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    Default Cleaning Permanent Marker Off of a Disc Label

    I checked the knowledge base and turned up this article for getting permanent marker off of cart labels, but I'm just double checking to make sure that it'd be safe to apply the techniques (or to confirm which technique works best) for cleaning permanent marker off of a a Gamecube disc label.

    The discs look like this:

    (yes, I'm late to the game on playing this remake... but damn it, I'm working on fixing that!)

    -edit- Here's how they look after a few quick passes with a dry erase marker:

    -edit-

    I did a forum search for "marker" and read through the posts...everything seems to indicate that using a dry erase marker to trace it SHOULD work, but can anyone give me a confirmation before I go to town on these suckers (and erase any record of them being ex-Blockbuster rentals)?
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    I've never used a Magic Eraser on a disc before but it seems to me that if you weren't careful you could remove a whole lot more than permanent marker. Those erasers are pretty potent. That said I usually use mineral spirits. I've cleaned a few Saturn discs with much success.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Daria View Post
    I've never used a Magic Eraser on a disc before but it seems to me that if you weren't careful you could remove a whole lot more than permanent marker. Those erasers are pretty potent. That said I usually use mineral spirits. I've cleaned a few Saturn discs with much success.
    Yea, I wasn't looking at trying the Magic Eraser. Well, I was, but then the bad mojo about 'em started popping up in the threads and I vetoed that idea. The dry erase marker seems like it might be pretty snappy if it actually works and doesn't just leave more marks.

    ...but "mineral spirits" you say? I'll have to look into that.

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    Nail Poilsh Remover on a cotton ball will do the trick. Don't go too crazy because it can pull a little bit of the color off the disc art if you rub too hard (or put way too much nail polish remover on that cotton ball).
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    spray axe on it. and just wipe it off with whatever.. Always works

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    Goo gone sometimes does a good job at removing marker on cartridges. Might hold true for CDs as well.

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    You could also try with some really shitty game first

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    Damn Blockbuster video *shakes his fist*
    These cartridges are dirty as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!

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    Hairspray worked for me.

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    I've used rubbing alcohol on my 360 discs, works good enough.

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    Awesome, thanks for all of the suggestions so far.

    skaar's suggestion actually makes me want to hit up Gamestop and see if I can pick up some cheap old xbox sports games (B2G1F!) as test beds, but I'm not sure if that's really accurately reflect the difference between the surface of a NGC disc and an Xbox disc :\

    I'll poke around for a shitty GC game that I can mark up and see if I can perhaps convert this thread from a question to something informative, testing out each idea.

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    Updated the OP with some result shots from a few passes with a dry erase marker and a cotton ball. For the first pass I tried tracing it and it seemed to work a little but just not enough...so I blacked out the entire area with the dry erase marker to see if it'd have any adverse effects. Thankfully, it didn't screw anything up and it worked pretty damn wonderfully.

    You can still see some residue left on there that I'm going to have to clean up, but the initial results are extremely promising. I wound up testing it out on a PS2 game as well (Mobile Suits Gundam: Federation vs Zeon) and it worked just as well (maybe more so since it didn't leave any residue :P ), so chalk one up to the mighty power of the dry erase marker (Boone Medium Dry Erase - Black, though I'm sure that doesn't much matter :P)

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    I have to remove permanent marker every day from my glassware. The most effective way to remove marker is either:

    Acetonitrile
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    Methanol

    Like I said, I do this every day at work.
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    I use Avon Clearskin on my gaming stuff, works a treat, and it's gentle on the product.

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    Going to move this to the Technical & Restoration Society forum. Plenty of people to help there!

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    Quote Originally Posted by YoshiM View Post
    Goo gone sometimes does a good job at removing marker on cartridges. Might hold true for CDs as well.
    I second using GG as well. Tried it with many success with my Dreamcast's GDRs. It may not remove the marks completely if the CD have different textured print on it though.

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