Nigel
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Post by Nigel on Mar 9, 2005 11:00:33 GMT
Hi,
What y'all using to clean those silver discs?
I used an anti static furniture polish for a while, as recommended on the TNT-Audio website but recently read an article in an old hi-fi mag explaining the dangers of using silicon based sprays near hi-fi equipment. It knackers the internals of CD players etc & even a small amount gets everywhere, not good. Currently, I'm using my breath & a specsavers duster - seems good enough.
Maybe CD's don't need cleaning at all, unless they become so soiled, fingerprints etc, they are unplayable.
I guess I get a little obsessed but cleanliness is next to godliness & happiness is a shiny, sparkling CD. I'm sure they sound better too. A lot cleaner sounding.
What do you chaps think?
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Post by PinkFloyd on Mar 9, 2005 11:32:11 GMT
I use my tongue and a wad of kitchen roll.... no seriously though, when the do need cleaning which isn't often, I wash then with some fairy liquid and rinse with cold water.. I then buff them up with a lint free cloth.
I don't know if you've ever tried any of that Russ Andrews "reveal" it crap but you basically apply it to the CD and then wash the CD with fairy liquid and rinse with cold water...... I do the same but bypass applying the uber expensive "reveal it" secret formula (probably johnson's baby oil or something)
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Nigel
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Post by Nigel on Mar 9, 2005 12:39:57 GMT
Hands that do dishes, mild green fairy liquid.
Probably makes them shine but have you thought how the properties in the detergent could have an adverse effect on the longevity of the disc?
Only joking! Probably as good as method as any, Mike. I'll give it a try on my son's playstation discs. He's always getting his greasy, grubby fingerprints all over those.
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Post by PinkFloyd on Mar 9, 2005 15:06:50 GMT
have you thought how the properties in the detergent could have an adverse effect on the longevity of the disc? erm no, I've been cleaning with fairy since 1985 (Brothers in arms - Dire Straits - my first disc) "None" of my Cd's skip and there is no sign of wear on any of them apart from a few hairline scratches on a couple of them... I think the biggest danger to Cd's is sunshine so I keep all mine in a dark cellar at a constant temperature of 68F (Peter Belt recommends freezing the CD's but I find 68F to be ideal with highs sounding airier and lows digging deeper) Mike.
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Post by rod on Mar 9, 2005 18:03:01 GMT
Hi
I bought one of those CD Hydrobath machines (I think from Audiophile Candy - but they don't seem to have it at the moment).
I imagine it is as effective as the manual method you have described. I use it to clean batches of cd's as you would waste too much fluid doing one's and two's. If I have a particularly dirty cd, under the tap it goes, as per PinkFloyd's method.
I might invest in one of those little items that "sand" the cd to get rid of otherwise-unplayable defects. From what I have read, they are quite effective.
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Kade
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Post by Kade on Mar 16, 2005 2:10:57 GMT
The stuff that I use for cleaning my glasses. Spray and towels from lenscrafters.
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