rwest
12-12-2006, 02:22 AM
I'm really serious. I saw on another forum where it was suggested to clean your compact disks in boiling water. There were a few skeptics and others who said it worked. Just thought I'd post my findings here also. Check this out:
Experiment #1
Placed dvd into pot of tap water.
Heated water to rolloing boil with dvd in water.
Dvd and water reaches temperature together.
Boiled for ten minutes. Cooled with cold tap water.
results:
No damage to disk. Plays in dvd player.
Surface of disk is clean but looks to have condensation between layers.
Polished with polishing compound.
Surface returned to high reflection with no blemishes.
Experiment #2
Placed dvd on top of already boiling drinking water(filtered water) for 1 minute.
Dried immediatley and lightly with soft cloth wiping from inside to outside rim.
results:
No damage to disk. Plays in dvd player
Surface appears clean and has normal appearance.
Surface is shiny and has good reflection.
Experiment #3
Placed dvd into pot of drinking(filtered) water.
Heated water to rolling boil with dvd in water. Boiled for ten minutes.
Cooled dvd with cold tap water.
results:
No damage to disk. Plays in dvd player.
Surface appears clean but has a very light film after drying.
Experiment #4
Placed dvd into pot of drinking water.
Heated water to rolling boil with dvd in water. Boiled for ten minutes.
Cooled dvd with drinking water.
results:
No damage to disk. Plays in dvd player
Surface appears clean but additional drying needed to buff out some fogginess.
Experiment #5
Placed dvd into pot of drinking water.
Heated water to rolling boil with dvd in water. Boiled for ten minutes.
Dried immediately with soft cloth wiping from inside to outside rim.
results:
Surface appears clean and has normal appearance.
Surface is shiny and has good reflection.
Quality of playback appears to be nominally better than after experimment # 2.
Conclusions:
Boiling disks for cleaning is a good idea.
Boiling disks for up to ten minutes will not harm them.
Amount of time in water may be dependent on the amount of filth on disk.
One minute should be okay for normal usage.
Use filtered or distilled water.
Tap water leaves residue.
Do not cool.
Dry immediately with soft cloth wiping from center to outside rim.
Now would be the time to apply a finish if you use one.
I found it amazing, but I belive plain water has got to be the best way to clean your disks.
Experiment #1
Placed dvd into pot of tap water.
Heated water to rolloing boil with dvd in water.
Dvd and water reaches temperature together.
Boiled for ten minutes. Cooled with cold tap water.
results:
No damage to disk. Plays in dvd player.
Surface of disk is clean but looks to have condensation between layers.
Polished with polishing compound.
Surface returned to high reflection with no blemishes.
Experiment #2
Placed dvd on top of already boiling drinking water(filtered water) for 1 minute.
Dried immediatley and lightly with soft cloth wiping from inside to outside rim.
results:
No damage to disk. Plays in dvd player
Surface appears clean and has normal appearance.
Surface is shiny and has good reflection.
Experiment #3
Placed dvd into pot of drinking(filtered) water.
Heated water to rolling boil with dvd in water. Boiled for ten minutes.
Cooled dvd with cold tap water.
results:
No damage to disk. Plays in dvd player.
Surface appears clean but has a very light film after drying.
Experiment #4
Placed dvd into pot of drinking water.
Heated water to rolling boil with dvd in water. Boiled for ten minutes.
Cooled dvd with drinking water.
results:
No damage to disk. Plays in dvd player
Surface appears clean but additional drying needed to buff out some fogginess.
Experiment #5
Placed dvd into pot of drinking water.
Heated water to rolling boil with dvd in water. Boiled for ten minutes.
Dried immediately with soft cloth wiping from inside to outside rim.
results:
Surface appears clean and has normal appearance.
Surface is shiny and has good reflection.
Quality of playback appears to be nominally better than after experimment # 2.
Conclusions:
Boiling disks for cleaning is a good idea.
Boiling disks for up to ten minutes will not harm them.
Amount of time in water may be dependent on the amount of filth on disk.
One minute should be okay for normal usage.
Use filtered or distilled water.
Tap water leaves residue.
Do not cool.
Dry immediately with soft cloth wiping from center to outside rim.
Now would be the time to apply a finish if you use one.
I found it amazing, but I belive plain water has got to be the best way to clean your disks.