Repairing Discs

Repairing Technologies Available

Buffing Technology: "True" buffing technology is the most economical and environmentally/user friendly choice on the market. "True" buffing technology is demonstrated in VenMill’s OptoClear™ Process. This process uses the disc's original surface and applies Heat+Force+Time allowing the plastic surface to soften and to be redistributed to remove scratches. This type of process does not use any type of hazardous chemicals or any type of additional parts, such as hoses and hookups. This is the perfect front end operation. Discs can be repaired an unlimited amount times; meaning that no discs need to be discarded. The two main benefits of this process are that you do not damage the data layer along with keeping discs from landfills; making it the number one environmentally friendly disc repair product on the market.

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Sanding Technology: Sanding technology, whether wet or dry, removes plastic from the disc surface. This type of technology tends to be loud, messy, and labor intensive. Sanding of a disc does remove scratches. However this process limits how many times you can repair a disc. When the sanding process has hit the data layer of a disc, the disc is rendered permanently ruined. Occasional use of this technology is good, but the price per repair tends to be higher then the buffing technology. This in turn makes the ROI hard to achieve.

This technology is intende for as a back end operation and can not be used in a front counter scenario.

Fillers: Fillers are used to fill scratches on discs. This application allows the laser on a disc player to read through a scratch so as not to disrupt playback. The downfall of this type of repair is that it is mostly ineffective. Though inexpensive you run the risk of seriously damaging your player.

Low-end Retail: Today you can find a handful of low cost disc repair products at the retail setting. With much testing, these “offered solutions” are ineffective, cumbersome, and expensive to use. These units are not equipped to handle more then a handful of discs before the product's life cycle has ended.

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