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I have a suggestion for you.

I also really like Mikrosmooth. Check out this technique:

Buy a roll of Viva paper towels and ONLY use these, they are awesome and have grip and absorbancy like no other.

ALWAYS wet the yellow pads from MS, NEVER use them dry...

Run a bit of water over the yellow pad & remove built-up MS. Next take the yellow pad by a corner and flick excess water into your sink.
Set the yellow pad on a clean surface, don't let the clean face touch anything.

Grab a CD and run the optical face under cold tap water. Grab a Viva paper towel and wipe the CD dry with the wagon-wheel technique...from the center spindle out toward the edge...go around & around.
Cleaning the CD prior to applying MS is key, keeping the yellow piece wet is more key.

Apply the MS as normal. I cut a 6" rounc circle of spongy shelf paper and set in on top of a new roll of tape. This way I have a cd shaped stand to apply the MS.

After application, run cold water over the CD again and use Viva paper towel in wagon -wheel to remove excess MS & dry the CD.

voila! You have NO scratches on the CD due to keeping the yellow pad wet, and the cleaning/drying process leaves no scratches since you wagon-wheel & used Viva towels.

I use the Ionoclast every side of LP play and before burning blank cd's. I do NOT use Optrix anymore...it imparts weird stuff to the sound. I do, however, use it on the label side of back-up copies of DVD's. Optrix seems ill-suited for audio, but works GREAT to reduce static.

I rinse off the yellow pad after every 2 cd's have been 'smooooothed.

YMMV. but do try wetting the yellow pad and a $1 roll of Viva paper towels. your music collection will thank you.


matt


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