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Removing Sharpie auto from a postcard

RobbRobb Posts: 2,034 ✭
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I have an undesired auto on a postcard. I'm afraid to take fingernail polish remover to it. Anything else that I might try first?
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    Yankees001Yankees001 Posts: 1,496 ✭
    Could you post a photo? That way everyone can see exactly what it looks like.

    Who is the autograph of?
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    RobbRobb Posts: 2,034 ✭
    It's just a portrait postcard from the early 90s. It's signed in the lower corner rather than across the middle, thankfully, but I still want to be able to remove it w/o doing visible damage to the postcard. It's a non-glossy finish but still a lil' smooth- it's not porous and the ink didn't bleed.
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    storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭
    You could try a qtip test with a mix of

    rubbing alcohol and WD40.

    ....


    acetone should do it, too but it can be harsh.

    Folks Who Bite Get Bitten. Folks Who Don't Bite Get Eaten.
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    RobbRobb Posts: 2,034 ✭
    I'll try the WD-40/rubbing alcohol mix before trying the acetone. I know it's all guesswork but probably a 50/50 mix?

    Or, if anyone happens to have an Oil Can Boyd 1990 Expos Postcard, I'd be even better off.
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    storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭
    "..I know it's all guesswork but probably a 50/50 mix?.."

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    I guess.

    The qtip should not be dripping wet. No droplets on the paper.

    LIGHT pressure.

    Folks Who Bite Get Bitten. Folks Who Don't Bite Get Eaten.
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    lsutigers1973lsutigers1973 Posts: 11,093 ✭
    If that doesn't work send it to me. I can get it off with my pressure washer.
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    RobbRobb Posts: 2,034 ✭
    The mix didn't work. image
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