Seems like whatever adhesive makes the skin stick to the cd or dvd would be more damaging than the scratches. Lets just make the recording materials turn into ooze. I still like microfilm best for "permanent" records. And yes I know that film isn't perfect either. Old preferences die hard - I used to be a micrographics lab technician. Filming engineering drawings to mil spec. And yes I had orange hair (played guitar in a rock & roll band) and when I first met Bob Dalton he was afraid of me! Sharon Burnett Seattle Washington USA List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance