Posted by JoeBloe on 10/01/06 14:59

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 01:12:59 GMT, Impmon <impmon@digi.mon> Gave us:

>On 28 Sep 2006 17:01:22 -0700, "doorrag" <doorrag@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I know I shouldn't have left it where it could happen, but I did. Can
>>anyone help?
>
>Very hot water (tap, not boiling from kettle) may help soften the wax.
>Then wipe it with a towel to clean it. If by bad luck you have the
>type of synthic wax that only melts at higher temp, you'd probably
>risk melting the CD before the wax comes off.

The hot water can kill the recorded data on the disc before even
normal wax melts.

Recordable CDs do NOT take to heat very well. Data loss is a given.
The only thing that saves one from data loss is CRC coding, but it
doesn't work if it is gone too.

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