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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,918 |
| | Posted: | | | | My son discovered that one of the DVDs I picked up at a yard sale awhile ago has permanent marker written on the disc playing surface rendering the movie unplayable after an hour.  Does anyone know of a method to safely remove the "permanent" in "permanent marker" from the disc? (It was a $1 DVD so I didn't bother checking the condition prior to purchase. Quest for Camelot) |
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| Registered: April 14, 2007 | | Posts: 433 |
| | Posted: | | | | You might try one of those disc resurfacers if you have one. | | | | Chris |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,918 |
| | Posted: | | | | That's a last step if nothing else works. |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 3,830 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | | Sources for one or more of the changes and/or additions were not submitted. Please include the sources for your changes in the contribution notes, especially for cast and crew additions. |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,918 |
| | Posted: | | | | It took a bit of rubbing but a Q*Tip plus rubbing alcohol got the marker off! I'll let my son see if he can continue where he left off when he gets home from school tomorrow. If it works, then I'll watch the movie too.  |
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| Registered: March 16, 2007 | | Posts: 405 |
| | Posted: | | | | Not sure if it would work on a CD/DVD, but at work when someone uses a permanent marker on a dry erase board, writing over the permanent marker with a dry erase marker sometimes removes it!!! Also a little WD-40 works on permanent markers, not sure if it will damage the CD/DVD however!!! | | | | My Collection!!! |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,918 |
| | Posted: | | | | Did you know that WD-40 stands for "Water Displacement, 40th formula" (or 40th attempt)? |
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| Registered: May 27, 2007 |  Posts: 691 |
| | Posted: | | | | Nope, didn't know that. Nice little info learned here. | | | | Unfortunately, I can't use DVDprofiler at the moment due to lack of a Windows computer. |
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| Registered: June 12, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,665 |
| | Posted: | | | | WD-40 will also take some of the sting & itch out of fire ant bites. It will still get red and ugly but if you spray WD-40 on quickly it never ends up hurting as much. | | | | Bad movie? You're soaking in it! |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,321 |
| | Posted: | | | | I use WD-40 on my DVD cases to remove sticker residue (just on the plastic part of course). WD-40 is awesome!  | | | Get the CSVExport and Database Query plug-ins here.
Create fake parent profiles to organize your collection. |
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| Registered: August 26, 2008 | | Posts: 12 |
| | Posted: | | | | All you need is rubbing alcohol for permanent pens like sharpies. A microfiber towel works better than a q-tip because it does a great job of absorbing the ink. | | | | Last edited: by GaPony |
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| Registered: May 29, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,475 |
| | Posted: | | | | If your CD/DVD skips, a light coating of car wax might fix the problem. |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 3,830 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Dr. Killpatient: Quote:
It took a bit of rubbing but a Q*Tip plus rubbing alcohol got the marker off! I'll let my son see if he can continue where he left off when he gets home from school tomorrow.
If it works, then I'll watch the movie too. Did it work and will you watch the movie?  | | | | Sources for one or more of the changes and/or additions were not submitted. Please include the sources for your changes in the contribution notes, especially for cast and crew additions. |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,918 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Giga Wizard: Quote:
Did it work and will you watch the movie? Entire disc played without issue. |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 3,830 |
| | Posted: | | | | nice to know this one worked out all right | | | | Sources for one or more of the changes and/or additions were not submitted. Please include the sources for your changes in the contribution notes, especially for cast and crew additions. |
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