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| wiggy:
You sure it wasn't Goof Off, not Goo Gone? Goo Gone is just orange oil, and flat out CAN'T breakdown ABS like that. Goof Off contains Xylene. I don't know what that shit is safe for, but it's no good on plastics of any sort that I've encountered :( |
| Moviefan2k4:
--- Quote from: wiggy on May 22, 2012, 10:37:37 PM ---Goof Off contains Xylene. I don't know what that is safe for, but it's no good on plastics of any sort that I've encountered :( --- End quote --- Yeah, I tried some very small drops of Goof Off a few months ago, to get some marker off my copy of TMNT2, and it melted the top of the cart. Not enough to go all the way through, but still noticeable. Not wanting to pour the rest of it down the drain, I went outside, sprayed it all on the pavement, and poured two whole pitchers of water on top of it. Later that night, my sister said she could smell something funny on the air, so whatever's in Goof Off, its not to be trifled with. |
| Mick Dundee:
GooGone is a wonderful thing! And it smells great too. I tend to clean the cartridges with windex, googone (for sticker residue and marker/pen marks) and ammonia for contacts instead of alcohol. I don't bother opening cartridges. I DO open older consoles to fix them or get them cleaner and "healthier" than they were |
| Seraph Man:
Boy, if I didn't want to open up carts and consoles before, I sure as hell don't want to now. Live roaches? Fuck that noise. If I think there's live roaches in there, I'm throwing that bitch in a fire. Not that it matters. I don't have the tools to open up a cart or console. When I buy carts, I focus on two key aspects. 1) How does the label look? The more intact it looks, the better, and stickers on labels can deter me from a purchase if I think the sticker will tear the label. 2) Does it play? Most of my purchases came from retro gaming stores (Play -N- Trade, Gamer's Inc, etc.) where they have console clones set up so people can preview these machines. I will always preview a game if I can. For Flea Markets, I now have the Retro Duo Portable, so I can test out SNES games before I buy. I've yet to come across a game that didn't play, though I do have a couple that can be finicky, which I never understood. I used to hear people joke about tilting carts to make them work, which I never understood until I found out that some people actually had to do that. My oldest SNES cart, Super Mario All-Stars, I got with the console, and it still works just like it did back then. No tilting necessary. But I digress... I've bought games with more stickers than I can imagine. I've bought dirty games. I've bought games with people's names written on them in permanent black marker. Goo Gone is my best friend for the sticker residue, though some games still have marker on them no matter how much Goo Gone I apply. I've yet to try anything else. Any recommendations? |
| CommunistGamer:
I found you can erase sharpie with a pink eraser. if that helps. |
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