DVD, perhaps DreamWorks does that... Good Luck!
LOL Kitty... To cut down on Cabana Boy destruction, you need to put safety labels on your items that aren't solid, i.e. anvils would be exempt unless he has a rubber mallet. Just put these stickers on anything with moving parts and most that don't. LOL -------------------------- -------------------------- I haven't tried the yellow marker, but anything that will go into the scratch to allow light to pass through without too much diffraction is the end goal. I've seen DVD-CD repair kits with liquids similar to the lens repair liquid I posted. Someone mentioned toothpaste, that's along the lines of a polish. As I mentioned, auto polish would do just as well. bbmayo is right on the resurfacing tool, if you run into a lot of scratched discs, it will pay for itself in a short time.
well i hearing that the Skip DR puts a design on the surface i don't really like that and i also have read here and there that car wax works pretty well and that doesn't seen to do much to the surface i think i will try that but Toothpaste kinda sounds off the wall and a little abrasive. Has anyone tried toothpaste or yellow maker out there who can say wether or not it works or helps?
Oh Pac, I need about 800 of those stickers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so laughing right now. Having a right bubble over it in fact. I have tried the toothpaste. It did not do much...at all...I have not tried the yellow marker. The machine I got (although it rubs the wrong way) did great. I am going to get the new diskdr next time I need one though. And seeing as I don't have a bulk supply of no cabana boy stickers, I just might soon.
BMF1 The swirl pattern makes no difference unless someone does a bad job and further damages the polycarbonate surface of the DVD. I've done a lot of the resurfacing jobs and they all read. The most important part of the process is keeping the surface moist so the resurfacing wheel doesn't scratch. I know not to get discs that are destroyed and expect miracles. Those who are saying the swirl pattern makes a difference don't understand light refraction and diffraction, and laser optical heads. That or they're doing the process wrong. Your choice. As I said before, I'm not in the business of selling the tools. Use whatever works for you or not. I just know that the resurfacing tools do the job, swirls and all.
