Official Permanent Sharpie Marker Removal Thread

[austin532 | 467]

4 minutes ago, Jfreakofkorn said:

As for me , would just leave it 

It gives it uniqueness and personality ( its one of kind in a certain way )

I definitely hear what you're saying. It's part of history and adds uniqueness to it. What if Matt Wilson was looking for his game and came across this? That would blow his mind. The problem is most buyers hate markers/stickers on their games so what are you supposed to do?

[tidaldreams | 654]

On 11/28/2020 at 10:05 PM, austin532 said:

Very carefully used 70% IPA. No damage but still has some remnants of ink. The ink still looked shiny so it was probably less then 20 years old and the back label is semi glossy. That definitely helps.

Front label is cheaper quality so I'm not going to chance it. Early SNES games had a nice and glossy label which makes it much easier to remove marker.

How did you do this without stripping the label? I've tried this before and a bunch of ink came off the label (though I think it might have been the front label).

[tidaldreams | 654]

edit: double post

Edited December 1, 2020 by tidaldreams

[austin532 | 467]

Three things:

1. The back label is semi glossy
2. The ink didn't look that old
3. Very gently clean it off with 70% IPA

For front labels on later release games I wouldn't do it.