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In the past DVD’s were speicifcally used just for playing videos with a DVD player, but it is now widely used as a storage medium for storing various computer data. Persons who use computer systems very often for their jobs or personal duties, move around thousands of essesntial data on their computers daily that at some point has to be saved elsewhere if the hard drives space depletes, the computer crashes or breaks down. There are those who still enjoy viewing movies from their DVD players, who might want to make duplicates of all their desired videos. With so many uses for a DVD disc, the disc may move around a lot which cause the DVD to get scratched or dirty which makes it difficult for the computer or DVD player to read its contents and so the disc will have to be cleaned. There is more than one method(s) for cleaning a DVD, that are effective which this article will discuss.

How To Clean DVDs

Required Tools:

Soft cloth or rag

Required Materials:

DVD

Rubbing Alcohol

Water

Instructions are as follows:

1. You can try cleaning the DVD disc by utilizing a soft cloth or a microfiber cloth without the use of any cleaning agent to start wiping it off. Just start wiping from the center of the disc and clean straight out towards the edges. This process will help to prevent the dirt from affecting the performance or the information from being read.

2. Rubbing alcohol can be mixed with water to create a cleaning solution for the DVD. Create the mixture with equal quantities of alcohol and water. Then dampen the cloth with the cleaning solution and wipe off the disc. This will take out any kind of stain or fingerprints and the solution dissolves very quickly without leaving back residue.

3. Glass cleaner is also an excellent solution for cleaning DVD disc. Just put some glass cleaner onto a rag and then utilize the rag to clean the DVD. This is especially effective if you are attempting to remove sticky substances like soda from off the DVD.

4. Toothpaste can also be used on the surface to buff out small scratches. All you have to do is just slightly add a dab of the abrasive toothpaste to the scratched area and apply some water to buff it out.

Tips and Warnings

*Whenever you have finished using a DVD, practice to put it back into the case or DVD pouch after using them. When the disc is exposed it is at risk of being placed on a coarse surface that can damage it and cause you to lose data. Keep DVD disc away from direct sunlight, heaters, radiators or any other spot that produces lots of heat because the heat can cause damage.

*Whenever you are holding a DVD disc avoid touching the surface of the DVD and instead hold it from the center or around the edges. Whenever you come in contact with the surface of the disc, grease from the skin smear the surface and leave back smudges and fingerprints.

*Never clean a DVD disc by wiping it in a non-radial back and forth motion, moving from the center hole to the outer edge and when wiping try to be as mild as possible.

*Microfiber cloths work exceptionally well for cleaning DVD’s because the tight weave of the cloth, pulls the dust which helps to keep it from smudging the surface of the DVD. Also try to avoid the cleaning agents that contain acids as an ingredient.