View Full Version : Hand Stamps--Any Problems?
barely
05-12-2006, 10:42 AM
Any problems with re-entry hand stamps washing off in the pool, etc? This is a fear of mine--what to do if it should happen to me?
geoffa
05-12-2006, 10:45 AM
You may not be able to see them after water contact but they are still there - they last for a number of days. Check under any u.v. light
Vegitabeta
05-12-2006, 10:55 AM
Believe me, you have to almost scrub your hand off to remove them, so don't worry about the pool!
The Lovely Mrs. tod
05-12-2006, 11:05 AM
They come off really easy with rubbing alcohol, but that's about it.
--TLMt
Quinten27
05-12-2006, 12:37 PM
Speaking of the hand stamps........when I was there in March, the stamps gave my daughter a severe allergic reaction, which is STILL visible. After we first noticed the rash, we asked a cast member about it and they put her on a special list so that she could re-enter w/o a stamp. But I also asked the CM if they knew what was in the ink, so that we'd know what she was having a reaction to. Obvoiusly the cast member didn't know off the top of his head, so he went and got a bottle of it........only to find the bottle didn't list the ingredients.
Does anyone have any idea of what is in the ink that could cause this? She's never had a reaction to other types of hand stamps, and wasn't allergic to anything, as far as we knew before this.
Bolivar
05-12-2006, 12:46 PM
What you should have done (and what I wouldn't have thought of either in the heat of the moment) is take down the manufacturer's name and the name of the ink. I'm sure a quick google for the company name would get you an email address where you could ask that question.
Of course they might think you were a spy from the competing ink company out to steal their secret formula.
only to find the bottle didn't list the ingredients.
Does anyone have any idea of what is in the ink that could cause this? Oddy enough, yes. This is something I reserarched for an article (http://www.mouseplanet.com/merchandise/mer020805.htm)a few years ago, because of the concern others were having about reactions to the ink. Here's what I wrote at the time:
Disneyland uses an invisible ink, (WI-A800), made by Willard Marking Devices in Irvine. The label on the bottle contains a warning. "Avoid prolonged exposure with skin". I asked for the MSDS, (Material Data Safety Sheet), for the ink, and learned that the substance is classified as a Level 2, or moderate, health hazard, and is "potentially carcinogenic".
Needless to say, I don't get handstamps, and thank goodness APs don't need them anymore. As often as I go to Disneyland, it would be my luck that I would end up with a melanoma that read "Jafar."
AVP
DisneyBob
05-12-2006, 06:10 PM
Disneyland now uses Blak-Ray Readmission Ink from Hitt Marking.
Here's the link: http://www.hittmarking.com/UltravioletLampsInk.html
Scroll to the bottom of the page.
Disneytwins
05-12-2006, 06:13 PM
What doesn't cause cancer? your pretty screwed anyway... it gets to the point where you don't give a S*** what is a carcinogen.
I knew the ingrediants at one time but I forgot.
blackjackdelta
05-12-2006, 06:21 PM
Went to a H2Opark one afternoon and had no problem getting back in later.
Jack