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[RRE]Sharpie 2K Problem Update

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Date sent: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 10:56:39 -0700 From: Eric Teel To: "Association of Music Personnel in Public Radio list" Subject: Sharpie 2K Problem Update

Folks:

Many of you will be disappointed to hear what I have to report... A few months or so ago, it was reported on this listserve that some stations were having problems with their CDs starting to oxidize and skip and otherwise become unusuable as (theory) a result of marking them up with Sharpie pens from Sanford.

When I passed this information along to our music director, who had just recently completed a weekend-long volunteer sharpie party to try and mark up as many of our cds as possible, he got very worried.

We decided to talk immediately to Sanford (company that makes Sharpies). They agreed there was a potential problem, and suggested we contact Amodex - a company that manufactures cleaning products. Sanford recommends Amodex highly for cleaning Sanford's products.

We sent them two test CDs. One was recently Sharpie'd, the other had been marked up many years ago. Here is what they told us:

Because the resin used in CD manufacturing is so soft and porous, none of their cleaning products can get Sharpie ink off the the cd entirely. Though the surface may be clean in appearance, some of the components of the ink have penetrated and been absorbed by the inner layers of the disc.

Heat makes the situation much worse - which for those of us in radio means 'cut down on putting cds in play/pause mode for extended periods

  • where the temperature increases.'

    • Don't use solvent cleaners to try and clean the discs, it will ruin the CDs. Just try to keep them stored in a cool place and from now on, if you must mark them up, mark the inner portion of the disc around the hole - where no information is stored.

    Thanks for reading, and good luck. If this does become more of a problem, we have already started kicking around possible ways to help stations nationwide deal with it.

    Eric Teel Jefferson Public Radio ```

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