This is almost a little embarassing but I can't find much information
anyhwere else, and I'm sure someone here will know...

Our band has this new CD. We get asked to autograph 'em. But our art
folks didn't leave us much white space in the liner notes.

These are stamped (not burnt) CD's, with silk-screened art on the disc. Is
there any harm in using a Sharpee on the silk-screened top surface of the
CD itself??

Scott
(no, the other other one...)

SRS wrote:

These are stamped (not burnt) CD's, with silk-screened art on the disc. Is
there any harm in using a Sharpee on the silk-screened top surface of the
CD itself??

With all the warnings about using only special CD pens, I can never
seem to find mine when I need it, but I have plenty of Sharpies. I've
never ruined a CD by writing on it with a Sharpie. But then I don't
have any that I've written on that are more than a couple of years old,
and CDs can fail after 10 years for all sorts of reasons.

I wouldn't worry about it. It'll certainly still play when they get it
home, and after that, it's the customer's problem. g

Just don't write on the silver side.

On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 11:19:20 GMT, SRS
wrote:

This is almost a little embarassing but I can't find much information
anyhwere else, and I'm sure someone here will know...

Our band has this new CD. We get asked to autograph 'em. But our art
folks didn't leave us much white space in the liner notes.

These are stamped (not burnt) CD's, with silk-screened art on the disc. Is
there any harm in using a Sharpee on the silk-screened top surface of the
CD itself??

Scott
(no, the other other one...)

Keep a silver metallic pen in your pocket, and you can sign the liner
anywhere - white is not necessary.

All you have to do then is think of a way of disguising the fact that
you go around hoping to be asked for an autograph. I suppose it is OK
at a concert.

I have a 45 of All Along the Watchtower autographed by Jimi, and the
signature is just barely visible against the label. Makes no
difference though, it is just as precious.

d

--
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

Not so much an answer to your question, but I've seen cds with
silk-screened tops eventually form air bubbles between the cd and the
paint when I played them on a laptop or left them inside my car's cd
player on a hot day.

I guess it depends on the screening process, but I thought I'd mention
it in case you don't know that already.

SRS wrote:

These are stamped (not burnt) CD's, with silk-screened art on the disc. Is
there any harm in using a Sharpee on the silk-screened top surface of the
CD itself??

Maybe. The verdict is still out and personally I'm a little worried about it.

How long is your CD? If the CD is short, the actual data is only on the
inside of the disc, and you can sign the back near the edge safely without
any problem; if it does eat its way through, it will only damage blank space.

Also, is the back all covered with silkscreen ink or is much of it blank?
The silkscreening may provide some protection from the sharpie ink.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
...
SRS wrote:

These are stamped (not burnt) CD's, with silk-screened art on the disc.
Is
there any harm in using a Sharpee on the silk-screened top surface of the
CD itself??

Maybe. The verdict is still out and personally I'm a little worried about
it.

How long is your CD? If the CD is short, the actual data is only on the
inside of the disc, and you can sign the back near the edge safely without
any problem; if it does eat its way through, it will only damage blank
space.

Also, is the back all covered with silkscreen ink or is much of it blank?
The silkscreening may provide some protection from the sharpie ink.

I've got CDR's that are several years old with Sharpie on them and they are
just fine, don't know if that applies equally to regular CD's, though...

SRS wrote:

our art
folks didn't leave us much white space in the liner notes.

Last time folks I knew were autographing CDs, they brought along some
silver-metallic sharpies for those who wanted sigs on dark backgrounds.

--
"Coloured and animated, the concerts and spectacles are as many
invitations to discover the universes of musicians and artists
who tint with happiness our reality."
To reach me reverse: moc(dot)xobop(at)ggestran

In article .com,
"Mike Rivers" wrote:

SRS wrote:

These are stamped (not burnt) CD's, with silk-screened art on the disc. Is
there any harm in using a Sharpee on the silk-screened top surface of the
CD itself??

With all the warnings about using only special CD pens, I can never
seem to find mine when I need it, but I have plenty of Sharpies. I've
never ruined a CD by writing on it with a Sharpie. But then I don't
have any that I've written on that are more than a couple of years old,
and CDs can fail after 10 years for all sorts of reasons.

I wouldn't worry about it. It'll certainly still play when they get it
home, and after that, it's the customer's problem. g

Just don't write on the silver side.

Those who care about these sorts of things usually back up the
information so this problem is non-existant.

And if they don't, indeed its their problem.

Back on topic: I've got cheap and brand name cdr's quite a few years old
(macos 8.5 to give an idea) with sharpie ink and still able to be read.
They seem to die from the elements and/or handling first.

Cyrus wrote:

Those who care about these sorts of things usually back up the
information so this problem is non-existant.

So how do you label the backups? g

A friend of mine uses a paint pen for labeling his CDs. I don't know if
it's any less risky to the shiny layer, but you can get high from the
smell (I think it's model airplane dope in a pen). That might be an
enhancement for certain kinds of music.

SRS wrote:
This is almost a little embarassing but I can't find much information
anyhwere else, and I'm sure someone here will know...

Our band has this new CD. We get asked to autograph 'em. But our art
folks didn't leave us much white space in the liner notes.

These are stamped (not burnt) CD's, with silk-screened art on the disc. Is
there any harm in using a Sharpee on the silk-screened top surface of the
CD itself??

Scott
(no, the other other one...)

I'm not sure I buy into all the CD marker scare. I've never had the
opportunity to see any research, but just to be safe I have used the CD
markers.

Sharpie now has a pack of CD markers (that work better than the TDK)
for fairly cheap and they are available at Office Depot and Walmart.
So I have them scattered all over the studio and the office.

Doc Weaver

On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 18:23:28 +0000, Romeo Rondeau wrote:


"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
...
SRS wrote:

These are stamped (not burnt) CD's, with silk-screened art on the disc.
Is
there any harm in using a Sharpee on the silk-screened top surface of
the CD itself??

Maybe. The verdict is still out and personally I'm a little worried
about it.

How long is your CD? If the CD is short, the actual data is only on the
inside of the disc, and you can sign the back near the edge safely
without any problem; if it does eat its way through, it will only damage
blank space.

Also, is the back all covered with silkscreen ink or is much of it
blank? The silkscreening may provide some protection from the sharpie
ink.

I've got CDR's that are several years old with Sharpie on them and they
are just fine, don't know if that applies equally to regular CD's,
though...

I've had CDRs stop working because I used a permanent marker on them.
I think the reason for using 'CDR pens' is that you never know what
solvent is in it otherwise. Some markers might be fine, others not.

The materials safety sheets for sharpies show quite a variation...

The Sharpie industrial extra fine point and fine point has
ethylene glycol monobutyl ether (111-76-2), ethylene glycol monoethyl
ether (110-80-5), ethyl alcohol (64-17-5)

The Sharpie fine point permanent has
n-propanol (71-23-8), n-butanol (71-36-3), diacetone alcohol (123-42-2)

One of those solvents has got to do something to the acrylic lacquer on a
CD. Sharpie say using their pens on CDs will be OK, but they also make CDR
pens for some reason.