NintendoAge http://nintendoage.com/forum/ -Sqooner Official Permanent Sharpie Marker Removal Thread http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=47851 2017-12-24T11:36:52 -05.00 zi 40
Makes sense that the Goo Gone could/would lift labels. Does anyone have an example of their own of it discolouring them? I did a few labels almost 3 years ago. They seem to be fine. ]]> Official Permanent Sharpie Marker Removal Thread http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=47851 2017-01-20T18:40:28 -05.00 zi 40 Originally posted by: Astor Reinhardt
Any ideas that WON'T risk the label at all? Or hurt the gold plastic? If it's N64, you're in for a tough road as the labels are so thin and flimsy.

On the plastic, I've had best results with alcohol and polymer erasers.

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I got a stack of N64 carts with sharpie marker ALL over the plastic and the labels. Been going at the plastic on one cart with a dry erase marker and it...sort of works...fades it...about all I've been able to manage. But on the labels its better...removes the marker but leaves the discoloration under the marker of course. idk which looks worse...marker on the label or obvious white/faded part of label. :/

But here's the bitch. I have a Majora's Mask cart...with the holographic label. Some asshat wrote on that...dry eraser does nothing and I'm afraid of damaging the label because I actually think I can save this one! And because I plan on keeping it. Most of the others will just be tossed up on ebay...

Any ideas that WON'T risk the label at all? Or hurt the gold plastic? ]]> Official Permanent Sharpie Marker Removal Thread http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=47851 2017-01-20T16:10:46 -05.00 zi 40 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. ]]> Official Permanent Sharpie Marker Removal Thread http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=47851 2016-12-12T21:16:54 -05.00 zi 40
After that I use Windex to clean the glossy label with a qtip very lightly and usually wipe with a microfiber cloth that is wet as sometimes there will be swirls. Just be careful when using alcohol or windex to not apply too much on the qtip so you don't get it underneath the sticker corners and sides. Just make sure you don't press to hard on the labels, as you can create a indentation where a circle is from the plastic mold (its in the center bottom of a snes cart, bottom left on nes).

for marker on carts, I usually give it a wiping with rubbing alcohol real fast. If it doesn't come out, I try one or more times lightly. If that doesn't work, I use a dry eraser marker and trace over the sharpie and let it dry for a minute or two. After that I write over it again and wipe off with a qtip+rubbing alcohol.

Also a word of caution, if any of the carts are non standard color, be very careful putting rubbing alcohol or any chemical on it (mainly gold painted or silver cartridges). Cartridges like Legend of Zelda will literally have their paint removed if you do so (so watch out if you clean the cartridge connector without taking it apart) ]]> Official Permanent Sharpie Marker Removal Thread http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=47851 2016-12-12T13:08:08 -05.00 zi 40 Method 1 - Paper towel can easily wear the texture of the cart. I still use them but very lightly, then finish up with q-tips or cotton balls.

Method 6 - Nail polish remover often has acetone in it. Maybe it works - but be careful!!
Acetone is actually a solvent and will dissolve many plastics, including ABS (which I think may be the plastic NES carts are made of). Try taking a piece of ABS plastic and putting it into a container with some acetone for a few hours and see what happens.

Spoiler:
It becomes a puddle of plastic goop  ]]> Official Permanent Sharpie Marker Removal Thread http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=47851 2016-12-08T10:04:10 -05.00 zi 40   added ]]> Official Permanent Sharpie Marker Removal Thread http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=47851 2016-12-08T10:00:47 -05.00 zi 40
Still, on my other post, EVERYONE started recommending brake fluid and claims that it's great for labels and carts and doesn't damage them, so long as you keep the fluid away from the edge of the labels, where it can wick the fluid.

So, these are two suggestions. Feel free to add them. ]]> Official Permanent Sharpie Marker Removal Thread http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=47851 2015-10-28T23:39:06 -05.00 zi 40 Originally posted by: Brachabre
 
Originally posted by: jerbloopy

I just don't draw all over my games. What gives?
Good grief, check out this seller's games lol
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIGINAL-NINTENDO-TETRIS-VIDEO-GAME-...
 

lol thats nothing ive seen it where the whole cart is colered over with ink ]]> Official Permanent Sharpie Marker Removal Thread http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=47851 2015-10-28T21:44:44 -05.00 zi 40 Originally posted by: jerbloopy

I just don't draw all over my games. What gives? Good grief, check out this seller's games lol
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIGINAL-NINTENDO-TETRIS-VIDEO-GAME-EXCELLENT-/321900316896?hash=item4af2c108e0:g:rtcAAOSwjVVVvPv~
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