How do you guys go about this?

I have never seen a resurfacing machine, they are always CD/DVD/Bluray size.

I typically just spray and clean my LD's before watching them if they are new to me and covered in fingerprints, etc. You would be amazed at the grime that comes off some of these discs.

I was wondering if their might be a spray, like a car way almost, that you could apply to scratched discs and it would fill in the scratches as you buff it off with a soft cloth.

Anyone come up with any solutions? Obviously if a disc is too deeply scratched it cant be saved, but i have found LD's to be much heartier and with a thicker layer of protection than most DVDs.

Thanks and excited to see what you all think and/or have done!

You have to use Novus plastic polish. #3 for heavy scratches #2 for lighter scratches and the #1 is for cleaning. A lot of elbow grease is required but it is possible to remove scratches.

Hi rick,

there are quite a few threads here on this that may help, just type novus or scratched into the search box & they should pop-up.

Cheers

Okay thanks guys, appreciate it.

Can anyone recommenced the best place to buy a Novus kit that includes one two and three? Maybe even a link? TY!

Unless you actually encounter a disc that won’t play because of scratches I wouldn’t worry about it. I never have.

Agree, if your discs won't play that's when you do the Novus.
Otherwise you will damage the disc just because you can't stand the look of said disc.

Novus is on ebay and anywhere, do a google search and stop being safe Rick Dangerous.........

It boggles my mind what it will take to get a disc NOT to play.

I've had some pretty screwed up discs that play just fine like they don't have a single scratch on them.

They must have done a much thicker coating on LD's than most discs (which would make sense given the size of the media.)

Just tried that!

Trying to play a damaged Hi-Vision LD

Julien

Yes indeed.

There’s no coating at all. There’s just...disc. The clear section is massively thicker than any other media and they are two discs glued back to back so to hit the reflective layer you’d have different dig *really* deep, but that’s irrelevant really. The reason why LDs usually play is because back when you had to pay for s**t, $30-150 for a single movie and $800 for a year of a TV series you didn’t leave it on the floor of your car. I have no idea how many scratches it takes to ruin an LD because I’ve never done it and I never will.

I've got a few ex rentals that are absolutely ruined but play perfectly. Laserdisc was definitely a durable format.

This too. I've seen how people treat compact discs.

Including ones that aren't theirs.

they don't build anything like they used to

I have a "test" disc pressed by Discovision that has a note written on it with sharpie. Shockingly it plays fine.

My favorite is...CD-R fresh out of the machine, labels it with ball point pen, hands it to me already ruined and never once read.

I’ve actually witnessed this twice in my life. “Caveman chisels name into data layer of optical media with miniature stainless steel ball.” Some people have zero mechanical aptitude. Where any normal modern human can literally hear the machine screaming for mercy they just say, “Oh, it always does that.” Yeah, it always does that and CD-Rs are supposed to shed little metallic flecks as you write on them too...

Look how bad it can get.... and still play!

Recording Sound onto a Laserdisc - will it work? Record Cutting
https://forum.lddb.com/viewtopic.php?p=67672#p67672

Julien

I've seen plenty of idiots over the years that are convinced the data is nowhere near the label side.
"It's the other side that you don't want to damage"

Whats everyones recommendations for a generally grubby discs?
Tempted to use a slighty damp microfibre cloth and let disc dry?

Light soap microfiber cloth would be fine, I would even dry it with an old Tshirt or microfiber too.
Careful of the label.

What is “grub”? Do you mean dirt? If it’s actual filth then Windex and dish soap work perfectly fine. As long as you don’t saturate the label or scrub too hard on the glue joint you can use as wet of a towel as you want. It’s a monolithic piece of plastic.