Can a Banana Get Rid of CD Scratches?

• Firu
  August 10th, 2007 at 2:34 am

  can anyone confirm this? The person that made this video posted quite a lot of other amazing videos with camera tricks or hoax. There is even one video on candle power that is a big hoax (look an his hand when the light turns on.
  If this works, it may be useful.

• fluff
  August 10th, 2007 at 6:58 am

  That is so not true. Just think about it for a second. Why on earth would you be filling up missing plastic with this kind of lose organic material? If this was true we had to reinvent science totally. The only thing that really works for dirty CD’s is soap, water and being nice to them. Everything else is voodoo and urban legend. But if you want to believe in it go on and feel better.

• Blayne
  August 10th, 2007 at 12:46 pm

  He went and got a new CD when he was “polishing” the disc with the banana peel “for a few minutes”.

• Chris
  August 10th, 2007 at 12:51 pm

  try to melt your CD in the microwave just enough for the plastic to fill up the gaps.
  Yes, yes, it’s true, try it!

  ;p

• Solo
  August 10th, 2007 at 3:32 pm

  Anyone tried to melt the banana in the microwave? Works best if you wrap it in aluminium foil.

• Hubbard
  August 10th, 2007 at 6:31 pm

  Just put the glass cleaner on it first…….doh.

• Willo the Wisp
  August 10th, 2007 at 7:37 pm

  It works - but only because of thr glass cleaner! The banana stuff is just bollocks.

• Alex
  August 10th, 2007 at 11:16 pm

  Awww! It was bullsh*t? And what am I supposed to do with all these bananas I’d bought to clean my CDs?

• Elion
  August 11th, 2007 at 4:55 am

  Every piece of information in this video is wrong… it appears to have been created maliciously to dupe viewers into destroying their discs and equipment.

  Rubbing banana, toothpaste, soap, etc., on a scratched disc doesn’t remove the scratches, it just fills them in with whatever material you are rubbing onto the disc. When you insert that disc into your electronic device you are then exposing the insides of the device to that material, potentially damaging the device and voiding its warranty.

  Glass cleaner is not safe to use on optical discs because it contains solvents that dissolve plastic.

  The proper way to clean a disc is to rub in a straight line from the center to the outer edge. Rubbing in a circle, as shown in the video, can create a curved scratch and increase the likelihood of disc failure.

• Faker
  August 11th, 2007 at 12:06 pm

  Bullsh*t. After apply with banana peel, he swap with new disc. Fcuk….

• Timmus
  August 13th, 2007 at 9:34 pm

  Part 2: Buffing the CD with Krylon Gloss Black for better performance.

• Michael Markman
  August 18th, 2007 at 4:50 am

  OK scientists, did any of you try this? Did you een attempt verify empiraccly? Or are you all spewing negativity out of your faith-based prejudices.

  I have email from a trusted friend, a member of the reality-based community, who referred me to this post after he tried it and it worked. Writes he:

  “One CD in particular (disc 2 of Los Lobos’ “Just Another Band From East LA”) was so scratched, I’ve never been able to import it into iTunes. I tried the previous miracle cure, rubbing out the scratches with toothpaste… the result was fewer cavities, but also a network of new, smaller scratches that still kept the disc from playing.

  “Yes! It works! And better yet, it’s silly!

  “The process is simple: (1) Rub disc (in a circular motion) with fresh cut banana, (2) Rub some more with the inside of the banana peel, (3) Rub even more with a cloth, (4) Removes banana schmutz with Windex”

• Michael Markman
  August 18th, 2007 at 4:50 am

  boy I wish I could spell.

• Rachel
  August 24th, 2007 at 6:46 pm

  Now I don’t know who to believe! I’m willing to try this, cuz one of my CDs already doesn’t work because of its extra-blargh surface… What do I have to lose since it doesn’t work anyway?

  I’ll tell you if it works.

  Oh, and putting a CD in the microwave is horrible!! Has ANYONE seen the episode of Mythbusters when they did that?? It caused HUNDREDS of cracks all over the disk, because all the molecules were vibrating. Besides, CDs work because of the distinct grooves; if the plastic melted then that means the ridges of the grooves were made misshapen.

• Mark
  August 31st, 2007 at 5:05 am

  I tried it with over-ripe banana on a cheap DVD (easy to scratch) which I used to test the theory. I can see very little if any difference, and it can still cannot be read by the operating system.

  Why would someone purposely waste other’s time, and spoil a great resource of tutorial videos?

• gem
  September 1st, 2007 at 10:27 am

  ok i came on here lookin for an answer becuase i seriously need to get my cd working an all i get is oh rub a banan on it……. my dog could have come up with a better one than that. does anyone actually have a clue how to get rid of the scratches???

• Fraser
  September 13th, 2007 at 4:00 am

  Gem, try an electric sander. Just hold the CD on the sander for a few minutes and it will be as good as new!

  For best results, put the CD over a match for about 5 minutes after sanding it.

• What a crock
  October 5th, 2007 at 10:05 am

  Just tried this - don’t waste your time. I thought the banana would be slightly abrasive and remove some of the scratches. Turns out it only covers the disc with wax, which is extremely difficult to remove, and the disc had even more errors when done. This is a hoax, and the guy that published it an a$$h0le.

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