Comments on: How to Clean a DVD Player

on 5/23/2008 Good info about how to clean a DVD player. Thanks for sharing.
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on 2/9/2008 Thank you for the good tips. Sounds like I might tackle this just to save money.

on 2/2/2008 I think this is a great article and a very helpful one to. I have an old crappy dvd player which works fine but this may help prolong its useage:) thanks!

on 1/29/2008 nice tips. keep up the good work.
i have a portable DVD player was bought brand new..hardly used. now when i insert DVD seems like the disc is not moving...i get an error message saying 'please insert the disc', when it is in. will cleaning help?...but i am thinking why should it need cleaning when i hardly ever used it... it ran out of warranty too.

on 1/26/2008 Liquid nitrogen is harmful, i cant say i have proof it will harm electronics, but i personally assume it would, not to mention the side of the can will clearly give you very similar warnings as i did in my article. As for 3 in 1 oil, its an all purpose lubricant, mineral oil which was referenced in a comment, is definently not made for electronics, nor is it the same as 3 in 1 oil, hence why it wasn't mentioned in the above article

on 1/25/2008 3-in-1 mineral oil will actually attract dirt and is not suitable for little nylon gears etc found in a DVD mechanism. 3-in-1 do make a PTFE based lubricant in an aerosol package which works fine. Cheers.

on 1/25/2008 First off I can see no reason why nitrogen which is the largest ingredient of plain old air will hurt anything.
3-in-1 mineral oil will actually attract dirt and is just not suitable for lubricating the little nylon gears etc found in a DVD mechanism. 3-in-1 do sell a PTFE based lubricant which should be suitable. I've done this job a number of times and never had any bother with PTFE chain lube. Cheers.

on 1/25/2008 If you are one of those people who has trouble putting things back together, you might consider using the macro setting on your digital camera to take some pics during disassembly.

on 1/25/2008 The alcohopl to use is 99% isopropyl alcohol, not the 60% version that contains water as an ingredient.

on 1/25/2008 The rubbing alcohol used is isopropyl alcohol. Best to use 99% version, not the 60% version which contains water.

on 1/25/2008 Thanks for the great tips. They were simple and easy for someone like me who knows nothing about electronics!

on 1/25/2008 This is so good i never thought about cleaning mine but I think I pass this on to my techie, thanks for the info...

on 1/24/2008 Great tips, mine really needs a cleaning.

on 1/23/2008 Very thorough and helpful. Just what I hoped for.