On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Przemek Klosowski < przemek.klosow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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. > Yes; you reminded of the technique we used to clean optics in a PME Lab in 1959-60. However lens paper was Military issue. > > 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. > Thanks guys it looks like the Old Drive is going into forced retirement. Don > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances > and start using them to simplify application deployment and > accelerate your shift to cloud computing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users