How do I clean CDs with isopropyl alcohol?

It sounds like soap and water is a much more benign way of cleaning CDs than isopropyl alcohol, but unfortunately the isopropyl alcohol sounds much, much more transparent than soap and water (it sounds very similar to Optrix, but without the enhanced treble presence that Optrix seems to impart).

Do you think that an inital clean (e.g. to remove the mold release compound)with undiluted 91% isopropyl alcohol will cause significant crazing of the polycarbonate layer?

Also, I rinse the disc with filtered tap water (Pur water filter). Does anyone know if this is audibly inferior (i.e. less transparent or grainy?) than a gentle final rinse with distilled water?

P. S. - I've found that gently running a slow stream of water off of the disc leaves almost no beads so that I only need to wipe beaded water off of the edges and label side. This technique obviates the need to pat dry the read side with anything.

Hello:

Optrix sounds like a high purity isopropyl alcohol with added non-ionic optically active surfacants.

Anybody know the %isopropyl alcohol that Optrix contains?

Also, anybody experienced crazing / brittleness with long-term use of Optrix? Anybody noticed any long-term sonic degradation of CDs treated with Optrix a long time ago (e.g. using a magnifying glass, can anyone see the fine mesh of cracks - crazing - previously mentioned?)

Any insights would be greatly appreciated!

my condolences to all "soap-a-holics" and "alco-holics". it's realy a time to produce some vpi or nitty gritty cd-cleaner with vacume action or something to add another category for "vpi- or nitty gritty- holics".

hint1. i simply wash my hands with hand-soap(prefere oil of olay but irish spring also will suffice) and it's sufficient. if my hands are too greasy after some mechanical job i use at first corn-oil and than hand-soap. i

hint2. jewel boxes are made so you don't have to touch and leave fingerprints on the play surface.

I clean all my CD's with a vacuum cleaner using a crevice attachment while listening to Madonna's "Get into the Grove"! You'd be suprized at all the lost change, & missing socks that are at times found in the Compact Disk Groves during spring & fall cleaning sessions!

** I don't use soap. It can clog the grooves

I believe what 7671 was referring to are the pits on the CDs, not the grooves. Now, I don't know if soap can necessarily clog these pits per se, but it can probably leave residue that could diminish the CDs reflectiveness, which is as bad as clogging them.