Hello Everybody!
We got a new challange 10 000 card from an event. Do you have any idea?
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@para-fitt
I think this is a pretty common problem.
A lot of event also generate a lot of single use (printed) plastic.
Do you have an example of the card?
I’ll try to come up with something else than 60.000 guitar picks 
Hi, Donald. Aceton can’t work. But it seems so, that we find a company, who can relaminate them, and we can rewrite or repaint them. We wait for the price.
Thanks for your kind help. If there is any news, I write you.
Exactly.
Often the ink isn’t the problem, but the coating protecting it is.
As far as I can see pvc cards are first coated, and the information is printed on this coating, especially if they all are ‘custom’ cards.
There are also printing techniques using UV-inkts, but those are similar to the way cans are printed.
If all else fails, you could ‘black-out’ the cards, instead of ‘blanking them’ and reprint them using a ‘white ink’ printing technique.
I don’t have any acetone (or spent gift cards) or I would have run a test like this:
But maybe you already have?
Cans are always first ‘pressure cooked’ to break the coating, but maybe lightly sanding the card before trying the accetone would be enough.
What do you mean the easy way to blank them? I didn ‘t find anything about it. Although if it is possible, we can do eg. Memory card game you know.
Do they contain any RFID? (probably not)
I also see a ‘privacy’ concern, so upcycling them ‘as is’ is not an option (ruling out the guitar picks )
Melting the stuff might be a very bad idea, but maybe there’s an (easy) way to ‘blank’ them. For reuse as gift/badge card with a new print, or to be able to reshape them, without the privacy concerns.
Interesting challenge, I’ll do some creative thinking/research and look forward to any other feedback from the community.
