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Used the water-based ones in Oz; use the Sharpie here

Posted by Metralla on February 16, 2010 at 16:28:58:
When CD Stop-Light first came out and the UK press reported it was the same as a Uni Posca water-based poster-paint marker, I bought one for all of $2 and was amazed by the difference it made to the sound of CD. My test CD was the Absolute Sound "Hearts and Space" CD that Harry went all gooey over. Mainly the first track with the Bosendorfer. That was in Brisbane where it is quite humid.

Since being in San Jose, my edge treatment changed to light sanding and a black Sharpie. The black works colour as well as the green, and looks slightly nicer in both colour and texture. I used to do a few other CD tricks - like antistatic spray on the label, and a couple of surface treatments.

When SACDs appeared and I started getting into those, I decided from the start that since they had extra resolution, I did not need to fiddle with them. And the warning from Sonopress on surface treaments was off-putting. So no surface treament, or edge treatment. An occasional blast with an Ionoclast when I remember.

Once I stopped for SACDs, I also stopped for CDs.

I'm a bit more into collectable CDs now (Japanese and West German first and early pressings, and early US pressings), and you don't want to meddle with those - as you will lower the resale value.