Dumb question about Cds and moisture

[HoosierCanuck]

I had a brain cramp and left my car windows down last weekend. Before I got back to the car a horrible storm blew in and pretty much the total inside of my car got soaked...including all my cds that were in there. I hadn't tried to play any of those cd's until tonight. Boy do they skip! Are they ruined or is there something I can do to get them back to 'normal.'? Any suggestions would be great! Thanks!

 

[Lecarde]

Water shouldnt damage cds at all. As long as theyre clean, they should have no problems playing.

 

[buckybsm]

It shouldn't be a too big of a problem, just make sure they're clean

 

[JesusWasn'tWhite]

If they are giving you trouble later, try buying a Skip Doctor (Target, Wal Mart, Best Buy all have them). Besides helping at the immediate time, they are a good investment.

 

[JaelWasWickedCool]

boy do i need a skip docter. (sufjan-michigan is skipping!!) like everyone else said, water shouldn't be causing you any trouble, but one thought is, if you had your cds in a cd case & it was hot out (hot and rainy...you know..), that doesn't tend to be very good for them. so..yeah!

 

[wgjones3]

Probably what's happening is that the CDs have a thin layer of moisture on them. Either that, or your CD player got trashed by the moisture (if you're playing them in the car).

Check the disks, and if they have a milky look to them, wipe them off with a soft cloth. And if the disks look normal, try a CD lens cleaner disk and see if that knocks out the skip.

 

[kazuya]

arrgh. losing cds is so annoying isn't it?

 

[something from the fridge]

i occasionally wash cds under the tap in the kitchen. just make sure they are dry properly. (i only do that to burnt discs)

 

[HoosierCanuck]

Hey Thanks everybody! I'll try a cleaner and see what happens. Some of the disks are hard to find stuff so I'm really hoping they are okay.

 

[The Theory]

when you wipe them down, make sure you wipe from the inside out in a straight line, and not in circular motions around.

Chances are a good clean and dry and they'll be back to normal.

And for those hard to find ones-- makes CD-Rs of them ASAP so that you can use those in the car instead of the regular copy.

 

[Bargainfluger]

At least in the case of CD-R's, the actual information is stored on the back of the top of the disc, and it is just covered by the transparent plastic (you can actually scrape the foily stuff off from the top quite easily). Possibly water seeped in between the thin information-storing cover and the protective hard plastic bottom, or maybe the've been warped if they dried improperly. Just conjecture, though. Hope they are fixable.