August 4th, 2006 in Lifehack
Repair a Scratched CD with Hair Gel
Interesting. Ben Hayes at om3ga has discovered a way to save your scratched CD – guess what? At first, he experimented different things – such as using water, deodorant, lem oil, and toothpaste. They have not done any magic fix on the CD. But when he tried the hair gel:
Yes, hair gel, and guess what… It worked!
I applied it in much the same way as the toothpaste, except I didn’t dribble water on it. I rubbed it first. Even though I applied it to one area, it ended up evenly spread around the whole disc. I then dribbled water on to loosen it up so I could rub the excess off.
So, the secret to scratch free CDs is……
Hair Gel!
Scratched CDs? No Problem! – [om3ga]
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WTL says on August 5th, 2006 at 12:35 pm
Now, if only I had some hair gel, I could play that Pink Flyd CD I scratched so many years ago…. ;-)
Reality Bites says on August 6th, 2006 at 9:44 am
Yeah! I agree. I am willing to help formally organize a carnival if you’d like.
Along the lines of:
http://www.mymoneyblog.com/car.....sting.html
I have seen carnivals for personal finance and environmentalism as well. I think life hacks are ready! Might I make the suggestion that personal development be included? Is it possible that too broad a category?
Chris perhaps you could be the keeper of the carnival itinerary?
The way it works, it seems to me, is that the host gathers a smatter of the best posts from the community at large, and links to them. In this way we find other great blogs. Thus bringing people together to share ideas and grow.
What says you?
BTW, I have perhaps too varied a style in post to be part of the community, but I do have some recommendations.
Also, please take a look at my blog if you have the inclination. Also it would be great to get the blessing of Lifehacker.
John says on September 23rd, 2007 at 8:25 am
I’m not sure that the hair gel will go very will in the cd player! the only way to properly fix a scratched cd is by using a commercial cd scratch repair machine. I can recommend the machines that discstation has, http://www.discstation.com.au I’ve got a Disc go Pod and I fix around 30-50 scratched DVDs per day in my video store
really says on December 19th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
wow thats cool i am gunna try it
lewis says on February 7th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
i strongly agree with this method i applied hair gel to the disc left it over night dribbled water on and and cleaned it off now i have xp pro on my pc again!
Matthew Robinson says on March 25th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Totally rubbish it dusnt work AT ALL! Heres a hint to all u readers DO NOT use this tip it destroyed my cd nevermind fixing it!
Travis says on November 6th, 2008 at 11:37 am
This is bull shit it destroeyd my cd what the f*** !
extent says on December 8th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
different hair gel has different ingredients that might not be cd friendly, so watch out! ..and never EVER wipe in a circle, only wipe your cd from the centre to the edge in a straight line!