What's the best way to clean a DVD?
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After having tried everything else, I could restore a DVD to a working state with Brasso metal polish.
You apply it in circles from the center of the DVD to the edges and let it rest for a few minutes. After a while remove with a soft cloth and most scratches should be gone.
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Yes. Maybe I'm not 100% clear with what I mean to express (please mind my english, it is not my mother tongue) This post might have a better explanation lifehacker.com/285973/remove-scratches-from-cds-and-dvds– bbonaminNov 2, 2010 at 18:34
It may sound crazy, but you can clean and remove minor scratches with a banana. I've used this technique, and it does work.
You can get special fluids for this and a whole host of items to do the job, but in reality a t-shirt has served me well for years :)
as a small aside, clean it inwards to outwards, not in circles as it would grind any debris in the directions of the tracks.
... fixing scratches is anouther issue completely.
Dip a soft cloth in Isopropyl Alcohol/Ethanol/Methanol and gently wipe the surface.Always wipe the disc surface in a non-radial back-and-forth motion (from the center hole to the outer edge).
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You say non-radial, but then you say to go from the center hole to the outer edge. What do you mean by this?– CasebashNov 1, 2010 at 20:09
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Wipe the disc in a back-and-forth motion, in a linear fashion.....don't wipe it in a circular manner. Hope u got it ! Nov 2, 2010 at 8:19
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I thought Alcohol/Ethanol/Methanol are corrosive when applied to plastic?– lulalalaMar 1, 2018 at 8:16