{"id":1875,"date":"2009-12-12T08:22:51","date_gmt":"2009-12-12T13:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/12\/12\/in-search-of-disc-scratch-repair-magic\/"},"modified":"2010-02-26T18:39:38","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T23:39:38","slug":"in-search-of-disc-scratch-repair-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/12\/12\/in-search-of-disc-scratch-repair-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"In search of disc scratch repair magic"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wrote about this problem a couple of days ago; my kids\u2019 Wii games seem to be scratching left and right. That is probably an exaggeration, but I do have four games sitting on the kitchen counter waiting for dad to work some magic. On a whim, or sort of a careless \u201cwhy not try this\u201d moment, I purchased some Audiovox Surface SURF404 DVD\/CD\/Game Disc Scratch Repair Kit<\/em> from Amazon.com. This junk turned out to be complete waste of money.<\/p>\n

Just for shits and giggles I decided to post a \u201cuser\u201d review<\/a> of this product:<\/p>\n

I purchased this product to help fix several of my kids\u2019 Wii games \u2013 four different games had various degree of scratches. One of the games had very \u201cheavy\u201d scratches; obviously deep scratches that ran across the game disc as well as several that ran with the disc tracks. The product did not help this game at all. One of the games had very light scratches; what I call \u201cfeather\u201d scratches. Multiple applications of the product did not remove the scratch from the surface, which is what I expected, but I was keeping my fingers crossed that the product would somehow bond and fill-in the surface of the scratch. No such luck.<\/p>\n

This product may work fin [sic \u2013 SOB \u2013 I hate a type-o in a review!] on other media, but it did not help with Wii games. [I gave this stuff 1 star.]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yesterday my wife called some of the local movie rental stores to ask about disc scratch removal services. We figured we would pay $5\/disc, which while expensive, would be a much better alternative, not to mention cheaper, than replacing all the scratched games. No such luck. The stores either pretended to be ignorant, or they said they do not offer any sort of service. I guess they just throw out movies that are scratch. One of the stores did mention Scratch Out<\/a><\/em>, but the reviews are so mixed on this one that I am not sure if I will waste my money.<\/p>\n

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