<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Gali,</div><div><br></div><div>I've found that a strong ethanol solution (70-100%) strips permanent marker from many surfaces.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Bill</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 1, 2024 at 3:30 AM Gali Beiner <<a href="mailto:gali.beiner@mail.huji.ac.il">gali.beiner@mail.huji.ac.il</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear NHColl-listers, <div><br></div><div>I'm having the bad luck of having to remove an old number written directly onto the many bones of an entire skeleton with a black marker, which is proving to be far too permanent. Those of you familiar with such tasks won't be surprised to hear that the only thing with any effect at all is ethanol, but that even so the number is still very much there. I'm hoping maybe people here have some tricks up their sleeve that I haven't tried yet in effort to remove the marker off the bones. Suggestions, anyone? </div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes, </div><div><br></div><div>Gali </div><div><br></div><div> <br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2" face="tahoma" color="#000080"><img style="width: 57px; height: 107px;" src="https://docs.google.com/a/mail.huji.ac.il/uc?id=0B5B3I3QnN7dsSzNkbGlLNDNGWG8&export=download" width="295" height="590">Gali Beiner (ACR)</font></div><div><font size="2" face="tahoma" color="#000080">Conservator, Palaeontology 
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