cleaning cds.....?

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  1. DavidF

    DavidF

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    Hi,

    Yes, yes, I know, I dare say his has been covered many times before.

    I have however , just managed to destroy my beloved Llyama monitor by using an anti static cleaner on the screen.....which successfully removed anti glare coating a few days ago.

    So, therefore I am now a little reluctant to use the same on my cds.

    what does everybody else use?






    David
     
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    I use warm slightly soapy water, my fingers and then dry on soft kitchen roll.
     
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    oh didn't know I was supposed to clean my CDs.... I usually just play them and put them away
     
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    :)



    I sometimes find the od mucky paw mark on mine.....causes one of my players to skip.

    FWIW they DID sound better imo after I used the anti static cleaner but the results on my screen have rather dissuaded me.
     
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    Just an after thought.....

    An idea put forward by a pink fisher.....I contacted a local graphic designer in my area....who was able to let me have a spare monitor screen (foc).

    Its an inch smaller than the llyama, its not necessarily the final answer but its a whole lot btter than looking throgh a load of scratches.

    T G Foulger ,Graphic Designer Shewsbury way; I know him only from a ten minute phone call and five minute visit +conversation ......but he was such a friendly and helpful gent I feel sure if any one wanted work doing, he would give a good deal+job. ;)

    Hope this is ok mods.
     
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    When you clean them wipe in a radial motion. Wiping out from the centre to the outside, not in a circular motion. It's something to do with the arrangement of the pits.
     
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    Library CDs

    I borrow Cds from the library and most have to be cleaned before I can play them.:MILD:
     
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    discwasher cd cleaner
     
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    Hi David F

    Barely warm distilled water a touch of detergent and cotton wool pads and clean carefully from inside to outside edge in straight lines . Generally i try to avoid geting prints on them but needed for s/h discs and sometimes new.

    Regards D Louth
     
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    thanks....

    Why distilled.....I know its probably totally obvious to any chemist
    :)
     
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    Hi DavidF

    Distilled water has very few contaminants. It just makes sense to me that if you are cleaning a surface you really don't want to add anything new to the surface. Boiling tap water and letting it cool down works as well(for me) . As long as you don't have hard water or fluride . Again these act as extra contaminants.

    I have never tried special treatments ,so i can't comment either way about them. Market place is full of CD cleaning fluid and the like. Some have to do what they say on the tin/bottle.

    Regards D Louth.
     
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    sure...

    thats sensible enough :)
     
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    Generally a quick rub on whatever t-shirt I'm wearing at the time .
     
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    hmmmm....

    dunno




    :)
     
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    Hi Early

    If you are being serious ? Then your cd's playing surface must look like a hundred flies have been ice skating on them. Every time you clean with your t shirt you scratch the surface and make your cd players error correction work over time ,this affects the sound quality during playback.

    Don't do it .

    Regards D Louth
     
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    I would say maybe using distilled water is better becuase there aren't any dissolved minerals that can deposit on your CD....but boiling water? All that's going to do is kill bacteria in the water. Any minerals of physical contaminents will still be in the water. Only makes sense if you are going to drink the water and want to kill bacteria.....
     
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    Indeed if its been boiled a significant length of time and reduced the contamination will have been increased.
     
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    Hi guys fair points . My minds been a bit off recently ,you are both correct.Distiled water only.

    regards D Louth
     
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    Remind me, is dionised the same thing.......I suspect not......



    ;)
     
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    De-ionised water is similar to distilled, its just 'made' by using a filtration system rather than distilling it. Its free from minerals etc, its generally used for lead acid batteries as an electrolyte.
     
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