Chicken grease on my CD's?

madmax
madmax Posts: 12,434
edited December 2008 in The Clubhouse
OK,
So most of my CD's and DVD's are pristine. I do have a few "Favorites" which have finger print residue as bad as pizza or chicken grease on them that have since been sitting in the dusty house or on the floor of the Blazer. How do I clean them? They are beyond blowing off with compressed air. I'm thinking a warm bath of water with a little bit of dish washing liquid, wipe with wet cotton towel, rinse and then air dry. Any suggestions? I sure would hate to use the wrong procedure and cause additional harm to them. I should have thought about it before letting them get this way but you know how it goes...
Thanks!
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited December 2002
    Dawn and warm water would be a good thing, as long as you don't then get all ambitious and try to use a Scotch Scrubbing Pad to clean them. :D

    Whatever you use, don't use ANY sort of oily cleaner as that'll burn the hell out of your cd or dvd player......
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited December 2008
    I'm looking for a thread that madmax started.

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  • seeclear
    seeclear Posts: 1,242
    edited December 2008
    CDs are made of polycarbonate, which is also used for spectacle lenses. Use spectacle cleaner and a soft cotton or microfiber cloth that has not been washed with fabric softener, as that will cause smearing. Same way you would clean your glasses.
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  • jcaut
    jcaut Posts: 1,849
    edited December 2008
    I remember laughing at this thread title back in 2002.

    6 years of Club Polk later, being the more educated "audiophile" that I am now, I know that some greases and oils can act as a CD "enhancer" improving the optical clarity of the surface and reducing jitter. Instead of chicken grease I like to use a light coating of German Castrol 10W-30. Just don't put it around the center "hub" of the disc. I learned this the hard way. I'm sure Chuck figured it out years ago.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,986
    edited December 2008
    A Stoner product called Invisible Glass will remove all oils including human oils. This will give the CD an OEM finish. If not, follow the advice above if you are skeptical.
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  • seeclear
    seeclear Posts: 1,242
    edited December 2008
    seeclear wrote: »
    CDs are made of polycarbonate, which is also used for spectacle lenses. Use spectacle cleaner and a soft cotton or microfiber cloth that has not been washed with fabric softener, as that will cause smearing. Same way you would clean your glasses.

    Jeez, I didn't even see the original date of the thread.:eek:
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited December 2008
    I use steel wool and a little Briwax to clean them. Then I sell them on eBay.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited December 2008
    OK, another question. How do you get 6 year old chicken grease off of a CD??
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited December 2008
    madmax wrote: »
    OK, another question. How do you get 6 year old chicken grease off of a CD??
    madmax

    If your chickens are living to be 6 yr's old, the meats gonna be pretty tough :eek:
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    Music System: Magnepan 1.6QR, SVS SB12+, ARC pre, Parasound HCA1500 vertically bi-amped, Jolida CDP, Pro-Ject RM5.1SE TT, Pro-Ject TubeBox SE phono pre, SBT, PS Audio DLIII DAC
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  • Mike Kozak
    Mike Kozak Posts: 931
    edited December 2008
    If you scrape them on the cement it will also take off the grerase
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