Can black Sharpie be removed from pickup bobbins?
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Nostalgic Distortion
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Re: Can black Sharpie be removed from pickup bobbins?
LOL, some people's children....
Try some nail polish remover, conservatively & take your time. That should take it off without doing any harm to the pickup & to be perfectly honest I don't think you can make it look much worse at this point?
LOL, some people's children....
Try some nail polish remover, conservatively & take your time. That should take it off without doing any harm to the pickup & to be perfectly honest I don't think you can make it look much worse at this point?
Kamanda~SD
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Re: Can black Sharpie be removed from pickup bobbins?
Nail polish remover can do the trick, or you can try the dry erase method
Nail polish remover can do the trick, or you can try the dry erase method
Rex_Rocker
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Re: Can black Sharpie be removed from pickup bobbins?
Rubbing alcohol should do the trick.
Rubbing alcohol should do the trick.
speed2dirt
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White-Out.
White-Out.
ItsaBass
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Rubbing alcohol does a good job on Sharpie, while posing zero risk to the pickups. It might take you a while to get it 100 percent gone, but just keep rubbing. Again, it poses zero risk to the plastic. Acetone (of which nail polish remover is basically a thinned-down version) is a bad idea. That can melt plastic fast.
Rubbing alcohol does a good job on Sharpie, while posing zero risk to the pickups. It might take you a while to get it 100 percent gone, but just keep rubbing. Again, it poses zero risk to the plastic. Acetone (of which nail polish remover is basically a thinned-down version) is a bad idea. That can melt plastic fast.
ItsaBass
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Re: Can black Sharpie be removed from pickup bobbins?
Metal and plastic polishes could do the trick as well. I use Maas (a very fine creamy metal polish) to remove Duncan logos from bobbins. Then alcohol to clean off the remnants of the Maas, and finally plastic polish to shine the bobbin back up.
If taking this route, make sure to sink or remove the pole piece screws, so any fragile plating on them isn't polished away.
Metal and plastic polishes could do the trick as well. I use Maas (a very fine creamy metal polish) to remove Duncan logos from bobbins. Then alcohol to clean off the remnants of the Maas, and finally plastic polish to shine the bobbin back up.
If taking this route, make sure to sink or remove the pole piece screws, so any fragile plating on them isn't polished away.
Thundermtn
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I used toothpaste to take sharpie off of one my doors the kids colored on back in the day, it's not the same plastic as bobbins but plastic none the less. It took some time but it worked pretty well.
I used toothpaste to take sharpie off of one my doors the kids colored on back in the day, it's not the same plastic as bobbins but plastic none the less. It took some time but it worked pretty well.
Teleplayer
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^ This. Rubbing alcohol will work well for sharpie marker, so no need for anything else. I admit I have used Acetone to take the Seymour Duncan logos off the pickup covers. Acetone is risky because it can dissolve some types of plastic.
^ This. Rubbing alcohol will work well for sharpie marker, so no need for anything else. I admit I have used Acetone to take the Seymour Duncan logos off the pickup covers. Acetone is risky because it can dissolve some types of plastic.
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BenPerkins
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Re: Can black Sharpie be removed from pickup bobbins?
Black sharpie removal = rubbing alcohol, period
Black sharpie removal = rubbing alcohol, period
Re: Can black Sharpie be removed from pickup bobbins?
Go back over the surface with a Sharpie to liquify what's already there, then wipe the bobbins with 90% alcohol. Repeat if necessary. If you have staining, take the top layer off using some 1000 grit paper, then 1500, then rub the surface out with rubbing compound and polish. If you like a dull bobbin, leave after 1500 grit.
Go back over the surface with a Sharpie to liquify what's already there, then wipe the bobbins with 90% alcohol. Repeat if necessary. If you have staining, take the top layer off using some 1000 grit paper, then 1500, then rub the surface out with rubbing compound and polish. If you like a dull bobbin, leave after 1500 grit.
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Ben1962
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Re: Can black Sharpie be removed from pickup bobbins?
Use a cream colored sharpie and tell everybody is one of larry's
Use a cream colored sharpie and tell everybody is one of larry's
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