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Title: what damages cds like this???
Post by: Duckhead on September 04, 2009, 01:06:26 PM

OK I have a few cds that look like this around the edge, it is hard to see the tiny details that look like tiny little squiggles? Anyway, does anyone know what causes this?

(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee273/yalcab/cddamage1.jpg)
(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee273/yalcab/cddamage2.jpg)

Title: Re: what damages cds like this???
Post by: Chris DiCicco on September 04, 2009, 01:40:42 PM

hmmm its maybe CD Rot.

in a related case I wrote about sometime back on here, uhm its where the film inside the plastic sepparates uhm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_rot

http://cdrot.com/info/why-are-cd-rotting-how-it-happens/

hope this helps

Title: Re: what damages cds like this???
Post by: Slaw_Slinger on September 04, 2009, 03:46:44 PM

I hope it\'s not contagious!

Title: Re: what damages cds like this???
Post by: Duckhead on September 04, 2009, 09:10:34 PM

interesting, cd rot? you learn something new everyday.

Title: Re: what damages cds like this???
Post by: K-FLO on November 03, 2009, 09:47:18 AM

probably humidity, it usually wrinkles stuff up like that

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