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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 653.1 | | QUARK::LIONEL | Free advice is worth every cent | Tue Feb 24 1987 11:04 | 3 |
| Everything I've read says to use either a soft brush or a jet of
compressed air to clean off the laser lens.
Steve
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| 653.2 | Wax sounds dumb to me.... | BETHE::LICEA_KANE | | Tue Feb 24 1987 13:03 | 9 |
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I'd be worried about not getting Rally Car Wax back off the disk.
I've had very good luck with toothpaste. Buff *very* lightly, radially
from the center of the disc.
-mr. bill
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| 653.3 | | SARAH::P_DAVIS | Peter Davis, X-NYer | Tue Feb 24 1987 13:16 | 10 |
| Actually, Consumer Reports was testing a new product called Data
Mud, designed for improving the readability of CD surfaces. They
(Consumer Reports) compared it with several other products, and
found it to be about as effective as Rally car wax. They also noted
that Data Mud costs about $10/oz. and Rally costs about $0.40/oz.
Re/ .2:
I would have thought toothpaste would be much too abrasive for
use on CDs. Are you using one of the "Great tasting gel" types?
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| 653.4 | | ISWSW::SHIHPE | Peter P. Shih - Internal Software Services/West | Tue Feb 24 1987 14:17 | 4 |
| I, too, have used regular toothpaste, along with a damp Q-tip, to
remove surface defects (like air bubbles) from CDs (which were
otherwise unplayable). Works like a charm, but should be buffed
radially as mentioned in .2.
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| 653.5 | CDbuffs | VINO::GSCOTT | Greg Scott | Tue Feb 24 1987 15:13 | 8 |
| re toothpaste: I have used Colgate (white and gel) and Crest with
success. I would hasten to add that you want to use very light
pressure at first; increasing by small quantums; trying the CD between
each pass of "buffing"; only use radial strokes. All of my scratched
CDs have been repaired in this manner; they seem to get scratched when
I loan them out ;-)
GAS
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| 653.6 | Buff gently, you should be fine.... | BETHE::LICEA_KANE | | Tue Feb 24 1987 15:16 | 19 |
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I've used toothpaste for years to polish plexiglass for sculptures, and
Erica's father has used it for a long long time for the same purpose.
I think that the last disc I polished I used "Crest Tartar Control Gel",
so I don't think the disc has much danger of getting gingivitis.
BTW - only polish a disc that is scratched so that it's difficult
or impossible to play. I take care of my discs, so they don't scratch.
I've polished a few abused discs that I took out of the library.
If you're really concerned, ask your dentist to recommend a very
non-abrasive toothpaste. If your dentist has a sense of humour,
you might even mention why you are interested.
-mr. bill
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| 653.7 | | MARTY::FRIEDMAN | | Tue Feb 24 1987 16:58 | 1 |
| Which toothpaste would you recommend for a disk that has cavities?
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| 653.8 | Flouride ! | NHL::NEIL | Peter C. | Tue Feb 24 1987 19:38 | 8 |
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re .7
Tsk, tsk, use one with Flouride and your disk won't get cavities !
P.
:-)
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| 653.9 | Try this... | CHOVAX::ERSEK | Rich Ersek | Mon Apr 06 1987 19:23 | 9 |
| Not that I've tried it, but when I used to work with plexiglas in
shop class, we used something called jewler's rouge (a 1" dia. stick
of red stuff) and a buffer to finish the sanded edges of the plastic.
This worked very well, and if I knew where to get some (probably
from a jewler) I might try it. I don't recommend using an electric
buffer though.
Rich
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| 653.10 | Other suggestions in 262.* | REM::ARANDA | Rem Aranda MS:ZKO2-3/Q08 OFF:3Q18 (DTN) 381-2258 | Tue Apr 07 1987 15:59 | 6 |
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There are some suggestions in 262.*, including Armour-All (262.2),
Brookstone Mirror Glaze (262.3), and the aircraft acrylic cleaner
Micro Mesh (262.8).
-Rem
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