Gah! Laserdisc woes...

[roflmao]

I know a few of you are Laserdisc fans so maybe you can help point me in the right direction. 

This morning I heard Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone on the radio while driving to work and couldn't wait to get home and pop my LD of Top Gun in.  This would be the first time I've used it since I moved.  Apparently the move was not kind to the player. The previous/next chapter buttons and ff/rew buttons have stopped working on it.

Also, I noticed a pretty big smudge of white gunk going around side 1 of the movie, preventing it to play more than 5 minutes in.  I tried buffing it out, first with just a polishing cloth from my shoe polishing kit (it's a brand new cloth), then using some window cleaner, but I couldn't get all of it out (it appears to have been scratched some).  That helped, but it still wouldn't play past about 5 minutes.

So I'm looking to A) get a new lasedisc player (one that would allow me to fast forward and skip tracks) and B) learn any good methods of buffing out scratches from laserdiscs.

Feeling the need for speed, but not going anywhere fast... Meh.

[esteban]

A little acetone will get rid of the scratches and white gunk. Of course, it will get rid of a lot more than that, too.

[xcrement5x]

I've heard of folks using Novus 123 for buffing out scratches in LDs but I can't personally recommend it since I have never done it.  I have however used Novus on a scratched to hell Game Gear screen and it worked really well, so maybe it's worth a try. 

[roflmao]

Thanks, element.  I may have to hunt that stuff down.

[NightWolve]

If you have a power drill, go to a Home Depot or Menards and buy a buffing wheel set for drills. I've saved a lot of scratched DVDs like this, but it's not always successful... Made some worse by doing it too much and when the buff wheel gets too old...

[roflmao]

Thanks for the tip! I may try that out, if I can get the player working properly.

[DragonmasterDan]

Got a picture of it so we can confirm it isn't laser rot?

[roflmao]

Got a picture of it so we can confirm it isn't laser rot?

I'll try to remember to take a pic this weekend.  I don't think it's laser rot.  It appears to be some kind of gunk, though I don't know how it could have gotten on the disc as I've watched it before and am pretty anal about my lds.