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When buying used carts...
TyrannicalFascist:
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--- Quote from: Seraph Man on May 23, 2012, 07:22:54 AM ---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?
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No amount of permanent marker has ever been able to stand up to my Mr. Clean Magic Erasers, especially the Extra Strength ones. I've used it on action figures, cartridges, models and it all comes off within a few seconds of rubbing. If you can get access to those, you should try that. just be careful on or around labels. The only thing it doesn't get off is sticker residue. Pink erasers might also do the trick.
http://youtu.be/SRYQxrwCZSg
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Those things are fairly abrasive though. They scuff the carts pretty well in my experience :(
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I've never had that problem... ??? At least my cartridges look and feel fine, which is all that matters to me. I've never had it visibly damage any of my carts. Or anything I've used it on.
dcdan:
Rental labels on the front game label makes me really pissed off or the rental or price sticker on the artwork. It's impossible to remove these without damaging the goods. I'm really ocd about labels that can't be cleaned or removed. As for food and other slime that can't be cleaned is mostly junk and I really don't collect it. As for some with ripped labels and what not I try to stay away from it but I own a few that are too expensive to re-purchase. I did do some custom paint jobs on the smoker's stain nes and ps1 but they were free which were buried in a crawlspace. The one intrestering thing with rental labels is I have found some games in the wild with some strange places. For example, I have a game that came from some hole in the wall in hawaii. All in all, the name writting on the art, manual, or cart is annoying but can be removed with goo gone and cleaning products.
madrocsz:
--- Quote from: wiggy on May 22, 2012, 10:37:37 PM ---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 :(
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It was goo gone extreme lol
wiggy:
Well, I can see why it melted your cart based on the spec sheet. Caustic shit.
Goo Gone Composition PDF
Moviefan2k4:
I don't understand that majority of that document, but I saw the notice of it being extremely flammable at room temperature. Why would anyone sell something like that, when it catches fire so easily?