removal of ink from a card

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Posted By: ralph

Does anyone out there no a fairly effective way to remove ink pen writing from a card.
Its in no way to deceive or trick,as Im sure the pen indentation will remain,and also the card isnt in great condition,but it would look much more attractive without the writing on the front.
thanks


edited title to be more specific

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Posted By: Mike

What is the card?

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Posted By: ralph

its a 1963 Topps card

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Posted By: Mike

Just leave it.

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Posted By: ralph

Mike,
The question was how do you remove ink from a card..the response shouldnt have been about how old the card is ,or which card it is, so there was no need for your smug " Im an old vintage card only" collector..and anything else is laughable and deserves a smart ass reponse because its not 80+ yrs old card

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Posted By: Damian Anderson

I think Mike asked originally what issue the card was to determine the type of stock the card had and not if "it was worth it" i.e. pre war etc. I think you know that ink removal is considered an aleration, but I get the impression that you want the card just to present well for yourself and your collection and there is nothing wrong with that. I have no idea how to get rid of ink outside of bleach which I have never tried and would think long term it would erode. I am just trying to stick up for Mike. I don't know him, but I think you misinterperated his response. You might try some gentle art erasers to try and remove without damage. Best I can recommend without doctoring. Even then some would consider doctoring.

Be Well,
Damian

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Posted By: Mike

I have never given anyone in here a smart ass response in this forum. Though I have wanted to many times. I am very much against altering cards in any way. But that's just me. I've said before, I own a 34 Gehrig grade 5, that was flattened to have a wrinkle taken out. If and when I ever sell it, I will inform the buyer.. This has been discussed enough. Besides, in removing undesirable things from paper or cardboard, many times more damage is done than there was to start with. Doesn't matter if the card is from last year, or 2500 BC. I guess that's as close to a smart ass answer as I want to give. And yes, sometimes ink can be removed.

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Posted By: Brad Green

Ralph:

There is another option here. You might consider removing the ink "digitally". By "digitally", I mean that you scan the card into the computer, then remove the ink with a computer program (Adobe Photodeluxe, etc...). You save the new image without the ink on your computer. Then, you can enjoy looking at the card without the ink anytime you want. Also in doing this, you don't risk futher damage to the actual card.

This option works well for me, because when I want to look at my cards, I simply get on the computer and look at them, because I have all of them scanned in to the computer. I don't pull my cards out that often to look at them, but I look at them on the computer VERY often.

Below is an example of a modification that I did to one of my cards. There are others on the forum that can show you similar things that they've done. I realize that it could be more difficult to digitally remove the ink from your card, depending on where the ink is on the card. (The ink might be over a very complicated background.) But, with a little work, I think it could be done.

Brad

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Posted By: Paul Arpasi

I tried an art eraser on a 63 Aaron to remove pencil (years ago before it became illegal) and found that it did a good job only at removing the green background around the mark.
Best wishes,
Paul