CD Tweaks and Longterm Damage

ph is a BS marketing tool.
The problem with ArmourAll was that it contained petroleum distillates that clouded the surface after time. A chemical reaction that had NOTHING to do with it's ph.
And which, the ArmourAll cloudyness could be polished off rather easily

I have been using Auric Illuminator for all of the several years that it has been out. If it has caused any damage to any of my CD's, then I haven't noticed it yet.

Jependleton,
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Try Walker's Vivid on your CD's it is a vast improvement over the Auric Illuminator. A friend and I did a blind comparison using several types of music on 3 identical computer burned CD's. One plain(no treatment), one with Auric Illuminator, and one with Walker's Vivid. Both of us easily preferred the Vivid in a blind listening test.
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The Auric was better than no treatment, but the Vivid clearly outshined the Auric.
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Vivid ph = 6
Pro Gold ph = 4

I agree, PH isn't what damaged my CD's back in the mid 90's, it was the petroleum in the Armor All that did it.

And yes, I did wipe mine thoroughly.

I will not use anything on my shiny discs that has oil or wax on it, period. I learned my lesson.