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Physically and/or chemically speaking, how did I ruin my CD by attempting to clean it with non-acetone nail polish remover?

Asked by kevbo (25672points) June 20th, 2010 from iPhone

Hahaha—duh! Somehow I thought this was the solution to my problem of cleaning the data side of some sticky adhesive that had gotten on it. So after “cleaning” it the disc is unreadable by my computer and CD player. So what did I do exactly, and by that I mean what chemical or physical process did I invoke? Is the data gone or obscured by a layer of chemical or did I remove a protective layer of something, etc. What?

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