Hey folks, quick question for ya -- what is the best way to clean a cd?
I have a hidous tale of woe to tell: A couple of weeks ago, I went to
Regina and packed a shitload of my fave cds in a knapsack for the trip.
Well, when I got home, I thought "Hey, you always listen to these cds
when you travel, so why not put them in the trunk and it will be
oh-so-convenient." After patting myself on the back for this wonderful
idea, I did just that, and never thought of it again. So, on Tuesday, I
am heading for Regina again, and since it is a 4 hour trip, I grab the
knapsack out of the trunk and prepare to head out on my merry little
way. I get out of town and open the bag up to put some music on, and I
think "Gee, it feels a little wet... and a little cold." Then I see
it... the hideous pile of twisted metal in the bag -- yes folks,
Einstein that I am, I seemed to have not noticed, when I put these cds
in the trunk, that there was a can of Diet Coke in the bag as well.
Living in Saskatchewan, that means that all it takes is a cold night and
the frigging thing will explode -- and explode it did! This can was
split wide open and while it didn't look like much had happened to the
cds, I noticed that, yes, they were indeed drenched for the most part.
So, my RENT cd was one of the wet ones, and since I paid $45
frigging dollars for it, I was choked.... and since I tend to put it on
and sing the whole frigging thing when alone in the car for a few hours,
I was doubly choked. Then, I had FM's Mystery To Me, Bare Trees, and
Penguin in there after Kakki reminded me how much I loved those cds (and
I had a huge hankerin' to hear Emerald Eyes on Tuesday too!), along with
a bunch of others like Amy Grant's Lead Me On and DJRD and C&S. Most of
the others are fine, except the liner notes are shot to shit, but these
ones look.... sticky. Is there anything I can use to clean them besides
"a dry dust free rag" or whatever the hell they tell you to use?
Thanks for listening to me vent, and TGIF again!
Evian
npimh: "Emerald Eyes (without the Diet Coke)"
