My boss insists the CDC-100 compact disc cleaner (from the folks who make wildcat) is the same as novus #1. I'm skeptical. First, when you're cleaning cds, you want the light to pass through the plastic, so the laser can read the data. Whereas when you're cleaning pinball plastics, you want that nice shiny look, made by light being reflected. Second, CDC-100 smells much more strongly of iso alcohol than Novus 1. I know it's picky, and CDC won't damage the plastic, but I like the fresh-from-the-mold look that novus imparts, and I don't want to have to re-clean several machines. Is he full of it, or am I?

Ooo, good idea. Let's see, the msds just list iso for both..... and one has a 'mild odor' and one has a 'strong odor'. I don't see any big difference. Guess my boss was right.

Oh, that's true, the art is indeed on the bottom of the plastic. Silly me. Well, we will get Novus eventually, but it's a question of "order right away" or "Stick it on list and we'll get to it", and it looks like it's going on the list. At least this time we're gonna order it in the gallon size.