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Remove Scratches From Anything Using Toothpaste

Remove Scratches From Anything Using Toothpaste

Renew your scratched up music or game CD's using toothpaste!!!

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Step 1Get your cd ready

Get the cd that you would like to repair.

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39 comments

Aug 17, 2009. 4:46 PMpancho del rancho says:

do we rub da toothpaste with the tooth brush

Oct 20, 2009. 10:32 AMajithkpunnoose says:

lol..that was a really nice question and I hope RazorG is never gonna answer.

Any way the DIY is good. One thing to note while wiping with cloth on the CD is that you should wipe radially instead of circularly.

Oct 21, 2009. 8:52 AMRazorG606 (author) says:

You hope WHAT!? haha and yea, supposedly radially is better.

Jul 20, 2009. 10:52 AMvandamfan1234 says:

haha thanks man, gta 4 is working again. :D

Jul 1, 2009. 7:19 PMdatedr99 says:

wierd

Feb 17, 2009. 6:55 PMadmiral001 says:

Didn't work

Oct 17, 2008. 11:40 AMextremegtafan says:

I'm about to rinse off the toothpaste. Now I can play GTA San Andreas again!!! As my name implies, I love GTA.

Oct 17, 2008. 11:42 AMextremegtafan says:

Alright, it's all washed off! I'm gonna plug up the PS2 and play!!!!!

Oct 17, 2008. 11:49 AMextremegtafan says:

It's working!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOHOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oct 17, 2008. 12:05 PMextremegtafan says:

It just froze... It got scratched when Mom gave it to a two year old, who attempted to skate with it, apparently.

Sep 24, 2007. 1:48 PMsueforizzle says:

Wow this completly didnt work.Instead of removing the scratch it made the disk completly unreadable.But thx anyway :(

Oct 17, 2008. 11:39 AMextremegtafan says:

Did you wash off the toothpaste?

Mar 1, 2008. 8:31 AMjdog172 says:

IF THE DISK HAS WAY TOO MANY SCRATES IT WONT WORK BUT IF THE DISK STOP EVERY NOW AND THEN THIS IS THE THING FOR YOU

Oct 2, 2008. 8:07 PMDBLinuxLover says:

GAAAAHHH CAPSLOCK IS COMPLETE AND UTTER FAIL. ITS NOT FAR FROM THE A KEY TURN IT OFF.. OR FEEL MY WRATH!!!

Aug 18, 2008. 10:27 AMI3uckwheat says:

the pic says it all

Jan 31, 2009. 11:33 PMAburame Shino says:

You got that from http://maddox.xmission.com/ right?

Feb 1, 2009. 6:42 AMI3uckwheat says:

no i got it from another instructable member. that said i could use it

Feb 1, 2009. 2:52 PMAburame Shino says:

http://maddox.xmission.com/hatemail.cgi?p=1#CAPSLOCK

Feb 1, 2009. 2:49 PMAburame Shino says:

OHRLY?

Feb 2, 2009. 7:44 PMI3uckwheat says:

Ya i did for real. And please don't yell at me.

Feb 13, 2009. 2:01 PMHarveyDanger says:

I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING WITH THIS LOUD MUSIC. HOW ARE YOU?

Feb 17, 2009. 10:17 AM

Plasmana says:

^{_{I am fine.}}

Feb 17, 2009. 12:00 PMHarveyDanger says:

YEAH MAN, I KNOW, RIGHT! ISN'T THIS PARTY AWESOME?!

Feb 21, 2009. 10:15 AM

Plasmana says:

^{_{^{_{Whats up with caps lock you are using?}}}}

Jul 5, 2008. 7:58 PMallstarn07 says:

Omg caps lock!!! Time to unlesh the fury!!!

Jul 9, 2008. 9:35 AMRye2121 says:

lol!

Aug 18, 2008. 10:29 AMI3uckwheat says:

what about the black cd's

Nov 25, 2007. 9:05 PMwaterppk says:

This generally doesn't work on polycarbonate (CD's and glasses lenses), it DOES however work on glass optics from what I've heard, anybody else?

Mar 1, 2008. 11:08 AMmud_dann says:

sooo....what does work on CD's and glasses then? just curious tho...

Feb 3, 2008. 5:26 AM2dark4day says:

dude, i sure as hell hope this works. im halfway thru the project rite now, and im lettin it sit for a few minutes, as u said. if it duz work, thank you sooooooo much!

Dec 14, 2007. 8:43 AMMr.Roboto says:

would a gel tooth paste work

Nov 20, 2007. 2:46 PMMadMechanicMike says:

this doesnt work. ive tried this in the past and it does jack shit. i suggest heating the cd over an open flame hen boiling it for 5 minutes. it works: http://www.instructables.com/id/S6WMC5TF9053ZB0/

Aug 7, 2007. 3:59 PM

345138 says:

no i tried like 1000 times and it didnt:(

Aug 7, 2007. 3:41 PM

345138 says:

didnt work and hey razor!

Aug 7, 2007. 3:53 PMRazorG606 (author) says:

Hey, it didn't work? =[

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May 1, 2007. 6:08 PM

canida says:

This looks like a potentially good Instructable! However, you need to include pictures with your step-by-step instructions. Please donâ��t misuse our Keywords, either. Thus, it has been unpublished.

Jul 12, 2007. 10:39 AMadamthiede says:

he's got a video.

Jul 10, 2007. 4:24 PM

ac1D says:

!!!WARNING!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I tryed this a year ago, and the cd broke in my cd player, and it have broke the cd player. DON'T USE TOO MANY TOOTHPASTE!