Can autographs be removed from bats?

[csu398]

Re: Can autographs be removed from bats?

In general, most organic solvents can do the work. The only concern is which ones don't leave irreversible damage to your item. No matter what you try, make sure that you apply small amount of the solvent on similar materials (or your helmet directly) to see if it leaves any mark. Ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, olive oil all sound pretty safe to me. Never used the product Tony recommended, but seems like he had some good experience with it.

Thanks mate, looking at the MDS of the product Tony recommends it contains: Mineral Spirits, Xylol (Xylene) and Ethyl Benzene.

Two similar products we have here are:
Methylated Spirits (Ethanol + Water) http://www.recochem.com.au/files/dow...rits_Sep11.pdf
Mineral Turpintine (Low Aromatic White Spirit - w/<1% Benzene) http://www.recochem.com.au/files/dow...dour_Sep11.pdf

I think I can also get high strength (95%+) isopropyl alcohol from our chemists (a lot of the CPU builders use it to clean the chips).

Which do you think would be better? I have some Metho at home and am tempted to try it tonight, but i'd rather do it right, do it once then try a heap of different options...

There is still the olive oil test as well

Mark.

[Klattsy]

Re: Can autographs be removed from bats?

OK, unbelievably, olive oil works!

The sig was from 2002 and it still came off with oil on the end of an ear bud. You cannot see it at all.

We tried it first thinking it would do the least harm if it didn't happen to work, but low and behold...

[mrjohnmalton]

Re: Can autographs be removed from bats?

I hate to be the "thread resurrection guy" but I didn't want to start a whole new thread to ask a simple question. When using olive oil to remove a silver or gold signature from a black bat, does it also remove ball marks etc at all? I have a bat that is just hammered with game use, but the quality of the signature on it leaves much to be desired. I want to be sure that removing the signature will not have any effect on the game used characteristics of the bat.

[Juicyfruit66]

Re: Can autographs be removed from bats?

Olive oil will remove autographs from bats. I removed a vlad guerrero I thought was a fake but wasn't worked like a charm

[metsbats]

Re: Can autographs be removed from bats?

I hate to be the "thread resurrection guy" but I didn't want to start a whole new thread to ask a simple question. When using olive oil to remove a silver or gold signature from a black bat, does it also remove ball marks etc at all? I have a bat that is just hammered with game use, but the quality of the signature on it leaves much to be desired. I want to be sure that removing the signature will not have any effect on the game used characteristics of the bat.

Never be sorry about reviving an old thread. Glad to see some of our members know how to use the search function!

[metsbats]

Re: Can autographs be removed from bats?

Would olive oil stain a natural colored bat? I would think you can get a way using olive oil only on a lacquered bat.