Not sure where to post this...writing on CDs

U2girl · 04-13-2006, 04:20 AM

I use a water-resistant marker to label the CDs. So far, all of them work fine, but I read that if you write directly onto a CD, the writing will eventually "eat through" and ruin the CD.

Is that true?

greety · 04-13-2006, 08:43 AM

Good question!!

If that is true, i'm in real deep shit

Danny Boy · 04-13-2006, 08:46 AM

I have CDs I burned years ago ('99) and labeled with a sharpie. They still work fine.

greety · 04-13-2006, 08:53 AM

thank goodness

*whipessweatoffforhead

Carek1230 · 04-13-2006, 01:35 PM

Geesh just use common sense and mark the cd on the right side and there should be no problems!

VicksSs · 04-13-2006, 04:23 PM

Blank CDs say you should mark them with a soft pen marker only, so any of those should work.. nevertheless, I used to write on them with a biro and even with pencil (which is insane, yeah

) but nothing ever happened to them

Sevikins · 04-13-2006, 07:27 PM

You'd be amazed at the resiliency of CD-Rs. I use a regular blue Sharpie and it's held on just fine...

Babydoll · 04-13-2006, 08:04 PM

lol, cds are very resistant! ive handled mine with wet hands, written all over them, dropped them, wiped them with tissues and paper towels, etc etc - you name it, done everything bad and they still work perfect. cds are resistant!

Liesje · 04-13-2006, 08:45 PM

I used colored Sharpies.

The data on the CD is contained on the underside of the label, so scratching the plastic on the CD is actually not as devistating as scratching the label. I've never seen marker "eat" through the label. I suppose you could just buy acid-free pens to be safe.

04-13-2006, 04:20 AM	#1
U2girl Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: slovenija Posts: 21,096 Local Time: 08:50 PM	Not sure where to post this...writing on CDs I use a water-resistant marker to label the CDs. So far, all of them work fine, but I read that if you write directly onto a CD, the writing will eventually "eat through" and ruin the CD. Is that true? __________________

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greety Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: smack in the middle of contradiction Posts: 4,586 Local Time: 07:50 PM	Good question!! If that is true, i'm in real deep shit __________________

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Liesje Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In the dog house Posts: 19,563 Local Time: 02:50 PM	I used colored Sharpies. The data on the CD is contained on the underside of the label, so scratching the plastic on the CD is actually not as devistating as scratching the label. I've never seen marker "eat" through the label. I suppose you could just buy acid-free pens to be safe. __________________

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04-13-2006, 08:46 AM	#3
Danny Boy Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Harvard Supermodel Activist of the Decade Runner-Up Posts: 9,562 Local Time: 10:50 AM	I have CDs I burned years ago ('99) and labeled with a sharpie. They still work fine.

04-13-2006, 08:53 AM	#4
greety Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: smack in the middle of contradiction Posts: 4,586 Local Time: 07:50 PM	thank goodness *whipessweatoffforhead

04-13-2006, 01:35 PM	#5
Carek1230 Blue Crack Overdose Get me off the internetz! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: wishing I was somewhere else.... Posts: 125,647 Local Time: 11:50 AM	Geesh just use common sense and mark the cd on the right side and there should be no problems!

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VicksSs Refugee Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,414 Local Time: 03:50 PM	Blank CDs say you should mark them with a soft pen marker only, so any of those should work.. nevertheless, I used to write on them with a biro and even with pencil (which is insane, yeah ) but nothing ever happened to them

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Sevikins Refugee Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NIMCO, where the dead buses go. Posts: 2,296 Local Time: 02:50 PM	You'd be amazed at the resiliency of CD-Rs. I use a regular blue Sharpie and it's held on just fine...

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Babydoll Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Berlin, Germany. Posts: 22,280 Local Time: 08:50 PM	lol, cds are very resistant! ive handled mine with wet hands, written all over them, dropped them, wiped them with tissues and paper towels, etc etc - you name it, done everything bad and they still work perfect. cds are resistant!