it's not that you're getting toothpaste inside the scratches, it's the fact that toothpaste is basically polishing paste and you need to add a little then buff it out with a cloth just like any other polishing job. It's smoothing out the surface, taking away a thin layer of plastic and making the grooves less pronounced. So it's not the toothpaste that's doing the "magic" It's the polishing. No need to use that much toothpaste, just put a pea-sized drop on the cloth and spread it and with a dry, clean cloth buff it out as best as you can. Hope this clears things up!
You cant really polish plastic without a delicate machine taking a tiny layer off the surface, plastic is too brittle and soft for polishing. Polishing a game disc is stupid because the plastic surface is so thin you risk cutting through it and exposing the sub layers to air.
@@XboxBoomer117 i tried it way later but it didnt really work, but i do doubt the exact way i did it, im afraid i sanded down the disc instead of fixing it lol
Nope. Toothpaste contains micro abrasives that will scratch not only plastic but also glass. Putting toothpaste on a disc will scratch it up further and probably destroy the top layer of it leaving the data and metal sub layer exposed to the air. On top of that, it looks like you used an acrylic microfibre cloth, which also scratches soft plastics as acrylic is a plastic itself. You basically just ruined that disc. Never, ever do this especially to vintage video games because they use worse plastics. If you want to fix scratches on a disc, some libraries and video game stores have disc resurfacing machines that will take a very tiny layer off the plastic and give it a mirror polish like factory new, or if you really care about collecting games, just buy one of those machines yourself.
I thought a microfibre cloth is the only thing you should use for a disc. Like the ones you get with glasses or screen protectors. Cuz they’re soft and don’t scratch it.
