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Sharpie
Removing printed decals with Sharpie permanent markersHi all,
I've discovered completely by accident a method to effectively remove printed decals for renumbering purposes, which I posted in my workbench thread.
I've just bought a number of Sharpie permanent markers in various rail colours to act as "touch up liners". The silver ones are excellent for use on window surrounds.
I wanted to mask a Heljan hymek numeral to apply Shawplan steel numbers over the top, and was most surprised to see it vanish by applying a near perfect matched green Sharpie. I've played with a number of blue shades, and found it works on Bachmann models as well, but needs a bit more elbow grease. The Sharpie ink can easily be removed with acrylic thinners and does not attack the original paint, and the blue shade does not need to be a perfect match as it's removed by the thinners in any case.
I assume the fibre tip provides the necessary abrasiveness and the solvent in the ink helps matters along. It's very good with Heljan decals, and at least as good as the traditional cocktail stick/T-cut method I've been using for years on the Bachmann 44.
Neil
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White Spirit
The new V2 epNothing more exotic than white spirit. That does the job, dampen and wait about half a minute.