Customer Reviews

Maxell CD/CD-ROM Scratch Repair Kit

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(11)

 

 

Been using this stuff for a couple years. Works great for me. I use it different than the instruction. Find a flat surface, lay a bundle of tissue on it, place the disk scratched face up. Place a couple drops of #1 abrasive on the disk and immediately start wiping with some pressure radially outward (you don't have to wait 5 minutes). Keep working your way around the disk until the solution is dry (about 5 minutes). Spray once with #2, and using a clean TISSUE, continue wiping VERY GENTLY radially outward until #2 dries. Try the disk. If it doesn't work, repeat all the above until it does. This really does work, but it can take some elbow grease and repeated tries depending on the severity of the scratches. I've had a LOT of scratched disks, and I haven't found one yet that I couldn't fix with this.

This product repaired a completely useless, out-of-print CD-ROM that I desperately needed. It was worth the price just for that. I was also able to repair a favorite music CD. I'm now tapping my foot to "I Can't Wait."

I did have to do it twice. The second time, I let it dry for much longer than the instructions say. It was nearly dry by the time I wiped the paste off. When I do this, the results are much better.

Do your kids love their favorite DVDs and video games to death? 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! Today was one such day... Super Mario Galaxy has stopped working...

A few years back we picked up one of these Maxell CD scratch repair kits. 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.

This actually works pretty good. I had to re-do a disc after messing it up but if you follow instructions, it takes care of minor scratches so the disc is playable again.

I don't know about all the people who've given this one star, it's pretty decent. I have some ridiculously old, scratched-up PS1 games and I don't really have the money to buy them all over again. 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. I can finally hear the voices in Mega Man Legends! So I'm pretty pleased with that. Keep in mind, though... some parts are a little iffy, but I'm planning on repeating the process and see if anything else improves. So far, I'm pretty pleased with the results.

i saved hundreds of dollars on all my scratched cd's by using this product!!!

I had a disk that froze in 2 spots due to some scratches. 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. I remembered I had it, and tried it on this disk. 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. Then, used the separate cleaning solution with a clean cloth.

Viola, the disk no longer freezes in these 2 spots. 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. And if you're too aggressive wiping the cleaner, I guess it could cause more damage. The trick is probably to not be too aggressive initially. 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. I'm just happy the product worked in my case.

okay.. this thing is really not that bad..
i used it on a few..
with big scratches did nothing
did it on a few discs with a bunch of small scratches.. took them off

it you want to repair small scratches get it..
i would'nt give it 1 star like everyone else
its really not that bad..
plus its actually pretty cheap..
if your looking for a deep scratch remover yeah your gonna be paying way over 10 bucks... way over 20 to..
but eh.. think about this purchase before

Before I start, allow me to point out one thing. This cleaner is an ABRASIVE. That means that it repairs the scratches by rubbing them off. If you use it incorrectly, then it will create new scratches instead of repairing the old ones. It's not a problem with the product, it's a problem with how you're using it.
On to the review: The directions were straightforward, and it repaired minor scratches in one application. My CD had a few deep scratches on it, though, and the repair kit has been unable to completely erase those after 3 applications. Overall, a good repair kit, but not a miracle worker. It does what it's advertised to do, no more, no less.

this product was amazing and it works out very well and you guys saved my life i could play games all the time .