On 27 Jul 2005 06:19:53 -0700, wrote:

I believe the oil is mineral oil. Oil did get on the lens. Is there a
safe way to clean it off?

Clean it off the lens with alcohol. If any got inside the optics
(under the lens) I doubt there's any way to fix it. You will probably
have to replace the optical pickup. You could try soaking the pickup
in alcohol and thoroughly rinsing it out with alcohol. The good news
is that oil shouldn't hurt the electronics at all and there's no risk
in testing it to see if it still works.
Andy Cuffe

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