Best CD/DVD cleaners & tweaks?


I am interested in saving time and money by not trying every other cleaning or enhancement product on the market. Please pass on your recommendations and advice for CD/DVD cleaning and maintenance. I prefer to stay under a $100 limit. Thanks.
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I have used "Endust for Electronics" very economical anti-stat. spray can (which also cleans TV screens & turntable covers w/o scratching, & shines faceplates nicely, even if you don't hear any improvement on your discs). Spray a small portion on a piece of lint-free paper towel (the blue stuff) & apply to the LABEL side of CD's. Cleans up glare & harshness on many discs; no effect at all on others. You can also apply it to AC cables, interconnects, & speaker cables - just like Nordost ECO-3 but way way cheaper. I got these ideas from reading the ECO-3 literature; dear wife suggested the Endust instead. It is not permanent so must be occasionally re-applied (Nordost suggests 30 day intervals for applying their $40/6 oz. spray) vs. Endust costs about $6 for twice the volume. "Your mileage may vary". I never tried the ECO-3 myself, so I can't compare. Regarding Bedini: no experience with that either. But I have tried a bulk-tape demag. unit that I have on-hand; it had no effect, at our house. Also tried the Discwasher ZeroStat gun on CD's; again no effect was discernable. Just FYI: Our player is the EAD Ultradisc 2000, but whatever you're using you might as well experiment - you never know.
to WHknopp0713: what's an Airmass? Cost? Where can I get these? to HK2: she got a blue spray can of the Endust for Electronics at the local grocery. They had another antistat spray product too (black can - don't remember its name) which actually caused degradation & harshness. But it was still OK for cleaning video monitors, etc. The Yamamura spray is claimed to be 'unbelievable' but I've not tried it. Maybe high-$ stuff like the Nordost? I wonder if the Bedini is actually an ionizer device (unlike a degausser). Jcbtubes: I agree - Tweaks are like cables: something that works great at my house may sound really lame at yours, & vice-versa, yet they are both good products. You absolutely must experimemt.