Are there any really good cd cleaners out there?

@phillyb 

Car wax usually has oils and other bonding agents, that's how they stick to the car surface and resist being washed off by rain, snow etc., as well as resisting UV...
best to use a ph balanced (non acidic) cleaner, like your dish washing soap, or if prefered a nice car shampoo! (The likes of Dodo juice, Wolfgang, Sonax can be googled)
and under no circumstances (as in: never ever) use car polish, they have abrasives which are very unfriendly to your 1 and 0 digits. -:)

tattooedtrackman
vinyl

Vinyl =plastic, car dash = plastic, guess what CD=plastic.
Armor-All is a plastic protectorant!

Cheers George

Armor All is made of silicones and glycerin to be left behind.
Its raison d'etre is humans like shiny stuff.
It's designed to leave a residue.
Residue is a no-no on anything optical.

Windex can also be nasty stuff also leaving a residue.
It requires mechanical removal to the dry surface.

Dish soap or car wash rinsed away and dried by blowing the water away leaves discs 100% clean and 100% residue free with 0% chance of drying damage.

@georgehifi  +100 on the bogusola @ Machina Dynamica and its progentitor.

Besides the issue of leaving residue on disc surfaces and potentially creating difficulties for the lazer pickup...
Armorall= shiny surface= reflectivity.
Well, it seems that the Japanese are going in the opposite direction with their SHM material and special coloring to eliminate the smallest hint of reflectivity...

ieales

@georgehifi +100 on the bogusola @ Machina Dynamica and its progentitor.

>>>>Et tu, Brute? And did your spell checker break down, eelsy? George can’t help it, he’s on that big superstitious island in the Pacific.