How Do You Clean CD Player Lasers?
If your CD player skips or sounds less than perfect, the laser may need to be cleaned. These steps show you how to clean CD player lasers. Open the CD tray and turn the power off. Remove the cover of the CD player. Usually, there are just a couple of screws you’ll need to remove to take off the cover. Once it’s off, you have easy access to the laser. If you have a top-loading CD player you probably don’t even need to unscrew or remove anything, since most don’t have covers over the laser. The laser moves from the edge of the CD to the center on tracks when it’s playing. Greasing the tracks ensures smooth movement. Take a cotton swab and spray it with WD-40. Dab at the swab with a paper towel so it’s not dripping, then carefully grease the laser’s tracks. You must move the laser to clean the part of the track it’s sitting on. To do this, turn the largest of the cogwheels very gently. Saturate another cotton swab with rubbing alcohol. Again, dab at the swab with a paper towel until it is
