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• Thread starter OrbitalPower
• First date May 7, 2008

In this case, on the meridian corner of the book.

I occasionally purchase some of my books used, and they accept stickers and stamps on them. I by and large don't mind but this one is on the top of the volume when the book is airtight (on the top of the page), and it is some ink stamp.

I tried removing information technology with water, and I even tried to sand it off just it doesn't seem to want to budge. Does anybody know a good solution that would go this off?

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endeavour hydrogen peroxide, or one of the oxy- cleaners.

I tried Hydrogen peroxide and Isopropyl booze and it won't budge. I guess information technology's just the colour of the newspaper now.

You get a box of matches, a propane torch...um, nevermind. :uhh:

Bleach volition remove ink, but information technology will leave a yellowish discoloration.

Dab a q-tip in bleach and touch a spot of the ink with it and see what happens.

It depends on what type of ink information technology is. I've been restoring artwork (prints, paintings, etc.) for well-nigh thirty years at present--mostly role time. In that location are dissimilar types of ink. Some deliquesce in unlike types of alcohol (iso, denatured, grain), some in kerosene, acetone, turpentine---some even in water, or xylene even. So there are a few to attempt--some need precautions to work with. If the stamp bothers you, take it to a restorer, or maybe your chemical science teacher.

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information technology mostly depends on the original solvent in the ink and the original vehicle in the ink (its similar to the solvents and vehicles in paints).

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and, yes, you lot tin can try bleach so rinse/soak really well ---if that doesn't work also endeavour ammonia then rinse well----you may accept to combine some of the above even (more than likely)

when I mention 'combine' --don't combine ammonia and bleach (bad--very baaad)----what I meant was you may have to combine working with one first then another with drying footstep in between. If you aren't conscientious though, you may terminate up with pulp. It takes quite a bit of experience to practice a 'good' chore.

How most a laser tuned to the absorbtion frequency of the ink? That seems to work reasonably well for tattoo removal.

Acetone is a wonder for most types of ink and yes it works at times where isopropyl alcohol is non compatible. You may be able to obtain ane at Lowe'south or at Home Depot.

Acetone is a wonder for most types of ink and aye information technology works at times where isopropyl booze is non compatible. Y'all may exist able to obtain one at Lowe's or at Home Depot.

Or go to any local drugstore or grocery store and find nail smoothen remover (only avoid the ones that say "non-acetone" on them). It may have other stuff in information technology as perfumes and such, merely it's strong plenty and inexpensive enough without having to hunt through home comeback stores for pure acetone.

Hmmm... Thanks. I gauge I'll effort acetone and so maybe bleach if worse comes to worse. Information technology's really a library postage on the top of the pages so I idea it'd be easy to remove.

Hmmm... Thanks. I guess I'll attempt acetone and then maybe bleach if worse comes to worse. It's really a library stamp on the top of the pages so I thought it'd exist easy to remove.

what?!!!

Hmmm... Thanks. I guess I'll endeavor acetone and then maybe bleach if worse comes to worse. It'south really a library stamp on the top of the pages and so I thought it'd be easy to remove.

I'm going to mail service a picture in a second showing results with ball point pen, which IMHO, is the hardest ink to remove. Regular ink will exist completely removed by bleach, ball point is left so faint as to barely meet information technology. I've been using regular bleach to remove ink for years.

the letters blea at the pinnacle - the bl was treated with a commercial ball point ink remover, the letters ea were treated with a drop of bleach.

the "ea" below that is untreated and the "ea" below that was treated with acetone.

The bleach wins.

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very scientific approach, there, Evo--and I can encounter how and why you suggest bleach

if it was ballpoint, I'd say, get for it ---and, information technology may work--and if he has bleach

The first thing that I would tell him, though,.....

is to check the library, as it may exist a overdue book.

ps---blea? is that, similar, yuck?

is to check the library, as it may be a overdue book.

He said he got it at a booksale. I have old library books from such sales too. The libraries will sell off onetime books that don't get much circulation to make a piffling coin toward buying newer books (sometimes they get a agglomeration donated as well and sell those off as well).

yeah---I'm a volume collector too (1500-2000). Information technology just depends on what the 'library postage stamp' is and says---whether or not its has and is a 'withdrawn' postage or 'property of' stamp.

I've bought used books before and returned them as they were however active.

yes---I'm a book collector also (1500-2000). It just depends on what the 'library stamp' is and says---whether or non its has and is a 'withdrawn' stamp or 'property of' postage.

I've bought used books before and returned them as they were even so agile.

I figure if for some reason the volume really is an overdue library volume, the person selling information technology volition be buying the library a new ane through overdue fines anyway, and then don't worry about information technology. If you don't return information technology, you've bought information technology anyway.

He said he got information technology at a booksale. I have former library books from such sales too.

That's where I got my favourite 'Freddy the Pig' book (Freddy and the Ignormus).
Speaking of which... Evo, did yous happen to find how much your illustration resembles a one-eyed hog?

Wow. Thanks evo I appreciate the comparing and I remember bleach will work.

As for the Library stamp, it says McMillen Library and the address of the library in Indiana.

I bought it off Amazon from a visitor chosen "alibris," who have sold over 20,000+ books through the site. So I dubiousness that they go effectually checking out books and selling them on the internet, although I approximate will check with the library. I had bought a Martin Gardner volume on mathematical puzzles just before this book from the aforementioned company, and it was not ex-library.

This may be a big reason to want to remove the stamp in the first identify. :rofl:

The volume was described equally being in new condition, and they usually are, but while this one looks like it's never been used information technology is indeed ex-library. It's really a calculus book. I decided to buy it after reading a recommendation in the "science book reviews" section of this site.

I'm somewhat of a collector myself, although I don't have anywhere well-nigh a thousand books. Generally I have collected some philosophical and math books - and I usually endeavor and become books that are in a serial. For case, if I got Rousseau'south Discourses from Cambridge Press, and I decided to buy Locke's Two Treatises of Government, I'd as well become the Cambridge Press edition. Sometimes a certain philosopher will take a series of books from a publisher like Routledge, and if I get one I volition usually try and get the others from the same company. Of course, I try and friction match editions also.

But again thanks for the aid.

OrbitalPower, after you use the bleach, be sure to "rinse" that part with h2o several times. I would place absorbent newspaper towels under the page and repeatedly dab enough water on the spot to soak through and rotate the paper towel each time. The bleach can turn the paper yellow and it also may weaken the paper, equally volition most other things suggested here.

I've bought quite a few from Alibris. Amazon uses Alibris'due south inventory, and Alibris is a dealer seller site (mostly dealers) where they sell their books through (sort of similar ebay).

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On amend quality artwork /paper subsequently rinsing, its good to even neutralize any remaining bleach, and then rinsing again in RO or distilled water.

I'd exist inclinded to become with Re's suggestions near this. After all, he has the feel in real-life situations. 1 does not get to be an art restorer without knowing one's business.

(Does this mean that you tin can restore Artman to... never mind.)

With all due respect to Moonbear and Evo - nailpolish acetone is non worth it y'all actually need to buy the pure acetone itself. There'due south an EPA article that I had at work a while agone which describes various solvents for cleaning purposes however not quite certain where information technology is at the moment.

With all due respect to Moonbear and Evo - nailpolish acetone is not worth information technology you really need to purchase the pure acetone itself. There's an EPA article that I had at work a while ago which describes various solvents for cleaning purposes nevertheless non quite sure where it is at the moment.

For only removing ink? Acetone-based nail polish removers have a pretty loftier acetone concentration (some are well-nigh 100%, but that might just be at salon supply stores now). Don't employ the ones that have all the extra additives, just REGULAR nail polish remover I was referring to (and non the non-acetone ones).

Edit: Well, since I had a stamp pad and nail polish remover handy, I gave information technology a examination. Indeed, smash smoothen remover only smears the stamp pad ink, it doesn't remove it (or not enough of it to make information technology worthwhile...the smeary mess is more unsightly than a postage stamp). Don't know if pure acetone would work better or not, merely I guess smash polish remover isn't the answer (it did do a great job of removing the roller brawl gel ink that I likewise wrote on the paper with...the pen was out on the desk and why not add it while playing ).

(Does this mean that you tin restore Artman to... never mind.)

it depends.....

did Artman get stamped on with ink or written on with ballpoint?

Well, the bleach really worked perfectly. No muss, no fuss. I myself was a flake incredulous at start, so I put a smidgen on the pages of ane of the books from my University library, which has 3 stamps, i on each side with pages like the color of bleach itself, and it seemed similar information technology would remove it. Later that, I then put some bleach on a paper towel and rubbed the top of the book I bought about 15 to 20 times and the stamp was completely gone.

I then rinced it with regular cold h2o from the kitchen. I guess if you lot look closely, nether the correct light, you tin can nevertheless kind of run across an outline of where the stamp was.

The first pic is of the meridian of the book and my photographic camera isn't even good enough to pick whatever discolorization, only the ends kind of look like a different color of white, some of which may have been due to my previous attempts to get it off. The bluish stain was already there and I consider that just part of the book's history, whereas the postage made it experience less like "my book."

The other two pics are of the pages, which are all make clean, and the comprehend. It'due south a very pretty book, is doing fine but even so drying, and definitely thanks evo for the recommendation.

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I've bought quite a few from Alibris. Amazon uses Alibris'south inventory, and Alibris is a dealer seller site (mostly dealers) where they sell their books through (sort of like ebay).

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On better quality artwork /newspaper subsequently rinsing, its adept to fifty-fifty neutralize any remaining bleach, and then rinsing again in RO or distilled water.

Interesting. I guess it'due south not Alibris's error that it got listed as "like new," then. Virtually of the time people specifically annotation if a book is ex-library when described as being "like new" or "very good."

Even if I had bought another book (considering I hate books with names on them other than my ain) I still would have saved from the cost of a new book, though. For the well-nigh part I've had good luck with amazon.

Thankfully evo's solution worked, though, and the bleach was less than a $ane.50, in a smaller canteen.

Thank you Orbital, I'one thousand glad it worked. I often postal service solutions and no 1 listens to me. They will continue posting most how nothing works and I will say "howdy??? did you run into my post about what to practice ii weeks agone"????

No one listens to Evo.

Last edited: May 13, 2008

Everyone heed to evo, she's correct. :tongue:

Information technology was actually your own example that convinced me.

I would have tried it right abroad but I didn't have any bleach in the house. That'south considering I've been using Tide with Bleach Culling for my laundry. And I didn't want to utilize that because I thought it might turn the pages blueish, plus it's the "alternative" version. :rofl:

Thanks Orbital, I'm glad it worked. I frequently post solutions and no i listens to me. They will continue posting well-nigh how nothing works and I will say "hello??? did you see my mail service well-nigh what to do two weeks agone"????

No one listens to Evo.

hmmm, that reminds me.... did you ever electronic mail 'what's his name'?

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