Keep incense sticks and smoke away from your discs!

[bizzybody]

A friend of my sister's set a bag of incense sticks on the bottom side of Disc 4 of Season 2 of her "Charmed" DVDs. The oils in the incense penetrated the plastic bag and completely through the bottom layer of plastic of the DVD. I told her to ALWAYS put DVDs back into their cases, even if she was just going to take them out of the player for a short time. (Just like old 5.25" floppies and their sleeves.)

The plastic bag was like it was glued to the DVD, almost like solvent gluing polystyrene model parts. I tried resurfacing and plastic polish but it's hopeless. That area of the disc seems to have been softened and the reflective layer is discolored.

It's surprising how that oil could do this to plastic that isn't bothered at all by solvents like lacquer thinner! I wouldn't want incense smoke anywhere near my DVDs either, dunno what that could do to them.

[Bjs]

Yet another mad incense stick user ... yes, this stuff dose foul up discs and electronics.

[MOVIEGEEK]

The 1970's are over,it's time to use an air freshener.

[usually_quiet]

Some oils used for fragrance double as solvents, particularly citrus oils.

[tomlee59]

Yet another mad incense stick user ... yes, this stuff dose foul up discs and electronics.

If it can do this to polycarbonate, think of what it can do to your lungs.

[bendixG15]

Yet another mad incense stick user ... yes, this stuff dose foul up discs and electronics.

If it can do this to polycarbonate, think of what it can do to your lungs.

Didn't know my lungs were made of polycarbonate ...