Do all cd lens cleaner work?

[Pritesh]

Do all cd lens cleaner work or only some work like cd cleaner which
only some work ? Which one do you recommend is this best ? Which stores
or websites could I buy it from ? I live in the UK. I don't want to
waste money and time buying cleaners that don't work like I did for cd
cleaners which I brought 2 different brands & none of them worked.

 

[NSM]

Do all cd lens cleaner work or only some work like cd cleaner which
only some work

Some players can be damaged by these. For those which aren't, buy one at the
dollar store.

N

 

[Mark D. Zacharias]

None of them work much at all.

Mark Z.

 

[James Sweet]

Do all cd lens cleaner work or only some work like cd cleaner which
only some work ? Which one do you recommend is this best ? Which stores
or websites could I buy it from ? I live in the UK. I don't want to
waste money and time buying cleaners that don't work like I did for cd
cleaners which I brought 2 different brands & none of them worked.

They're all garbage, some will even damage your player. Only way to properly
clean is to take it apart and clean it manually.

 

[Terrence Philips]

Do all cd lens cleaner work or only some work like cd cleaner which
only some work ? Which one do you recommend is this best ? Which stores
or websites could I buy it from ? I live in the UK. I don't want to
waste money and time buying cleaners that don't work like I did for cd
cleaners which I brought 2 different brands & none of them worked.

How can you tell that the lens is dirty? Is it because it is not reading
CD's properly any more?

Try using compressed air to clean the lens and avoid anything that could
potentially scratch the lens. If that doesn't work, the laser probably
needs replacing.

 

[Mark D. Zacharias]

Compressed air is not adequate for anything which puts a film on the lens. A
cotton swab moistened but not dripping with window cleaner or pure alcohol
works fine. One should follow with a dry one to get any residue. This will
often cure the OP's problem.

Mark Z.

 

[Dimitrios Tzortzakakis]

I refrain to inform you that this has not worked for me.When your cd player
is skipping, usually the laser and motor assembly is defect and needs
replacing.Next door a technician had his servicing station, told me to get a
lens cleaner for my Panasonic boombox, for which I paid an arm and a leg.The
result was the boombox was for servicing six months, because they had to
order the laser from japan, and of course it costed again an arm and a leg.

 

[Sam Goldwasser]

Compressed air is not adequate for anything which puts a film on the lens. A
cotton swab moistened but not dripping with window cleaner or pure alcohol
works fine. One should follow with a dry one to get any residue. This will
often cure the OP's problem.

Careful about the dry one - that can scratch. If it's pure alcohol,
there will be no residue after a couple of applications.

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[TCS]

Scraping off dust (read: fine rocks) off a plastic lens at high speed is the
surest way to ruin a CD player.

The only thing those kits are good for is making sure wether or not your
player is damaged (they'll make sure.)

 

[b]

Do all cd lens cleaner work or only some work like cd cleaner which
only some work ? Which one do you recommend is this best ? Which stores
or websites could I buy it from ? I live in the UK. I don't want to
waste money and time buying cleaners that don't work like I did for cd
cleaners which I brought 2 different brands & none of them worked.

I think you should rephrase that question: Try "Do *any* cd lens
cleaners work? "
Answer: No. Save your cash. take the advice about using a q tip and
alcohol/window cleaner .

Ben

 

[Mark D. Zacharias]

Careful about the dry one - that can scratch. If it's pure alcohol,
there will be no residue after a couple of applications.

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I've never observed a problem with this, but I would recommend good quality
swabs, fluff the end a bit, and as always BE GENTLE.


Mark Z.

 

[Arny Krueger]

Do all cd lens cleaner work or only some work like cd cleaner which
only some work ?

Its more like that many of them only work some of the time.

Which one do you recommend is this best ?

Every one I've seen was pretty much like the rest. There was a little
camel's hair brush glued to the underside of a CD. There was an audio or
data track on the CD that would guide the lens until the brush stroked it.

This plan has a number of limitations. For example, what if dirt on the lens
wasn't the problem? What if the dirt was of a kind that dry brushing
wouldn't remove? What if the lens was so dirty that it couldn't track a CD
well enough to bring the brush over the lens?

I've seen CD lens cleaners make marginal players work better, but I've also
seem them have no effect at all. I sense that their effectiveness is more
dependent on the nature of the problem, given that the cures are all pretty
much the same.

 

[NSM]

....

This plan has a number of limitations. For example, what if dirt on the lens
wasn't the problem? What if the dirt was of a kind that dry brushing
wouldn't remove? What if the lens was so dirty that it couldn't track a CD
well enough to bring the brush over the lens?

....

They work about as good as DVD rewinders.

N

 

[Arny Krueger]

...
...

They work about as good as DVD rewinders.

LOL!