Topic: What is the best way to clean a CD? (Read 2896 times)

WolfWalker · « **on:** August 31, 2008, 07:07:31 am »

DVDs and Audio CDs. I have fingerprints all over them from my friends handling them.

marko · « **Reply #1 on:** August 31, 2008, 07:34:08 am »

warm soapy water, I use bog standard washing up liquid.

When drying, do not use circular actions, dry from the center outwards.

WolfWalker · « **Reply #2 on:** August 31, 2008, 08:41:03 am »

ok, thank you. Why not in a circle?

John Gateley · « **Reply #3 on:** August 31, 2008, 08:43:37 am »

Washing can scratch the surface (if you get a piece of grit caught in the rag). You want the scratch to travel perpendicular to the data track, not parallel. Then the CD's data recovery can work better.

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WolfWalker · « **Reply #4 on:** August 31, 2008, 09:49:19 am »

ok, thanks

Mr ChriZ · « **Reply #5 on:** September 01, 2008, 08:13:15 am »

The cleaning soloution found in expensive cd cleaning kits is Window Cleaner.
I'd guess the anti scratch stuff is some kind of polish.

Matt · « **Reply #6 on:** September 01, 2008, 03:58:44 pm »

Belt sander

KingSparta · « **Reply #7 on:** September 02, 2008, 09:41:47 am »

80 grit

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