making a personilzation go away

[HOFautosChris]

White Sanford photo eraser

[milkit1]

Its signed in black sharpie.

[Duluth Eskimo]

There are a few solutions that will remove Sharpie from a glossy surface. You can use many things, but one of the best is called Pec-12 which is a archival photo emulsion cleaner. Bascially meaning that is what it's made for. One thing it will not do is remove scratches or indentations made by the pen or sharpie fiber tip.

[canjond]

Originally Posted by Duluth Eskimo

There are a few solutions that will remove Sharpie from a glossy surface. You can use many things, but one of the best is called Pec-12 which is a archival photo emulsion cleaner. Bascially meaning that is what it's made for. One thing it will not do is remove scratches or indentations made by the pen or sharpie fiber tip.

Totally agree. Pec-12 is great. One other thing to note is that you will often see a faint remnant of the writing even after removing. It's usually only visible when tipping the surface into the light.

[milkit1]

Thanks guys! I am working on a monty pythons flying circus autographed set and just got michael palin back personalized. The cards are pretty glossy but not sure if they are glossy enough.

[canjond]

Originally Posted by milkit1

Thanks guys! I am working on a monty pythons flying circus autographed set and just got michael palin back personalized. The cards are pretty glossy but not sure if they are glossy enough.

Try it first on a spare card?

[thecatspajamas]

Something else to try is marking over the personlization with a black dry erase marker, then wiping the whole thing off. Seeing this thread reminded me of someone mentioning this previously, but I never actually tried it until just now. I took out a photo I care nothing about, made a big bold mark in the white margin with a black sharpie, let it dry, wiped my finger across to make sure, rubbed it with a cloth (no effect), took out a black dry erase marker, tried the marker first by itself on the photo beside the mark (wiped clean), then colored over the sharpie mark with dry erase marker making several passes so that it was covered completely and "thickly", took the same cloth and wiped it clean away. You would never know the sharpie mark was there. Amazing! And I was pretty skeptical about this method when I first saw it.

I don't know if there is a "time limit" as to how soon you have to do this to be able to remove it cleanly, but I'm on the hunt for an older low-value sharpie signature to try it out on now.