Vaseline saves scratched optical media

It certainly happened to all of us, that we accidentally damaged a CD or DVD optical media, that optical unit was no longer able to read it. Until now there was no solution, the media was only usable as a frisbee and in the end we thrown it away. But I have great news - Vaseline saves!


Somewhat unusual, but highly effective process was introduced by computer enthusiast at portal Instructables. First you have to lubricate the media with vaseline. With cotton wool, soaked in alcohol remove the redundant vaseline. By this the underside of the media becomes completely smooth and easier to read.

With an innovative and affordable procedure we can not fix optical media, which has damaged upper layer, where data is located and those who scratches are too deep. You can view the entire process on Instructables web site.