Lightscribe labels

[Canai]

OK so I recently burned my first Lightscribe discs... And after about 2 weeks in my cd changer in my car, the outer inch and a half or so of where the label was burned has faded out, and looks like it is worn off...

Anyone else have any problems with the LS labels wearing off? I'm guessing some sort of powder is coming off in the changer, so I'm thinking this might have a negative impact on the hardware in it, specifically the dust settling on the lens / getting in the lubricant and gumming it up.

The rest of the label, where the LS was not burned, is fine. I'm at a loss as to why this is happening.

 

[corkyg]

What brand of media were you using? Lightscribe burns onto a coated CD, and it burns in that coating. Counds like your coating is shedding. Never heard of that happening, but there's always a first time. Try using Verbatim or Memorex media.

 

[Zepper]

How hot does it get in your car on sunny days - how cold on other days? IAC, you should never leave media (disks or tapes) or laptop/notebook PCs in the car. Only dummies do that... Burned media in particular can't deal with extreme temps, but pressed media can also warp and/or separate making the media unusable. But only burned media can fade...

.bh.

 

[corkyg]

Sorry, I missed the car factoid that Zepper picked up on. He's exactly right - never leave home burned media in the car, especially in summer. The temps just get too extreme.

Even too warm a temp in the house can screw up stick on labels - the glue can bleed through and corrupt the data.

 

[Zepper]

Even in winter - in bright sun the inside of the car can get hot. And cold can cause layers to shrink at different rates and separate due to that. The extreme range between cold at night and hot during the day in winter just hastens the process.

.bh.

 

[Canai]

They are verbatim discs I think. Not some cheapo brand anyway. I'll take a closer look at the fading when I get home from work to see if it's uniform around the disc.

Hmm it's not going to be fun carting all my burned discs in and out of the house ever day. So I should take all discs in with me, regardless of if they are burned or pressed?

As for temperature ranges, The car gets down to about 45ºF and up to maybe 75ºF, as it is the winter/spring here now in WI.

The disc still plays fine, and I don't remember any wear or scratches on the data side of the disc, so maybe I just got a bad batch or something.

I'll post an update later tonight, maybe with some pics if I can find my digi.

 

[Zepper]

I don't think there is any equivocation in my or Corky's posts. NEVER leave media or laptops in the car, period. If you do, you will eventually pay.

.bh.

 

[moogen]

hahaha that doesn't sound like a warning, more like a...threat :Q

 

[Canai]

So I looked at the discs a little more closely, and it appears that whatever mechanism in my cd changer that moves the cds about is stripping the label off the LS discs, but not normal ones (or non LS burned ones).

So I guess this means I can't use any of my LS discs in it