On Monday 23 October 2006 04:27, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 22 October 2006 21:59, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > >>> snip > >> > >> At some point in time it was reported that the inks commonly used in > >> marking pens contained solvents that could degrade the disk material > >> over time, which led the Sharpie people to market a special CD/DVD > >> marker for the purpose. Yeah, I bought one. > > > > Humm, never have seen one of those, but OTOH, never looked specifically > > for one either. BTW, how did it work, and did it last a decent time > > period? > > I got them at Office Depot (or similar) last spring, so it's way too > early to tell. One thing that I learned is that the pen will become > clogged if it is used to write on paper, so I always mark the paper disk > cover with some other type of pen _before_ I insert the disk. > Yes, I buy CD/DVD marker pens. If I can't get them (rare now) I buy projector marker pens. They seem to be equally OK. I did take it that the reference to 'felt tip' pen was referring to the physical type, not the ink type, Anne
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