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cleaning a laser

My DVD reader in my laptop is starting to mistrack on many DVD's that my home player reads fine. I can get to the laser easily. I am wondering about clenaing it with distilled water or alcohol or some other solvent versus one of those scratchy brush Cd's. But worried that any liquid besides water may hurt the plastic. Any input on the advisability?
Joe
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mlauner
250 posts
 
do not do it! use only compressed air to clean.
dgarretson
2,588 posts
 
Never had a problem with gentle use of a Q-Tip & a light dip of Windex. I believe this was once suggested by Alex Paychev of APL.
hartwerger
105 posts
 
Although I've never cleaned my lens, I was seeking advice on this subject at one time. I was cautioned by Rick Walker, the tech at Signal Path, that compressed air uses freon as a propellent and can leave a film on the lens and/or blow off the lens. He stated that he cleans the lens by using a Q-tip very gently with a lens cleaning solution.
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gammajo OP
843 posts
 
Thank you everyone for your advice. Hartwerger, do you mean lens cleaning solution such as you use to clean plastic eye glass lenses?
Joe
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