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Removing the "Practice stamp" on practice used baseballs
Re: Removing the "Practice stamp" on practice used baseballs
Thanks everyone I will give it a try!!!
Danesei the only reason I would like to remove them is because the teams stamp them right on the sweet spot of the baseball... For autograph purposes it is really annoying when they do that....
Re: Removing the "Practice stamp" on practice used baseballs
Originally posted by atomic912s
Thanks everyone I will give it a try!!!
Danesei the only reason I would like to remove them is because the teams stamp them right on the sweet spot of the baseball... For autograph purposes it is really annoying when they do that....
There are... six(?) panels on a baseball. If you "clean" that panel to get signed, the signature will likely bleed, as the chemical erasing the stamp will also interact with the mud, leather treatments, etc.
Wouldn't it make more sense to keep the practice stamp on the ball and have a side panel signed or maybe use some of the other balls lying around?
Re: Removing the "Practice stamp" on practice used baseballs
I use practice balls I catch in BP for autographs too. I only collect personally and never sell, so I don't mind using balls with BP marks. I do prefer the look of the auto on the sweet spot.
I find a very fine grit fingernail file with long strokes works.
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