ink on my LP

[gehazan]

hi, this is my first post in this forum.

Yersterday, i found my gibson Lp Studio Alpine White with blue ink on a side. it's bic ink.

what product can i use to take it away??withought damageing the laquer???

thanks

gabi

[DAS44]

A nitrocellulose safe polish should work fine (I siggest Gibsons pump polish)

[ledzep59]

That's not permanent ink, so you may just be able to rub it off with a wet cotton cloth.

[tbonesullivan]

Yeah... soft cloth and water should do, or as said before Gibson pump polish. It's the only thing I use on my Nitro-finished guitars.

[Bluemoon]

How did you get ink on it...younger brother?

[gehazan]

i will try with a cloth and water.

IT's MY OLDER BROTHER, HIS 24, BUT I DONT FUC"""" KNOW HOW HE DID THAT

[gehazan]

i TRIED,AND ALSO WITH DETERGENT, BUT THE INK DIDNT DISAPEARED TOTALLY!

[bubba_leon]

If all else fails try this. My bud used it on his LP and he swears by it.

 

http://www.guitarscratchremover.com/

[Andre S]

20 grit sand paper will remove it all' date=' ink, paint, wood...........etc.[/quote']

 

I thought 80 and then 220 is what you should use?

 

 

Seriously though, what grit do you use?

[bobv]

If water doesn't work completely, next try a slighltly less polar solvent before going to anything abrasive. Naptha (lighter fluid) is perfectly safe for nitrocellulose lacquer finishes and it might get the rest of the ink off. If you have paint thinner (mineral spirits) that's okay too but not as effective as naptha and it won't evaporate as quickly so it can leave a smeary residue. Emulsions used to clean furniture like Liquid Gold can also be helpful to remove marks and dirt and maybe even ink (so long as it wasn't a magic marker because the alcohol in the ink penetrates the lacquer and takes the pigment with it).

 

However, stay away from rubbing alcohol (isopropanol), denatured alcohol (ethanol), acetone, or lacquer thinner which will either make white spots on the lacquer or will eat into it completely.

 

After trying water and naptha it's time for something really mild in terms of an abrasive, like buffing compound or polish.

[Hall]

I wouldn't at all' date=' I was joking[/quote']

 

 

Went the route of the Colonel's product, huh. I was waiting to see. Wise move. One never knows.

 

 

Groper

[gehazan]

If water doesn't work completely' date=' next try a slighltly less polar solvent before going to anything abrasive. Naptha (lighter fluid) is perfectly safe for nitrocellulose lacquer finishes and it might get the rest of the ink off.[/quote']

i will try, thank you.