Originally posted by: ChuChu Flamingo
I usually use rubbing alcohol on glossy labels with qtips (it will ruins paper labels like N64, later SNES produced stickers,some game boy labels.) to remove sharpie marker. Just make sure it is glossy, it is usually pretty easy to tell by reflecting light into it/touching it. If it isn't, you will damage it (which includes the back sticker on nes and snes games)
100% agree with this. I have been using 91% alcohol on my NES cart labels for as long as I can remember. As long as the label is glossy, I have had a 100% success rate using this method. You want just enough on the qtip so that there is no run-off when pressure is applied, and try not to get any on the glue underneath. I'm extra careful and I haven't had any problems with staining like I've had in the past with oil based products like goo gone. Be careful around small nicks, tears, and lifts. You'll be amazed how well this works on not just marker, but pretty much any kind of foreign substance, sticky or not. For the extremely thin indented area between the label and the labels housing, I use the same method but with a specialized qtip I get from "Ulta" called "dual tipped cotton applicators". They have one pointy side and one flat side, and they are made with VERY stiff cotton. Obviously use the pointy side. The best thing about these over other similar brands is that these hold their shape and stiffness even when wet and are easy to work with, as oppose to other brands that as soon as liquid is presented to the cotton, they quickly get mushy and lose their shape making them utterly useless for precision applications. They come in packs of 75, and are by far the best precision qtip I've ever used.
