Is there any way to clean sharpie marks off a disc?

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Rusto

Rusto

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Hi,
I recently acquired a very rare and valuable cd, however, there is a small sharpie marker mark on the CD itself of the previous owners initials. Is there any way you can think of to get rid of this?
thank you
 
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ESFCE

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i always use rubbing alcohol with q-tips and/or cotton balls. when i fuck up writing something on a CD-R with a sharpie. not sure how effective it would be on something written a long time ago though.
 
Rusto

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DJxREMARKABLE said:
like ESFCE, i use rubbing alcohol. but ive never tried it on cds with print on the surface. you might want to try it on another cd before you try it on the rare ones.

by the way, which cd did you find?
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this one

some guy listed it as a buy it now for 20 bucks.....i got lucky and found it right after he posted it. What a steal. The RE RELEASE*with a different cover) of this goes for 80 bucks.
 
layziemarv

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Rusto said:

this one

some guy listed it as a buy it now for 20 bucks.....i got lucky and found it right after he posted it. What a steal. The RE RELEASE*with a different cover) of this goes for 80 bucks.
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shit ur the cat that bought it? what damn steal..from irish dude huh? he listed it and you copped it in like 3-5 minutes of that post lol...:cool:

good find playboy...

btw, in regards to that sharpie variant...i used nail polish remover before and it worked on the cd label side..i'm not sure about the surface side...like remar said, try it on another CD for trial and error.
 
Rusto

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layziemarv said:
shit ur the cat that bought it? what damn steal..from irish dude huh? he listed it and you copped it in like 3-5 minutes of that post lol...:cool:

good find playboy...

btw, in regards to that sharpie variant...i used nail polish remover before and it worked on the cd label side..i'm not sure about the surface side...like remar said, try it on another CD for trial and error.
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haha yup,...i had to do a double take when i saw it, i never expected to see that. You saw this listed? How come you didnt buy it right then?
Did irish dude make a post about it on here? I just found it by doing random searches on ebay.
 
layziemarv

layziemarv

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Rusto said:
haha yup,...i had to do a double take when i saw it, i never expected to see that. You saw this listed? How come you didnt buy it right then?
Did irish dude make a post about it on here? I just found it by doing random searches on ebay.
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it was newly listed and i clicked the buy it now icon but said it was no longer available.

that CD is a classic...g/l trying to get that out
 
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sick. i always wanted an original of that. lookin at it, it shouldnt be hard to remove it cuz its on the silver part of the disc.
 
Rusto

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Worked hella good.
I put nail polish remover on a q tip, and the marker came off like it was a dry erase marker on a white board. Thanks
 
L-wood

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Rusto said:
Worked hella good.
I put nail polish remover on a q tip, and the marker came off like it was a dry erase marker on a white board. Thanks
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Good to know. I have about a dozen old CD's my friend use to borrow for throwing parties and wrote me initials on the donut of all of them....been marked up for 15 years, about time I get them cleaned up. Good find on that CD...have it myself but would've bought another copy for $20 in a heart beat.
 
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