Removing duct tape residue.

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Thu May 15 18:32:00 2003

On Thu, 15 May 2003, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> On Thu, 15 May 2003, Joe wrote:
>
> > > Has anyone tried removing Sharpie from a chassis with textured
> > > paint? I have a couple of items that were marked up with a Sharpie,
> > > and short of paint thinner (which seems to dilute and bury the ink
> > > in the paint while damaging the texture), I've found nothing that
> > > seems to work.
> >
> > I've used alcohol on that stuff and it seems to remove some but not
> > all of it. I've never found anything that would remove it completely.
>
> Try using a stiff plastic bristle brush with the alcohol. It'll get
> deeper into the texture and remove more.

The textured paint I have with sharpie on it has a very light texture. The
problem seems to be that the paint is "soft", or some kind of scratch
resistant paint, and the sharpie was pulled down into tiny pores in the
paint. I've been wondering if I'd be better off just repainting the
covers, as they aren't very large. I just don't know where I'd get that
kind of paint, or how it needs to be cured.

-Toth
Received on Thu May 15 2003 - 18:32:00 BST