Conditioning cds and dvds, before playing

Tip of the hat to you, scott22. As only a small percentage of my cds have scratches, I would still be happy to repair them.  The jury is still out, on this. one.

Your post encouraged me to dig out a 12 oz. spray container of Rain-X Original Glass Water Repellent.  I have applied this to both sides of a few discs, with great results.  Clear, clean, detailed sound.  Since this product seems to leave some kind of film, I'm thinking of calling the company for the difference in the contents of their glass products...

Here is something from  the  archives  that really works, sometimes, RainX used to bead rain on windshields is great for repairing scratched CDs! Place a drop or two on the CD and us a soft rag to buff it around, so long as the scratch is not real nasty It works!! I saved many CD over the years using RainX oh and it works on windshields as well.

https://www.amazon.com/Rain-X-Ounce-Rain-Repellent-PACK/dp/B076YXDCLZ/ref=asc_df_B076YXDCLZ/?tag=hyprod-20&

@designsfx 

I’ve been that dog more times then I’d honestly like to admit. 

I use my pressure washer to clean the laser.

@jasonbourne52 +2

$1 per ounce is cheap, but spraying each CD top label takes time.  It is much easier just to spray top of the CD player - once only and works for all CDs   :)

Troll City kids. 

@designsfx  I guess you know more than the engineers at Sony then.

@invalid 

I would buy into that if there were mil specs governing the wavelength spread on the lasers used in CD players- but there’s not.

I’ll just stick to letting my dog lick them clean before playing 

Agree with a couple of other posters how does putting wax on the label side have anything to do with the sound as the silver side is where the tracks are

The green marker was actually studied by two Sony engineers, and then Sony came out with the green tinted CD. The color has everything to do with correcting scattered laser light.

Remember those green colored rubber/plastic circular rings that people bought to place on the outer edges of CDs. I remember them

+1 @jasonbourne52 

I’m still trying to decide if the OP is serious or trolling 

For the data side, I use Chisto's "Disk Analoguer."

Some cd drawer-loading players have platters secured to them.  The Theta Miles player requires the label side to rest on the platter.  The special sauce interacts very nicely between the label side of the disc and Marigo Audio's excellent "Aida" cd mat.  I use double-sided tape to mate the mat to the platter, further reducing vibration.

@jasonbourne52 

cmon man. The wax adds .0017 grams of the slippery wax coating which makes the top of the CDs more aerodynamic when spinning, allowing the tray mechanism 

and laser to remain lubricated and spin easier, giving the laser a better read of the data side, resulting in a more euphoric and open sound stage. You have to get with it Jason, get with the times brah! 
 

I know when I Simonize or turtle wax the label side the sound is like Calgon, yup,…it takes me away to a magical land where puppies and baby sheep eat skittles and make cherry and lime flavored rainbow dumps, which eventually rise up to cover the sky with kaka scented aroma. 
 I stand in awe as the completely harmonious music flows into my soul and gently massages my tokus.  Cmon Jason, you have to try to believe.

The wax is miraculous and sends a uplifting cool lilac and chocolate breeze, as I fall to the ground and gently fall to the soft and pillowy ground as I’m saved by the baby sheep fur.  You see, open up your mind and buy a jar of turtle wax, and apply it to all of your CDs,…try rubbing some on the top of your streamer, it will give you the sensation of running through tall foxtail fields in your birthday suit

Spray it on the label side? LOL! The data bits are on the silver side and are read by the laser. Now where did I put my green ink pen?

I wonder if this would improve ripping a CD into a WAV file?  There certainly was a significant improvement going to a WAV file from simply playing a CD in a good player.