On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote:

> It is fairly easy to open up a CD drive and clean the lens with alcohol
> and a Q-tip, and then after the alcohol residue dries, wipe with a dry
> Q-tip.

I recommed another technique I used when I was younger and messed with lasers
in the lab. Use optical lens paper (used to be available in camera
stores, in little booklets)
Drop a spot of cleanest alcohol (isopropyl is good, but be careful
that it's pure and the kind with added glycerin;
grain alcohol is fine too) in the middle of the paper. Lay the wet
part flat on the lens and slide it off sideways.
The wet part will clean the lens and then the dry part will dry it.

Qtips, tissue paper, etc. have mineral particles in them as whiteners,
etc, that could scratch the antireflective coating on the lens,
so you want soft paper.

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