{"id":79,"date":"2009-05-05T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcardone.wordpress.com\/?p=79"},"modified":"2010-10-20T10:07:34","modified_gmt":"2010-10-20T15:07:34","slug":"cleaning-dvds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wcardoneproductions.com\/blog\/2009\/cleaning-dvds\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleaning Optical Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CDs or DVDs do not require routine cleaning. It is best to clean the disc only when it is absolutely necessary, specifically:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">before storing, when surface contamination is visible<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">before recording, when surface contamination is visible<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">before playing, to prevent surface contamination from being \u201cflung off\u201d while the disc is spinning in the disc drive<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">when readability (playability) is impaired and surface contamina-tion is visible<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In general, avoid using organic solvents. Harsher solvents (ac-etone, benzene) will dissolve the polycarbonate and damage the disc beyond repair. Mild solvents (isopropyl alcohol, methanol), however, may be used. These mild solvents evaporate quickly and will not disthe polycarbonate.<\/p>\n<p>Other solutions that are not harmful are water-based lens clean-ers or water-based detergents (with mild soap) formulated for clean-ing CDs or DVDs.<\/p>\n<p>The polycarbonate substrate is a relatively soft and transparent type of plastic. Each time a disc is wiped, rubbed, treated with some solution, or otherwise manipulated for cleaning, that substrate, and thus the disc itself, is at risk of scratching or contamination.<\/p>\n<p>If the disc needs cleaning, remember these tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use an air puffer to blow off dust.<\/li>\n<li>Use a soft cotton cloth or chamois to wipe the disc.<\/li>\n<li>Try cleaning with a dry cloth first, before using any cleaning solutions.<\/li>\n<li>Do not wipe in a direction going around the disc.<\/li>\n<li>Wipe from the center of the disc straight toward the outer edge.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid using paper products, including lens paper, to wipe the disc.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid using anything abrasive on the surface of the disc.<\/li>\n<li>If the disc has a heavy accumulation of dirt, try rinsing it with wa-ter first.<\/li>\n<li>Use commercially available water-based detergent formulated for cleaning the surface of optical discs.<\/li>\n<li>Use isopropyl alcohol or methanol, as an alternate to water-based detergents, to clean the disc surface.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some considerations when cleaning CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray disks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[15,14],"class_list":["post-79","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-handling-dvds","tag-transfer-to-dvd","tag-videography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wcardoneproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wcardoneproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wcardoneproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wcardoneproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wcardoneproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/wcardoneproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278,"href":"http:\/\/wcardoneproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions\/278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wcardoneproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wcardoneproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wcardoneproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}