gdnrbob
Dawn is used to remove oil/grease from roadways after accidents. It really does its' job. Even animal rescue organizations use it to clean off animals caught in oil slicks.
That's great. But can it remove the electric static charge?
Clean away old CD treatments
Hello,
Recently I've been trying various CD treatments. I began with Optrix, switched to Shine-ola, and even tried Ultrabit. A few of my CDs have received all three treatments without any cleansing in between.
I would like to start over. I want to clean all the old treatments off my CDs. Is it enough to use mild dish soap and distilled water? Or should I use something like Novus? I am hesitant to use lens cleaners with isopropyl alcohol or ethanol because I've heard alcohol is bad for polycarbonate.
Would appreciate any advice.
Recently I've been trying various CD treatments. I began with Optrix, switched to Shine-ola, and even tried Ultrabit. A few of my CDs have received all three treatments without any cleansing in between.
I would like to start over. I want to clean all the old treatments off my CDs. Is it enough to use mild dish soap and distilled water? Or should I use something like Novus? I am hesitant to use lens cleaners with isopropyl alcohol or ethanol because I've heard alcohol is bad for polycarbonate.
Would appreciate any advice.
Showing 5 responses by geoffkait
there are many things wrong with CDs. they can develop electric static charge, magnetic field, they presumably have mold release compound that has been absorbed by the polycarbonate, the CDs are often out of round, which the reason for that CD trimmer. not to mention that coloring the CD, e.g. green pen, reduces the amount of background scattered light getting into the photodetector, at the the visible red portion. |
gdnrbob Geoffkait, the OP wanted to remove old cleaners, for which I suggested Dawn. Introducing magnetism and static charge to the conversation seems a bit off field. Not really off field since many CD "cleaners" do more than just clean. As i already pointed out, since some cleaners remove MRC you cannot really "start over from scratch" since once treated with many cleaners the CD will always be better than its original state. besides many CD cleaners such as Optrix employ an anti static agent. Dawn may or may not remove MRC, I don’t know. And most likely it doesn’t contain anti static agents, but anything is possible. cheers |
link to Clark Johnsen's article on CD treatment comparison, Lotions 11 http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue26/cjdiaries.htm |