Do any places offer a disc resurfacing service

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My brand new copy of God of War decided to crap out on me right on one of the final cutscenes. I noticed it had a couple marks on the disc and my PS2 has had trouble reading it at times during gameplay. I don't have a problem with other discs so I have to believe it is the disc and not my PS2. Does anyone know of a place that will resurface discs for a few bucks. I went into gamestop/ebgames and they don't offer a service, but tried to talk me into a resurfacer, though I really don't want to pay 25 bucks to fix one disc I paid 15 bucks for, not to mention I am not sure if resurfacing is the answer anyway.
 
[quote name='yukine']Where did you buy it? I'm pretty sure you can return media if you exchange it for the same thing.[/quote]

I bought it at circuit city way back during the black friday sale I believe. I don't still have the receipt. I only cracked the seal and started playing it over the weekend. Since discovering CAG my games purchased to games played ratio has definately changed. I seem to have more money and less time these days.
 
i was wondering this too...i dont wanna buy one of those shitty do-it-yourself machines, so i'd rather pay a couple bucks to have it professionally resurfaced
 
I know that Hollywood Video and Game Crazy near me do it, they charge $2 per disk. I had to have this done to a copy of MGS:Twin Snakes I got off of Ebay for cheap, disk 1 had a really bad gouge so I'm going to need it done a second time.
 
yeah, Gamecrazy does a decent job. My copy of NBA 2k7 got scratched for some reason by my 360, so bad, it wouldn't play. Guy at Gamecrazy resurfaced it and it works and looks like new again.
 
Hastings does it as well for $2. Also I'm not sure if it is an ongoing promotion, but I know I've seen fliers for $5 for 5 resurfaced disks.
 
yeah, gamecrazy at hollywood video does a great job. i've been bringing my kid cousin's games there a lot since he can't take care of them. if you were interested in joining up with 'mvp' for $20 gives you a discbuffing card for free in addition to the discount on used games and the magazine subscription.
 
I know that some places online do it, but its epensive. Like $5 a disc after shipping.

Like RandyTsai above me said Gamecrazy will fix them. I've only heard that from others on this site, I don't have one near me.
 
Thanks for the replies. I'll have to keep it in my car so the next time I am near a Game Crazy I can stop in and have it resurfaced. The closest one is over an hour away. I thought for sure that GS/ebgames would offer a service, I figured if they charge a price for refurbing disc on trade in that they would have a machine there and it would only make sense to offer a service that was nothing but profit.
 
This a a game CD-ROM correct?

Many of us at DVDTalk have used the following method to bring back playability to both DVDs AND games.

The method is to play the game CD in boiling water for 2 - 3 minutes.
Remove CD.
Allow to air cool.
With lint free cloth, wipe CD from center spindle hole outward to outer edge in a straight line. Do NOT use circular motions to wipe CD.

Give CD a try.

It's worked for me on DVDs and a few gamers' CDs over at DVDTalk.

I can produce the threads about it if you need me too.

Give it a try. What do you have to lose?


Speedy1961
 
I agree with the other posters. Gamecrazy does a really good job resurfacing disks. The machine they use, at least at the local store, is a heavy duty industrial sized thing....not like those sucking Game Doctor ones. Looked like a brand new disk when they were finished. Got a couple PS1 games resurfaced during the Classic Plastic sale....heck they didn't even charge me for those resurfacings.
 
[quote name='scsg75']yeah, Gamecrazy does a decent job. My copy of NBA 2k7 got scratched for some reason by my 360, so bad, it wouldn't play. Guy at Gamecrazy resurfaced it and it works and looks like new again.[/quote]

If you move your 360 around I heard it scratches up whatever disc is inside it
 
[quote name='paddlefoot']Thanks for the replies. I'll have to keep it in my car so the next time I am near a Game Crazy I can stop in and have it resurfaced. The closest one is over an hour away. I thought for sure that GS/ebgames would offer a service, I figured if they charge a price for refurbing disc on trade in that they would have a machine there and it would only make sense to offer a service that was nothing but profit.[/QUOTE]

actually, gamestops at least don't have them in store. they seal them in a box and ship them out to get it refurbished. the store that sends them very rarely ever get it back as corporate usually sends them to random stores. (i used to work there, glad i am gone now).
 
[quote name='speedy1961']This a a game CD-ROM correct?

Many of us at DVDTalk have used the following method to bring back playability to both DVDs AND games.

The method is to play the game CD in boiling water for 2 - 3 minutes.
Remove CD.
Allow to air cool.
With lint free cloth, wipe CD from center spindle hole outward to outer edge in a straight line. Do NOT use circular motions to wipe CD.

Give CD a try.

It's worked for me on DVDs and a few gamers' CDs over at DVDTalk.

I can produce the threads about it if you need me too.

Give it a try. What do you have to lose?


Speedy1961[/QUOTE]

Boiling water? Sound like it could kill a disc ...

I feel like scratching up a disc on purpose and try out these remedies, so far with Boiling Water and Toothpaste.
 
I have a friend who swears by the boiling water thing and I have watched him do it with a messed up demo disc. I made him prove it because I was tired of him trying to coax me into boiling a disc. It certainly works to some extent, but it's still nothing I would do myself.
 
Boiling water was a technique promoted for XBox demo games, and it is a way to help with resurfacing the disc surface without investing any money.

Toothpaste should work, just be sure to use the plainest paste you can find -- EBGames now sells a polishing paste for $3 per envelop that can be used for the same purpose.
 
[quote name='Kyo']Boiling water? Sound like it could kill a disc ...

I feel like scratching up a disc on purpose and try out these remedies, so far with Boiling Water and Toothpaste.[/quote]

Boiling doesn't help with scratches.

The theory behind it is that it helps remove obscuring contaminents (crap) from the data read area. If you have a mild scuff and it's filled with dust, dander, etc....; the boiling will clear that stuff out so that the laser can read it.

It does work but with deep scratches it has no effect.

That's where the toothpaste fill remedy comes into play.
 
[quote name='speedy1961']This a a game CD-ROM correct?

Many of us at DVDTalk have used the following method to bring back playability to both DVDs AND games.

The method is to play the game CD in boiling water for 2 - 3 minutes.
Remove CD.
Allow to air cool.
With lint free cloth, wipe CD from center spindle hole outward to outer edge in a straight line. Do NOT use circular motions to wipe CD.

Give CD a try.

It's worked for me on DVDs and a few gamers' CDs over at DVDTalk.

I can produce the threads about it if you need me too.

Give it a try. What do you have to lose?


Speedy1961[/quote]

I remember this thread... and it did work.
 
Another store that offers disc resurfacing is CD Connection. They're scattered around the midwest and usually have some good deals on games and movies and music. I had a copy of Final Fantasy VII that was damaged beyond recognition (maybe not that bad, but it was awful and wouldn't play), and still works great to this day after taking it to CD Connection. Their discs are cleaned by a third party so it takes a couple days to get it done.
 
Wait, so, how do you use toothpaste to remove fix discs?

I've been pondering the idea of getting some of my rare PS1 games resurfaced. But I just get too scared about them being permanently damaged. Most of those games are worth $50+ easily so...
 
where i live movie gallery does i took midnight club los angeles because my 360 burned to complete cirlces into it pretty bad shape i took it in the manager looked at it charged me $2 and fix it like brand new cant even tell it happened they have an amazing machine
 
i beg to differ. i just had 5 disc i took into them to have done. they all have swirl marks now. all of these disks weren't scratched either. they had just some finger prints and smudges. now i am goign back tomorrow to see what the deal is. the disks actually look worse now.
 
I would not recommend professional cleaning or resurfacing for finger prints and smudges, only for scratches. A clean, wet wash cloth or microfiber cloth with no cleaner is best. Gently wipe from the center of the disc to the outside edge only--no back and forth wiping, and no spinning, and no mashing and excessive pressure.

If a disc works, don't get it resurfaced--much like antique furniture, the original finish is what makes it valuable--stripping and refinishing diminishes it, and the refinish is obvious.

If the surface does not interfere with its playability, then leave it alone. Try to pursue visual perfection, and your discs just end up looking like Michael Jackson.
 
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Most run of the mill places uses buffers, which leave the swirl marks. I send mine to repairadisc.com and they come back with no swirl marks. I know they have to use a resurfacing machine since some of my game discs have deep scratches and they came back looking near new and worked like new. The prices aren't that bad and I would recommend repairadisc.com if you have scratched discs or discs that you just want cleaned up. Hot water treatment doesn't work, lol
 
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