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Removing Sharpie from fretboard

#21
Hopkins said:
Because not everyone has some ethanol laying around, but most people have a can of Off. There is nothing else in it other than deet, (which will do nothing to the finish), water, and propellents.
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OFF works miracles for cleaning dry erase residue from an old stained dry erase board. Of course then you have to find a detergent cleaner to get rid of the grease left behind.

For sharpie on many surfaces, I've found that rubbing paraffin (candle wax) on the pen marks, then wiping off with isopropyl alcohol works exceptionally well. I have no idea why or where I learned it. Perhaps somebody who didn't regularly fall asleep during high-school chemistry could speculate as to why it works so well? :atoz:
 
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#25
Come on, not everyone has ethanol lying around the house, but surely most everyone has rubbing alcohol. it's like 75 cents a gallon at the Family Dollar. Sure it's not the anhydrous / electronics grade variety, but it'll get the job done, and clean a boo-boo too.
 
#27
Hopkins said:
Exactly what is it that you think that alkanes (propane, butane, and isobutane will do to plastic)
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It will solubilize the stearates allowing the polymer to fall apart.


the yeti said:
wait, the op's frets are plastic? :eyebrow:
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Good call. A liquid with such a high viscosity as the small alcohols would never run onto the finish. :eyebrow:
 
#28
The good 'ol internet, where experts are treated like quacks and quacks are venerated as experts.

Mikey's original response alludes that he has both knowledge and confidence in the relevant subject matter. Before countering or sidelining such advice, I would do a little research - try to find out whether or not this person justifiably speaks with confidence, or whether he is just another net warrior with lots of opinions and nothing to back them up. That research, conducted entirely within the confines of Talkbass, would quickly make one aware that Mikey is a chemist. Chemists usually know a lot about chemicals. Sharpies are chemical based. Further looking shows that Mikey is a well established luthier and woodworker. The sharpie in question is on a piece of wood that is part of a musical instrument. Conclusion: Mikey is qualified, and perhaps uniquely so within the TB community, to offer advice on this subject.
 
#30
Hawkbone said:
The good 'ol internet, where experts are treated like quacks and quacks are venerated as experts.

Mikey's original response alludes that he has both knowledge and confidence in the relevant subject matter. Before countering or sidelining such advice, I would do a little research - try to find out whether or not this person justifiably speaks with confidence, or whether he is just another net warrior with lots of opinions and nothing to back them up. That research, conducted entirely within the confines of Talkbass, would quickly make one aware that Mikey is a chemist. Chemists usually know a lot about chemicals. Sharpies are chemical based. Further looking shows that Mikey is a well established luthier and woodworker. The sharpie in question is on a piece of wood that is part of a musical instrument. Conclusion: Mikey is qualified, and perhaps uniquely so within the TB community, to offer advice on this subject.
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Why use logic when liberal use of close range shotgun blasts and donkey piss removed sharpie for someone?

Serious tho, well said Hawkbone.
 

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