Microwaved CD’s « John’s Musical Life

Microwaved CD’s

What do you do with your outdated CDs and DVDs? I microwave mine, They look awesome and you can make some cool art, too.

BTW these are all original pictures. :-D

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7 Responses to “Microwaved CD’s”

Matt Says:
June 13, 2008 at 11:34 pm | Reply
Very interesting
edgemmacation Says:
June 13, 2008 at 11:43 pm | Reply
I love doing this. Thanks for the framing idea. I was thinking of hanging mine by strings and mounting them somewhere.
EMange Says:
June 14, 2008 at 10:54 pm | Reply
How long do you microwave them for?
John Baylies Says:
June 14, 2008 at 11:07 pm | Reply
You microwave them for about 10 seconds, until the crackling begins to slow and you can smell them burning. (BTW this is about CDs)
andrew Says:
March 17, 2009 at 2:01 pm | Reply
have you ever split the two layers of the cd apart? the foil will have different swirls and such… much cleaner looking then the blocks left by the microwave
Deidre Says:
October 12, 2009 at 9:25 pm | Reply
does it do anything to hurt the microwave???
- John Baylies Says:
  October 12, 2009 at 9:36 pm | Reply
  Nope, not if you do it for less than 15-20 seconds. I wouldn’t go above that unless you feel like experimenting. ;)

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