[Nhcoll-l] Removing Marker from Bone

[Paul R Sweet]

Lena

It depends which brand of marker was used. We know from bitter experience with labeling tissue tubes that some inks are soluble in ethanol. Sharpie is one of the brands that is soluble (at least the black ink). I would try ethanol and acetone for starters.

All best, Paul

Paul Sweet
Collection Manager
Department of Ornithology
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024

T. 212 769 5780
C. 718 757 5941


From: nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Lena Hernandez
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 8:31 AM
To: NHColl
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Removing Marker from Bone

Hi All,

Does anyone have a bright idea on how to remove marker from bone? This human vertebrae is part of our teaching collection but we need to put it into service in a hands on (permenant) portion of an exhibit, so I want to make it look nice before we start using it. I have attached a few images of the marker damage for reference. If I had to make a guess I would say that it is sharpie. Because it is part of the teaching collection I do have extra leeway in the types of treatments that I can try on it but I do need it to look nice once I am done. Any ideas?

Please excuse the cross posting and thank you in advance for your help!

Lena


Lena Hernandez
Collections Manager/Registrar

Museum of Science & History
1025 Museum Circle
Jacksonville, FL 32207
(904)396-6674 x212
lhernandez at themosh.org<mailto:lhernandez at themosh.org>

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