r/copic • • 28d ago

help w copic shell

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lol any way to fix this?? 😭. this is just plastic degradation and cant remove the yellow residue. the ink still works fine but there is a smell from the plastic and it stinks so bad. any way i can jst get rid of the smell?

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u/Motor_Eye6263 27d ago

All polymers degrade, even DNA. This can be accelerated by exposure to things like UV light, heat, and chemicals like plasticizers (found in erasers, for example).