To remove marker? Besides making the system smell funny will it damage it in any way?
To remove marker? Besides making the system smell funny will it damage it in any way?
What's up with islands? Get more land.
What's up with deserts? Get less sand.
Just use rubbing alcohol. 50 cents at the dollar store.
Have you been playing point and click adventure games by any chance?
Last edited by jb143; 04-02-2010 at 03:35 PM.
"Game programmers are generally lazy individuals. That's right. It's true. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Since the dawn of computer games, game programmers have looked for shortcuts to coolness." Kurt Arnlund - Game programmer for Activision, Accolade...
The rubbing alcohol i have is only 70% that does jack to marker.
What's up with islands? Get more land.
What's up with deserts? Get less sand.
What is Axe? Like 5%. I've used 70% no problem before. Just use something with a bit of scrub to it...like the back of a kitchen sponge. Nothing that will scratch up your system of course. Just something to get down into the textured plastic.
"Game programmers are generally lazy individuals. That's right. It's true. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Since the dawn of computer games, game programmers have looked for shortcuts to coolness." Kurt Arnlund - Game programmer for Activision, Accolade...
I think the alcohol in Axe is a different kind of alcohol.
What's up with islands? Get more land.
What's up with deserts? Get less sand.
Lol, this is a humorous thread.
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned for Sega. - Brodie Bruce
I'm completely Serious, look up Youtube videos of people removing marker with Axe, I tried it myself on a NES game and it worked pretty good.
What's up with islands? Get more land.
What's up with deserts? Get less sand.
Personally I'd try cleaning with gasoline before Axe, not sure what it'd do to the plastic but it should take the marker off.....and smell a little nicer than that body spray.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erjFSxKVXhU
I mean videos like that look how well that works.
What's up with islands? Get more land.
What's up with deserts? Get less sand.
This thread is awesome man!
<-----Me goes to rub some sterno on my 360 disks.
Should be fine as long as you don't mind your SNES smelling like a big douchebag.
XD Maybe my SNES wants to smell like a douchebag!
No but in all seriousness, is there anything I can do about the smell if I use Axe?
What's up with islands? Get more land.
What's up with deserts? Get less sand.
Problem is, the marker on the video is relatively "fresh" so it might come off quicker than that which has been on the surface for years.
I doubt alcohol is the only product that can break away the chemical bonds between the plastic and the marker. But then, if marker stains come off, wouldn't it be an heterogeneous stain, since it can be seperated?
Axe might help, though I swear that I imagined the SNES in a hot date with a Sega Genesis. No idea why...just popped into my head.
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Well lets look at the SNES I want to clean I have no idea how long that marker was there for so... but I did try Axe on an NES game of mine and it worked better than the rubbing alcohol i have
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/2889/snes2.jpg
What's up with islands? Get more land.
What's up with deserts? Get less sand.
I once tried a Mister Clean Magic Eraser on an NES cartridge. It claimed to be able to clean just about anything and it certainly handled the black marker scribbled across the back. Unfortunately it also took the shine away from the plastic and made an extremely noticeable smear. I don't recommend them.
Buy a can of Goo Gone Extreme, takes marker right off.
But maybe if you use Axe you'll have ill clad women clamoring to play with you!
My best solution for cleaning off old marker from games and consoles is actually eyeglasses cleaner. Don't know what's in it, but there's not much smell and it works extremely well. They hand the little bottles of the stuff out for free at many eyeglass shops.
Better than your games smelling like some dude named Chad.