Anybody know anythning about the effects of fingerprints o..

External Since: Apr 26, 2007 Posts: 146

I've seen quite a few atari 2600 carts that look like they may have
suffered label damage from finger prints. Most of my games have been
cleaned, but I'm not sure whether or not this takes off the trace
amounts of acidic chemicals left behind by handling.

I'm wondering about the long term effects of fingerprints on cart
labels, especially for Genesis and n64. Anybody amassed a big
collection of real old stuff (2600, coleco, intellivision)?

dos-man

External Since: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 360

On Jul 22, 7:47 pm, dos-man 64 <ChairS... DeleteThis @mail.com> wrote:
> I've seen quite a few atari 2600 carts that look like they may have
> suffered label damage from finger prints. Most of my games have been
> cleaned, but I'm not sure whether or not this takes off the trace
> amounts of acidic chemicals left behind by handling.
>
> I'm wondering about the long term effects of fingerprints on cart
> labels, especially for Genesis and n64. Anybody amassed a big
> collection of real old stuff (2600, coleco, intellivision)?
>
> dos-man

I'd guess that if it makes it past that laminate coating that all the
carts seem to have, that it's start drying out the labels, they'll
begin to peel, then crack and eventually rot off the cart. What you
can do, if you want, is put some clear tape over where the prints used
to be. This may or may not help the issue. I have done this a few
times, it seems to work out alright...

Bel
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