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I read other reviews of people who had a good experience by twisting the instructions, but I am not willing to do that; the manufacturer should know better how to make this product work. This product is crap. I followed the instructions to the tiniest detail (I am a very methodical person) and it didn't remove the scratch that my DVD has and it added several more. Following the instructions, it runs your CD or DVD even further. Don't wast you time, money and your CD / DVD and take it somewhere where they can buff it.
Today was one such day. Do your kids love their favorite DVDs and video games to death. Super Mario Galaxy has stopped working.A few years back we picked up one of these Maxell CD scratch repair kits. Mine sure do. It always seems like it is their favorite ones that stop working first, one look to the back and sure enough there is all kinds of crud on the back, finger prints, scratches.sometimes cheese. The reviews here are somewhat mixed but for us the stuff really has worked, though I have had to use it a lot more liberally than the directions state. I normally cover the whole bottom of the CD with a thin coating of the step 1 scratch remover, then I let it dry completely (more than 5 min) before I clean it off as directed and then I move on to the step 2 cleaner, polisher & sealer.Try it - for the random small scratches that come from childlike love - it has worked great for us.
I had a disk that froze in 2 spots due to some scratches. The instructions do say if it doesn't work the first time, you can reapply so it seems better to start with light polishing the first try or two.I'm not a shrill, don't work for the company, blah, blah, blah. Then, used the separate cleaning solution with a clean cloth.Viola, the disk no longer freezes in these 2 spots.
I remembered I had it, and tried it on this disk. And if you're too aggressive wiping the cleaner, I guess it could cause more damage. Once it froze, the only thing I could do was to eject the disk.I had purchased this product a couple of years prior and never used it.
It would've cost me $24 if I had to replace this disk, so I've already saved more than this product cost.I'm sure this product won't work in all cases, depending on the severity of the scratches. After shaking it good (as per directions), it came out about the consistency of auto liquid paste wax. Waited 5 minutes (as per directions), and then applied light pressure.
The trick is probably to not be too aggressive initially. I'm just happy the product worked in my case.
I don't know how effective it is if you use it the way they tell you to use it, BUT I don't use the pads that come with it, I use one of those yellow Simoniz (Billy Maze) FIX IT paint polishers that can be bought on amazon, I put a drop on the disc and start buffing away, I let the liquid get really thin to where it's almost completely dry and then I clean the disc.granted it doesn't make it perfect (though who knows if you work on it for an hour) but I just fixed one of my sons Tony Hawk games that was unplayable
some parts are a little iffy, but I'm planning on repeating the process and see if anything else improves. So I'm pretty pleased with that.
I have some ridiculously old, scratched-up PS1 games and I don't really have the money to buy them all over again. I don't know about all the people who've given this one star, it's pretty decent.
I can finally hear the voices in Mega Man Legends. A lot of the cutscenes in the games would skip, freeze entirely.
a lot of times, the sound was just gone.Though this doesn't really make the product good as new, it makes it at least more playable. Keep in mind, though.
So far, I'm pretty pleased with the results.
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