How do you erase the printed text from the side of a Sharpie

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How do you erase the printed text from the side of a Sharpie

Postby Mr Grumpy » Aug 15th, '14, 10:23



Hello,

I have a routine where a Sharpie changes into a tiny Sharpie (regular Sharpie, Sharpie Mini, topit...)

The small Sharpie has Sharpie Mini printed on the side. This is a trivial issue, I realise. I can cover this word with my thumb or finger as I show the Sharpie. But I'd like to be able to hand it to someone to examine, not because I'm a cissy, but because this will free my hands and create misdirection while I set up the next part of the effect. OK, even then it's not the end of the world if they see the word 'Mini', it's a fairly comic effect... but I'm something of a perfectionist.

Also, it might be useful to be able to remove the text for other reasons.

I can scrape it off with a knife, but that leaves scratch marks. I've tried rubbing with alcohol.

Any ideas?

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Re: How do you erase the printed text from the side of a Sha

Postby soveda » Aug 15th, '14, 10:50

Very fine sand paper and then rubbing compound to get it smooth?
Works to buff out scratches in acrylic contact juggling balls.

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Re: How do you erase the printed text from the side of a Sha

Postby Mr Grumpy » Aug 15th, '14, 11:01

Of course! Why didn't I think of that?

What is rubbing compound?

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Re: How do you erase the printed text from the side of a Sha

Postby soveda » Aug 15th, '14, 11:56

Mr Grumpy wrote:Of course! Why didn't I think of that?

What is rubbing compound?

T-Cut, that sort of thing.

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Re: How do you erase the printed text from the side of a Sha

Postby Mr Grumpy » Aug 15th, '14, 12:12

Like this car stuff?
http://www.halfords.com/motoring/cleani ... mover-150g

Thanks for your advice!

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Re: How do you erase the printed text from the side of a Sha

Postby soveda » Aug 15th, '14, 13:57

Yes, toothpaste may work too, anything that is a very fine abrasive really.
You might need to add a little varnish afterwards and polish that to get the same texture but it's worth experimenting with old sharpies to see if it will work.

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Re: How do you erase the printed text from the side of a Sha

Postby Mandrake » Aug 15th, '14, 20:29

Also try CIF cream cleaner, or a supermarket own brand version, with a fine scouring pad.

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Re: How do you erase the printed text from the side of a Sha

Postby Mr Grumpy » Aug 16th, '14, 09:00

Thank you, Manders. I've never been in a car shop before, being a big girl scout. I'm definitely more of a domestic cleaning products kind of guy.

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Re: How do you erase the printed text from the side of a Sha

Postby Mandrake » Aug 16th, '14, 11:50

CIF has plenty of automotive uses, I've had three white cars over the years each one has had to have a good CIFing (originally JIFing) from time to time. I still use it to get bird muck off my caravan!

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Re: How do you erase the printed text from the side of a Sha

Postby Mr Grumpy » Aug 17th, '14, 10:32

I'm so glad you shared that with us!

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