How do you remove permanet marker from a CD?

Answer 1

There is a cleaning agent called PEC-12. You can get it any major photographic store. It is made for removing Sharpie (marker) from photographic negatives. It works very well on CDS. Only problem you may encounter is that after a few days, the permanent ink starts to seep into the CD. Especially is you have those plain and clear non-branded cds. So even after using Pec-12 you will see a shadow of the writing in the cd. For this reason, I always buy CD and DVDs that have a layer of some kind to write on. Like a silk screen design. TDK makes some that are GRAY. So they have gray paint as the top layer. This keeps the marker ink from seeping in to the data layer over time. And easy to remove the marker marks with PEC-12. Product: PEC-12 is designed to remove non-water based stains, grease, and inks from photographic emulsions and bases. It removes finger oils, grease pencil, adhesive tape residues, mildew, smoke and soot damage, gold foil stamp and most ball-point and permanent inks. It will aid in the removal of firmly affixed adhesive tape. Graphic arts applications include the easy removal of wax and rubylith.