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Professor David A Flynn JP LM
Any reason that you need to use one? Are you getting read errors? If not I'd say don't bother.
Lee
Lee - no getting no errors on CD player at all. Just thought that it might be better to clean heads once in a while. David
I use a 'Philips CD lens cleaner which cleans CD and DVD' lens. - not for Xbox!) . I've had it and used it for many years and it does work. I've had errors mainly on DVD reading and it always fixes it unless it's a scratched disc - which I polish out. It has helped my CDX2 on occassion when it's had a problem but then we do live in a very dusty house - cats, dogs, children and in the middle of a forest with a gravel driveway.
Dave.
Dave
Thank you for this - I too live in a 'dusty' area with a gravel driveway, plus Siamese Cat and 2 Dogs!!!
David
I never saw any of those CD cleaning discs do anything good, really.Yeah, they rotate, bang the laser against its end stop 300 times per minute and sometimesreplace the dust on the lens with whatever it happens to have on the brush from last time.A cotton bud and a drop of IPA every once in a while will be fine and a much more gentle way of cleaning.The CD X and CDX2 are particularly easy since you have all the access in the world.
Martin
Martin thanks again for your advice. What is IPA? Plenty of cotton buds available in Belfast though! As Dave previously mentioned I have a gravel pathway and driveway to the house and it does create a lot of dust, even though the system is housed at the rear of the drawing room dust does gather.
Thanks
IPA - isopropyl alcohol. In Belfast I would have thought you'd use wool instead of cotton swabs...here in the Southern USA we have loads of cotton. It's funny, after harvest season when you drive along the back roads the sides of the road look like patches of snow from all the stray cotton blowing around.
Jeff
I'm afraid I'm recovering from the BeoVirus.
Iso-propyl alcohol.
I've never used it on lenses as I've found the CD cleaner to be enough. The Philips one has 2 very fine rows of soft brushes of 2 different materials. I just blow them clean once I've used it.
The lens cleaner CD works. The cotton bud/IPA method is more thorough.
Jeff - no we can buy Johnston's Cotton Buds here - sheep farming (although up the road from me) doesn't provide any loose wool in the hedgerows Thanks for the IPA name, will try and find it here - maybe our local pharmacy will be able to track it down - might even try somewhere like B & Q warehouse or Maplins.
Many thanks again - I see I have started something again on the blog.
Best regards
Dave - that you for his - Jeff has replied from the USA regarding the full name of IPA. I assume that in the UK we can purchase it from B&Q or a pharmacy?
Thanks again, as I mentioned to Jeff I see that I have started something again on this blog. I see myself getting barred for causing so much furore and I have only joined it a short time!!!!
Many thanks David (Belfast)
MediaBobNY
Thanks very much for the advice. As I have said to some other members, I see that I have started something with this question. I can see me being barred from this site for causing too much hassle, and I have only joined it!!
David (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Professor David A Flynn JP:maybe our local pharmacy will be able to track it down
Your pharmacy will stock it under its technical name: Rubbing Alcohol
MediaBobNY: Professor David A Flynn JP:maybe our local pharmacy will be able to track it down Your pharmacy will stock it under its technical name: Rubbing Alcohol
If you want a shapely something to rub it in for you however you're on your own to find that!
IPAIsopropyl AlcoholTapehead CleanerCaburettor AlcoholAll the same. The latter probably the cheapest, being sold by the liter.Wipe wet and immediately afterwards dry.
IPA, the print shops use it for printing, if you know someone working or owning a print shop, get a gallon for free, professional grade (98%). I use mainly IPA for all cleaning of electronics and surfaces (test first)(not record platters) and only then goes to other (stronger) remedies.
Collecting Vintage B&O is not a hobby, its a lifestyle.
Greene King brew IPA, no wonder I've never liked drinking it
Good tips
we tend to forget there is more to design than designing.
Thanks very much will source on Tuesday.
Thanks Martin for this. Will source this on Tuesday coming.
Best regards David