Spots on back of disc and now won't play

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Spots on back of disc and now won't play
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DarkTower	Dec 18 2010, 03:23 PM Post #1
Level 1 Posts: 40 Group: Members Member #2,829 Joined: Oct 3, 2010	Most of the time I put my games back in their cases when I'm finished playing but didn't this last time. It was probably left out for a month and then I noticed spots covered the back of the disc. I tried cleaning it but the spots won't come off and disc will not play. Any of you experienced this and found a good way of cleaning it off? Thanks
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KingJames88	Dec 18 2010, 06:05 PM Post #2
Ds Games! Posts: 3,129 Group: Moderator Member #511 Joined: Apr 6, 2009	I've found that windex seems to work really well for this, and has worked for me in the past almost 100% of the time unless there were deep scratches. I ehar it's not the best method and too much is no good, but I've never had a problem.
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Jonny Justice	Dec 19 2010, 08:56 AM Post #3
Level 7 Posts: 1,375 Group: Members Member #1,866 Joined: Apr 3, 2010	One time this happened to one of my discs...it turned out to be hair spray. Some glass cleaner got it right off.
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sdcpro	Dec 19 2010, 02:36 PM Post #4
Level 9 Posts: 2,243 Group: Members Member #1,460 Joined: Dec 21, 2009	Worst case scenario if you have to: resurface it. Removes a tiny layer off the disc and makes it look nearly flawless if it doesnt have deep scratches.



debian4life	Dec 20 2010, 12:33 PM Post #5
Level 3 Posts: 168 Group: Members Member #1,647 Joined: Mar 2, 2010	Have you fixed this issue yet?



DarkTower	Dec 20 2010, 03:52 PM Post #6
Level 1 Posts: 40 Group: Members Member #2,829 Joined: Oct 3, 2010	Nope.....only thing I can think of is we might have sprayed some air freshener in that room and landed on the disc or something. I never had a problem cleaning a disc like this before but ill make sure I won't leave any out again. That stuff will just not come off! I guess I'll have to pick up another copy of Fable 3 when the price drops. I never got to play it myself but atleast my wife finished it.....so it doesn't feel like a total waste. Thanks anyway for the suggestions everyone.
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browland1	Dec 20 2010, 04:19 PM Post #7
Posts: 3,481 Group: Admins Member #719 Joined: May 12, 2009 Currently Playing Bloodborne.	This happened to me once when I left a disc out, which is not something I often do, and I ended up getting deodorant spray on it. The stuff was caustic to the disc surface and it resulted in some nasty spots that prevented the game from working. I was unable to use glass cleaner or Windex to remove it, so I bit the bullet and took it to a local shop that repairs discs. They were able to use a resurfacing machine to scale and polish out the spots and it only set me back $10, which is better than having to replace the entire game.



DarkTower	Dec 23 2010, 11:27 AM Post #8
Level 1 Posts: 40 Group: Members Member #2,829 Joined: Oct 3, 2010	Like you all suggested, I will make a few calls and find a place to get the disc resurfaced. Thanks again everyone.
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FailedElectrician	Dec 23 2010, 09:42 PM Post #9
Lametastic Posts: 221 Group: Members Member #3,170 Joined: Dec 23, 2010	Spit on it, put some tape on it, and get back in the game!
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