[frankclone]

Bought a 50-spindle of Princo CDR's & I'm getting a strong
smell & raw throat when I take cover off spindle.
Anyone have any ideas on source of problems? Is it manufacturing
residue? Can I wash them down in soap & water ? Or perhaps
it's the surface coating itself ?

 

[aos]

I bought several hundred of those in the last month, to fill up my 300 CD megachanger with backups. I haven't seen any problems during or after burning music on them. If there's any effect of the chemicals that you smell, it's probably on your health, not the CD itself.

 

[frankclone]

thanx, aos--that's my concern: health... I'm very sensitive to urea
formaldehyde for example ( as in non-veneered particleboard).
I'm wondering if I can give these CDR's a bath in lukewarm water & mild soap & see if this minimizes smell...without damaging CDR's.