Painting 'matte' surface on CDs & DVDs to make them printable

I have an inkjet with an adaptor to allow for direct printing on CDs and
DVDs. I also have a bunch of inkjet printable DVDs and the print looks
great. What I'm wondering is if I could mask my older discs that are not
printable and spray paint them with something like a flat white paint so
that I could then print on them. Anybody have an idea?

 

I wouldn't want to try it. There are adhesive CD-shaped labels you can print
onto and stick to the disc too, but I wouldn't want to try that either.

Printable-surface discs are so cheap now i'd suggest backing up your old
discs to new ones with printable surfaces.

 

I've heard of a lot of problems with DVDs and the stickers because of
throwing off the balance and making the disc unreadable. Paint wouldn't
do much more than the ink itself.

It's not so much the cost as it is the time involved to copy the data. I
could spray all of my discs in a very short time.

 

If you decide to paint the surface, try to find a water based paint rather than a
solvent based paint.
Apply several very thin coats rather than a single thick coat.
The solvent may soften the plastic disk and adversely affect the sensitive coating
underneath.
Also, make sure that the paint surface will accept the ink from your printer.
Definitely try it on one disk first. Then try to play the disk a week later.
If it is OK after a week, it will probably be OK after a few years.
Bob Williams

 

From: "Robert E. Williams"

I believe the "sensitive" coating is on the top. He would be painting the
coating or whatever the manufacturer put over the coating instead of the
plastic disk.

Ron