Re: Can autographs be removed from bats?
Great thoughts from everyone. Thank you very much for your time. I guess I have to decide how expensive a bat I am willing to risk. If I was talking about a $50 bat maybe it would be worth a shot, but a $500 Dale Murphy bat is quite a risk. I will take all the great info and opinions you have all provided and give it some thought.
Thanks again for sharing your thoughts and experiences.
Mike
Can autographs be removed from bats?
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Re: Can autographs be removed from bats?
I think the key issue with removing a signature from a bat is whether the ink (whether it be black or some other color) has penetrated into the grain of the bat, or whether it is basically sitting on the surface of some sort of finish which has sealed the grain. If the former, I think removing a signature would be very difficult because you would probably need to sand into the wood beyond where the ink has penetrated. It would be up to you whether having a sanded area, looking obviously different from the finish of the rest of the bat, is acceptable. If the ink has not penetrated the wood grain, then as was suggested above perhaps some solvent can be used to remove the ink without damaging the wood or the finish on the bat. Also, if the bat is not finished with some coating sealing the grain, applying something like olive oil is going to lead to the oil getting into the wood grain and staining it, compounding your problem.Leave a comment:
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Re: Can autographs be removed from bats?
Just Kidding
I used virgin olive oil and a no. 2 pencil eraser . It will take a couple of times of applying the oil and erasing then wiping up with a clean white rag/towel . I just won on ebay a Mike DiFelice bat that was signed in silver ink . It also had 2000 written between the MLB Players Logo and The Model number , players name, etc . Well I didn't like that so I removed the 2000 with no problems and left the autograph . I will post pic's in a little while. I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS WILL WORK ON BLACK SHARPIES , I know it only works on Gold and Silver ink pens .Leave a comment:
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Here's the story on how I made my discovery . The 1999 season , just after batting practice inside The Trop , St. Petersburg, FL (not Tampa). I am trying to complete a Devil Rays team signed game used bat that Mike DiFelice gave to me . A nicely used T-141 two toned (I believe they call it a Walker Finish) bat using gold ink . Well Larry Rothschild goes to sign my bat and the pen quit working . I told Larry to shake it a little , well he shook it more than a little and gold ink went all over his hand and uniform and some even got on the bat too. Needless to say Larry was not exactly thrilled and I didn't get his autograph that day. Hey if anybody has his 1999 Home White uniform and there's gold ink on it . It's legit !!!!
Well, the mess on the bat only ruined one signature . So I had to remove all the ink Rothschild got on the bat . Maybe I should charge for my secret.......
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Re: Can autographs be removed from bats?
No disrespect intended to those of you that like game used items signed, but I am on the other side of the fence where I don't like autographs on game used items, as they were never worn that way.
I don't want to start the great debate again, I respect everyone's right to do what they want.
I personally have removed autographs fairly easily from several jerseys but I am posting this thread to ask if anyone ever removed an auto from a bat?
Is that easy to do? Impossible? I assume a light sanding in that area would take the ink off easily but I also assume it would change the appearance of that surface?
Would ink removers that work on jerseys like Amodox work on bats?
I'd like to pick up a Dale Murphy game used bat and there's two on ebay but both are signed so they don't work for me unless I could remove the signatures.
Anyone ever removed autographs from bats? Any suggestions?
Thanks.
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Can autographs be removed from bats?
No disrespect intended to those of you that like game used items signed, but I am on the other side of the fence where I don't like autographs on game used items, as they were never worn that way.
I don't want to start the great debate again, I respect everyone's right to do what they want.
I personally have removed autographs fairly easily from several jerseys but I am posting this thread to ask if anyone ever removed an auto from a bat?
Is that easy to do? Impossible? I assume a light sanding in that area would take the ink off easily but I also assume it would change the appearance of that surface?
Would ink removers that work on jerseys like Amodox work on bats?
I'd like to pick up a Dale Murphy game used bat and there's two on ebay but both are signed so they don't work for me unless I could remove the signatures.
Anyone ever removed autographs from bats? Any suggestions?
Thanks.
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