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CDP Lens cleaners.

marktr

marktr

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Hi All,
Just wondering if there is such a thing as a ‘quality’ CDP lens cleaner and if so, recommendations please! Or, are they all ‘much of a muchness’? Thanks. Mark.
 
marktr said:
Hi All,
Just wondering if there is such a thing as a ‘quality’ CDP lens cleaner and if so, recommendations please! Or, are they all ‘much of a muchness’? Thanks. Mark.
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I would always recommend 99.9% IPA on a lint free cotton swap, the wooden stick lab variety. The cd brush type don’t really do much in all honest.
 
I don't like IPA as I think it can potentially damage some lens coatings.

The safest method is to just fog the lens with your breath then polish dry with a clean cotton bud.

If I'm dealing with a really dirty lens I use window cleaning fluid but most of the time it isn't necessary.
 
Mike P said:
I don't like IPA as I think it can potentially damage some lens coatings.

The safest method is to just fog the lens with your breath then polish dry with a clean cotton bud.

If I'm dealing with a really dirty lens I use window cleaning fluid but most of the time it isn't necessary.
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Good point, window cleaning fluid is good shout.
 
I bought one of those CD brush things for my Meridians but really couldn't get along with it. Can't say I've cleaned the laser on my 3 successive CDPs since. I'm not at all sure one needs to. Guess it's easier with a top-loader than a drawer based machine. Pure guess here, but I think the CDP would tell you (!!!!) if all was not well. Unlike a stylus etc., I think it'll work properly or miss info. on the disc. Happy to be put right if not so.
 
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Thanks for your responses. Occasionally the player doesn’t read that there’s a cd in the drawer. Once it’s does ( always at the second attempt) all is fine, so thought the lens needs a clean.
 
allthingsanalog said:
I would always recommend 99.9% IPA on a lint free cotton swap, the wooden stick lab variety. The cd brush type don’t really do much in all honest.
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I've had them work. An old kitchen system wouldn't play stuff, I put the cleaning disc in, it then worked. I used to have to repeat it every few months.
 
It won’t fix the belt, I’m afraid.
Funny, I’ve just fixed my mum’s 30 year-old Onkyo cd player. All it needed was a new belt.
 
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