[Nhcoll-l] Removing Marker from Bone

[Julie Rousseau]

Hi Lena,

Acetone usually does the trick for Sharpie. Maybe try applying it with a Q-tip on small sections and patting with absorbent paper as you go. The acetone will make the ink flow and the mark spread if you just pour it on.
If there was a preservative (acryloid, paraloid, etc.) applied to the bone, the acetone will dissolve that too and you might end up with a color/surface texture difference which can be fixed by a new coat of the preservative (which could be a good idea anyway if it’s going to be touchable in the exhibit).

Julie


> Le 18 juin 2015 à 08:31, Lena Hernandez <LHernandez at themosh.org> a écrit :
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> Hi All, 
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> 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?
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> Please excuse the cross posting and thank you in advance for your help!
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> Lena
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