Repair & restoration of a scratched PS2 game disc - Howto resurface discs

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In this video I will repair this Playstation 2 game I got free with Playstation 2 slim I restored on my main channel, Odd Tinkering. This method is called resurfacing.
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@tobi5556 3 года назад

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 :)

@nadzhoroo 3 года назад

Totally worth it

@joshuajones4472 3 года назад

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

@tobi5556 3 года назад

@@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

@filipisotter5114 3 года назад

Your dad is a genius haha

@real.silencewench 3 года назад

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?

@leejimmy2209 3 года назад

Every kid who lived in the 90s will treat you as a God if you had these skills back then.

@thefreedomguyuk 3 года назад

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.

@leejimmy2209 3 года назад

@@thefreedomguyuk I used toothpaste on my scratched disks too. It didn't work :(

@thespaceram2879 3 года назад

Only Lord Jesus Christ can be God as we all will find out on judgement day. He is the Just Judge.

@MetalFox619 3 года назад

@@thespaceram2879 kind of random but amen to that :)

@sethjansson5652 3 года назад

@@thespaceram2879 Jesus isn't God.

@campbell4417 3 года назад

"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

@Samas-tq4bw 2 года назад

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

@laurieb3703 2 года назад

@@Samas-tq4bw you could give one to a poor kid 🤷‍♀️

@Samas-tq4bw 2 года назад

I would if I had all the wires, feels like a jerk move to provide a console without em :/

@rymeergocrazy5312 2 года назад

@@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

@laurieb3703 2 года назад

@@Samas-tq4bw ohhhh ok, yeah I agree 😕

@cosmosofinfinity Год назад

That disc anatomy diagram was such a simple way to explain it, it was beautiful

@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4 11 месяцев назад

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

@miketheike1231onroblox. 23 дня назад

@@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4not true cuz i absolute fucked up a label once on a game disc and it worked perfectly

@Joey_Youngace 3 года назад

Repaired it down to the point of giving it a brand new case. Your work is immaculate and inspiring. Keep up the great work!

@cezzy_1496 3 года назад

Its a crime that you get your first reply at 712 likes.

@toasty_waffle9187 3 года назад

It is inspiring but if I tried this there would be more scratches then what it started with.

@Joey_Youngace 3 года назад

@@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.

@cezzy_1496 3 года назад

@@Joey_Youngace What can I say? Love seeing people showing support to a creator lol.

@Joey_Youngace 3 года назад

@@cezzy_1496 much love bro! Positive vibes only love and prosperity all 2021 ✊🏾💯

@MetalPcAngel 3 года назад

If only my 12 year old self known this before doing those 'hacks' that were used with something like. . . a banana .

@channelsixtysix066 3 года назад

I've seen that work. I don't know why it works, but no harm trying.

@Odd_Experiments 3 года назад

Haha! Never heard of that one I think the tooth paste actually sometimes works for a while

@WG55 3 года назад

Yes, I've heard of the old "toothpaste" trick, and it seems to work on very fine scratches.

@1805movie 3 года назад

I use to use clean discs with Windex.

@ahmedalanzi4315 3 года назад

@@Odd_Experiments hi

@wellsd1959 2 года назад

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.

@tarnation4448 2 года назад

What do you do after spraying? And for how long/much do you spray?

@wellsd1959 2 года назад

@@tarnation4448 Just enough to fill in the scratches. Let dry and read it.

2 года назад

Thanks for this tip. I have thought about using a clear spray but was hesitant if it would work. 👍

@KingSKuLLY7 2 года назад

@ Is that polyurethane thing a sealant foam ? Because that's the only thing I can find in my country.. sorry bad English..

2 года назад

@@KingSKuLLY7 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.

@DanSutherland 3 года назад

Right as I thought it would end he makes a new case. Brings a tear to my eye.

@MaikaSakuranomiya 3 года назад

Basically you win because it's yamcha.

@harrispj4205 3 года назад

LOL

@codeshark8702 3 года назад

Smile, sweet, sister, sadistic, suprise, service, *Snoop Dogg!!*

@Kara_Kay_Eschel 3 года назад

I was going to say the same thing.

@falcy2889 3 года назад

Whats yamcha?

@CODA96 3 года назад

@@joaofeh TFS reference in 2021? Nice one. Wanna hear a joke? It starts with ''i killed your dad!'' - So haha funny?

@gabrielmeza4780 3 года назад

he actually did it, he fixed scratches in discs, he's a legend

@Ebani 3 года назад

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.

@tacoengineer6660 3 года назад

@@Ebani Yea but the disc is in better hands now so the problem has been corrected

@Ebani 3 года назад

@@tacoengineer6660 If you say so

@jonr9467 3 года назад

@@Ebani Of course, but most of the scratching can be avoided anyways so it should work for a long time.

@thomassmith4999 3 года назад

@@jonr9467 Probably got another 10-20 years in it but eventually discs degrade over time used or not.

@rebootrevival4989 3 года назад

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.

@caliggyjack7480 2 года назад

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.

@TheCrispyTwinkies 2 года назад

Classic xD

@c4benz 2 года назад

Yamcha got yamcha'd

@TheRyanator36910 2 года назад

dam lol

@depressionpg8095 2 года назад

epic!

@GoodTimesSK 3 года назад

That kid who bought my ps2 collection for 20 bucks is probably rubbing his hands like birdman right now.....

@cenakruegerlover 3 года назад

😂😂

@GhostIy_Games 3 года назад

I bought a ps2 for $30 cuz the disc door doesn’t open 👏😏

@dhruvavikas1632 3 года назад

i just bought a laptop for 200$ so i can emulate ps2 on it

@BrandonWingerAir 2 года назад

@@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

@dhruvavikas1632 2 года назад

@@BrandonWingerAir must be intel

@aramisbyrd1285 3 года назад

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

@Green_Gamer23 3 года назад

B A N A N A

@Skimmy404 3 года назад

T O O T H P A S T E

@silvernomad3729 2 года назад

E X P E R I M E N T!

@FireLordVahn 2 года назад

For me it was Windex aha shit was like magic

@X-BAIO 2 года назад

i also put my scratches disks in the freezer. After a session of bananas and toothpaste

@Addictivemeh 2 года назад

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

@mentygoku 3 года назад

Pov: your watching this helplessly knowing u cant get the stuff he has

@BountyHunterLetsPlaysOnGoogle 3 года назад

Plastx polish at walmart my dude.

@justsomesleapydudeonacouch4524 3 года назад

@@suhandatanker these dudes act like walmart is every around the world

@suhandatanker 3 года назад

@@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

@justsomesleapydudeonacouch4524 3 года назад

@@suhandatanker deadass

@suhandatanker 3 года назад

@@justsomesleapydudeonacouch4524 ?

@stpablo5299 3 года назад

I'm so glad I havent thrown away any of my old discs now

@rahrah206 3 года назад

same

@moonman0349 3 года назад

😭😭😭

@TomAnderson. 3 года назад

Same here.

@tehonlynoobs5556 3 года назад

Look at ebay maybe you got some gems to sell

@smiledude4156 3 года назад

i just broke some last week 🤦🏻

@astrogameplays1514 3 года назад

Who just blew on the disc and used their shirt to clean it

@ad_stayfly7 3 года назад

I still do

@toast_bath5937 3 года назад

It's easier to ask who didn't do that

@shiveshmurthy7012 3 года назад

😂😂😂

@_Killkor 3 года назад

@@toast_bath5937 Some psychopaths probably...

@sethjansson5652 3 года назад

@@_Killkor Wdym? Works a charm.

@L9Harakiri 2 года назад

If more people existed like you , the world would be a better place ! Keep it up sir !

@sebastianDeRivia 2 года назад

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

@1805movie 3 года назад

I should recommend this video to my local library.

@Aivottaja 3 года назад

They should have resurfacing devices for this purpose.

@BrandonMcBadass 3 года назад

@@Aivottaja (dot dot dot) _should_

@ethancbaker2002 3 года назад

This is awesome

@bychrischannel 3 года назад

Yeah, ALL local libraries need those! Especially for those out-of-print titles!

@andykishore 2 года назад

Wouldn't that be a dream come true.

@alonsosantana2437 3 года назад

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

@AmartharDrakestone 3 года назад

Exactly. Yamcha landed after the combo before Vegeta fell to the ground.

@alonsosantana2437 3 года назад

@@AmartharDrakestone You are right!

@avantesma1 3 года назад

So Odd Tinkering won the same way Ten Shin Han won the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai, is that what you're saying?

@AmartharDrakestone 3 года назад

@@avantesma1 That is right. Except nobody hit a bus.

@ryanrealo3552 3 года назад

Nah... Vegata is simply better and much more of a bad ass so judges don’t mess with him.

@Dr4g0nW00d 2 года назад

I remember those days when you openend a fresh newly bought game that smell will stick forever

@K12machinima 2 года назад

You just made me cry a little when you said that. Nothing beats the smell of that, or the smell of Blockbuster.

@robertmuller5842 2 года назад

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.

@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4 11 месяцев назад

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,

@Bond007er 8 месяцев назад

Or xbox series x disks my goat simulator 3 disc has just 1 little scratch and Won't work

@mitkoprakov1296 5 месяцев назад

@@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.

@JasonSawyer 3 года назад

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.

@youwalkedby 3 года назад

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.

@Odd_Experiments 3 года назад

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

@oskarythm Год назад

🤣🤣 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

@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4 11 месяцев назад

good luck finding games for it that work

@Fwacer Год назад

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!

@halo368 3 года назад

This was so satisfying and wholesome to watch, somebody restoring and preserving one of the best games on PS2.

@bowserpog 2 года назад

Well Budokai tenkaichi2 and 3 are better

@juliohenrique4013 Год назад

@@bowserpog jo

@johnharding792 3 года назад

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

@hansmoleman2666 2 года назад

That’s why right to repair is so important, so people can actually repair their possessions instead of being forced by buy new.

@carlosg3799 2 года назад

How about not having garbage in the first place?

@jophismarch6108 2 года назад

@@carlosg3799 Impossible. The state of California is literally full of garbage, all over the place..

@jackdaniels2657 2 года назад

If everyone just took better care of their shit it wouldn't get broken

@monolithgeometry3221 2 года назад

Sorry, this is a disposable culture altogether

@picoranawtf 3 года назад

Shop clerk: how much isopropyl alcohol do you want? Odd: yes.

@nxxxck 2 года назад

not too much tho. learned the hard way

@TheOofaloofa 2 года назад

Lmao

@nero_yama6071 2 года назад

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.

@A7xcellent18 2 года назад

Always amazing work. Love these videos you make. Never unsatisfactory.

@AmalieRosenberg 3 года назад

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!!!

@zemasionxoxo 3 года назад

*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”

@ArchangelExile 3 года назад

You can see Yamcha stupidly touch the ground before Vegeta hits it.

@Trayton 3 года назад

@SunglazzGaming Yamcha just proved he was superior to Vegeta, he just didnt wanna hurt Bulma's feelings. XD

@ryancroz2477 3 года назад

@@Trayton yamcha the goat💀

@bryandelahoz6063 3 года назад

Stupidly, like all Yamcha does.

@froelhoates 2 года назад

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!

@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4 11 месяцев назад

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

@originalman01 2 года назад

Incredible, informative. Thank you I'll never toss or give up on scratched discs

@JennsCorner777 3 года назад

Hmmmm gotta try this out with some DVD's.

@SeanBZA 3 года назад

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.

@pastryguy2972 3 года назад

Oh man I can't wait to watch toy story 3 again

@nerymuniz6427 3 года назад

How did it go?

@andykishore 3 года назад

Same.

@jacobfaughtrunningproducti974 3 года назад

@@pastryguy2972 I can't wait to watch ice age dawn of the dinosaurs again

@joshuaprescod-campbell6961 3 года назад

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

@zipperblues6714 2 года назад

Wtf are you actually talking bout...

@mkay6093 2 года назад

@@zipperblues6714 watch the full video and you would know

@NOTTHEMUTANTMOBo 2 года назад

@@zipperblues6714 🤣🤣🤣

@valuke26 2 года назад

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.

@jk-474 3 года назад

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!

@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4 11 месяцев назад

😂😂😂😂 you'll be lucky

@blutarchmann9070 3 года назад

Yamcha: wins Game: "Nope! Doesn't count!"

@kdeoodososd 2 года назад

winning hate yamcha

@kdeoodososd 2 года назад

yamcha hate game

@Tricanion 2 года назад

toriyama hates yamcha

@talison4634 2 года назад

Looks like Yamcha hits the ground first after his combo.

@blutarchmann9070 2 года назад

@@talison4634 oh... he landed before Vegeta finished falling, losing by ring-out. You got a good eye. Or both eyes, idk.

@Asero100 3 года назад

Brother ... you repaired what once was my childhood ... RESPECT ✊

@funnyvidsmaster12 Месяц назад

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!

@Confidentiel303 2 года назад

I truly admire your patience.

@MarkMeadows90 3 года назад

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.

@hjalmarjohnson5846 3 года назад

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

@rig85 3 года назад

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.

@zgoaty9235 2 года назад

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.

@alaricjeard269 3 года назад

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.

@kasplay7275 3 года назад

some headlight restoring kits feature 400 grit sandpaper hhh

@King-Leod 3 года назад

Thx for the advice

@mehere8299 3 года назад

Buy a good one, though. Some of them are far too rough.

@mr.boy64 3 года назад

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)

@eliadbu 3 года назад

Head light restorationkits are usually too aggressive for a thin polycarbonate layer of a disc.

@linh-the-localizer 3 года назад

This made me so happy. Such care and love for the game :)

@KitKatToeBeans 2 года назад

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 🥺

@adolforuperto5954 3 года назад

Out of all the games you could have found in the ps2, you found my #1 game from childhood 😂

@xxPenjoxx 3 года назад

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

@burakacikel8020 3 года назад

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

@brandonr6601 3 года назад

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.

@BabapiroArda Год назад

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

@tcm_smitty 2 года назад

Absolute legend. Just did this to get Spider-man 2 for GameCube working. Thank you so much

@Darkryan101 3 года назад

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

@powerjolt7215 3 года назад

I agree.

@wmj1860 3 года назад

I wish I knew about this 10-15 years ago as a kid, would've saved me a lot of trouble

@BlueyChandler 2 года назад

Great effort in restoring the disc. It was worth your time.

@funsterinc9233 2 года назад

You sir are a genius. Just found uour channel and this video has blown me away. Good job dude

@theswapmeetflea 3 года назад

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.

@shedofchaos 3 года назад

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!”

@raphaelforkel7759 2 года назад

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.

@MTRevenge Год назад

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

@levielswick4073 2 года назад

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.

@Nitrometutorials 3 года назад

Really love this channel. It makes me so, so, happy to see all these old pieces of hardware getting restored.

@viewer81627 6 месяцев назад

Same

@basementbats 3 года назад

Your knowledge, technical skill, and most of all, your immense attention to detail, never fail to amaze me 🙏🏼

@TheGyorn 3 года назад

I learn cool stuff in this video and the ps2 one. Can't wait to see more!

@MaherLucifer 2 года назад

This neat polishing and cutting is so satisfying to watch😂

@Jhereckk 3 года назад

I have over 50 ps2 discs from the early 2000s, all pretty scratched and a lot of free time. Gonna try this. Thanks

@Johnny.1965 3 года назад

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.

@Jhereckk 3 года назад

@@Johnny.1965 Cool. I want to see it in action before I test cause I dont want you to be scamming me, but thanks

@grutfrut5817 3 года назад

I you're a slacker like me, just buy a skip doctor ...

@Jhereckk 3 года назад

@Kyroh Rin That makes sense

@grutfrut5817 3 года назад

@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.

@ChrisPike 3 года назад

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😂😂

@immichaelyeh 2 года назад

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

@FireLordVahn 2 года назад

@@immichaelyeh the microwave would fry the aluminum layer of the disc lol

@AleksPizana 2 года назад

@@immichaelyeh Microwaving it is how you destroy the data beyond salvation. Excellent for getting rid of that compromising data and for making sparks. 😂

@MergedElement 2 года назад

Microwave?

@billybobscat6233 2 года назад

Bro. . I knew someone who tried that and ruined like three games. Lmao

@RodrigoEstape 3 года назад

This video save a lot of my discs, thank-you!

@Demetoriusu Год назад

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.

@giuseppeconti7363 3 года назад

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 .

@armohit6006 3 года назад

before o thought that dvds are very very complex but now i learnt they are really simple storages for data

@equinox322-8 3 года назад

It’s like how a vinyl works but with a laser instead of a needle

@SMEARGLEX75 3 года назад

@@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.

@tacoengineer6660 3 года назад

@@SMEARGLEX75 Its a shame but when all discs start to rot we'll luckily still have the archived PS2 library on the internet

@SMEARGLEX75 3 года назад

@@tacoengineer6660 Yeah...

@armohit6006 3 года назад

@Kyroh Rin yed

@donaldobenites5577 3 года назад

I tried this today and... it worked!!!! I repaired an old gran turismo 3 that my cousins gave me, and a harry potter game that lagged. They run smooth like silk now.

@Chris23lover Год назад

Amazing work, you are truly professional on it restorations, Congratulations! 😃

@1112Hades 3 года назад

Still waiting for that nemo sticker repair!

@Axbear 3 года назад

This polishing repair only works with bought discs. The home burned discs have the data much closer to the surface.

@patthegoat 3 года назад

No one cares about home burned discs buddy

@Sanjidub 3 года назад

@@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 3 года назад

@@patthegoat It was useful information, why are you so negative?

@vasopel 3 года назад

who told you that? the data in both dvds and dvdrs is exactly in the middle.

@TheTweakerTechnique 3 года назад

@@patthegoat Some people might care about that so they dont completely ruin their home videos but he BEST part is nobody cares about you

@streamingvideo6654 10 месяцев назад

That's awesome! Cheaper instead of buying a disc resurfacer. Thanks!

@6stringgunner511 2 года назад

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!

@XMONVID 3 года назад

wow my dude. you really go above and beyond with your projects. that case looks better that the ones that gamestop makes.

@TheRedhawke Год назад

Where did you find the rubber pad ? Very cool by the way, thank you.

@-PoOkEy- 3 года назад

It example of how a disc works and how it works when damage is the best example I've ever seen! Also the particular DBZ game you repaired is nostalgia 😍

@timofalltrades8475 2 года назад

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

@curiouscat222 2 года назад

Ur seriously amazing. Liked and subbed!

@STurtle1 3 года назад

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.

@RolandSerpenthelm 3 года назад

Just tried it now on a call of duty 2 disc that wouldn’t load past the first level, game now works perfectly!

@celbruno3 2 года назад

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!

@alphakennyone8 2 года назад

Just that holographic shine to the disc is giving me nostalgia

@SickWhiteTiger 3 года назад

i love how much effort you put into your projects. So cool

@MotherEarth4K 3 года назад

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.

@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4 11 месяцев назад

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

@MotherEarth4K 11 месяцев назад

@@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4 alright but I'm just impressed with this dude's talent!

@robdiquattro5590 2 года назад

Incredible! I have the perfect game to try this on as it currently won’t read in any of my GameCube or wii consoles (sky’s of Arcadia). Thanks so much!

@ricogrins4627 2 года назад

The game let you win that match as gratitude for bringing it back to life 🥺

@Oynoyo 3 года назад

you literally treat everything with so much care

@emjayfireheart 3 года назад

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!

@danypouliot5237 2 года назад

Witch game is that?

@juliohenrique4013 Год назад

@@danypouliot5237 jo

@metjoe13 Год назад

I used Scratch Doctor and it worked great! Finally can play some of my old games again :)

@NotlyOne 3 года назад

Thank you! Beautiful restoration

@accountant02130 3 года назад

When the end of world arrives ... I want this guy on my team !!!!

@kinskifilms 3 года назад

I can't wait to get home and "polish the dvd"

@dannycarrington1601 3 года назад

Mother: "What's this nasty rag?" Son: "That's what I use to polish my DVDs." Mother: "In your bed?!"

@sarahabdulrahman 3 года назад

@Sacred Mamba Same exact reaction

@parishna4882 3 года назад

While watching that faded old vhs porn!

@parishna4882 3 года назад

@@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.

@harleyhenry7042 3 года назад

love all of your videos

@justamemorynow6518 Год назад

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.