2 Sep
2002
2 Sep
'02
10:03 a.m.
There's a product called "Disc Doctor"
that's supposed to clean
mold/mildew from vinyl LPs, as well as other aspects of cleaning them;
from what I've read, this cleaning solution was created by a chemist
who spent years researching and creating it.
Don't confuse this with the "Disc Doctor" for CDs. The CD thing will
destroy your discs. It is a hand crank unit that the CD clips into, and
comes with a spray on chemical. You are supposed to use it with badly
scratched or dirtied CDs. Spray the fluid on, clip it into the hand
crank, and turn the crank. Then it rebuffs the CD surface, and "grinds" a
new coat on it to remove sratches.
Well, I have one, and after trying to recover 3 CDs with it and it didn't
work, I decided to try it on a new CD (because I didn't like the looks of
the CD when it was done). It rendered the new CD useless. And was
repeatable on 4 more CDs (you know, just making sure I wasn't doing
something wrong).
It grinds a new surface all right, it grinds the surface right off!
-chris
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