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AMDZen

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I am looking for something that will effectively erase Ink over a surface consecutive times. Normal, manual, ink erasers like this work ok but require you to pretty much take off the top layer of paper which makes it difficult to re-erase.

I was told a industrial ink eraser works well, like this but other reviews I've read online say they are even worse and tear the paper.

Anyone have experience with the auto erasers using the ink erasers? Or anyone know a better alternative that doesn't involve liquid paper?
 
lxskllr

lxskllr

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An electric eraser using cleaning fluid infused erasers work best, but even they're kind of half assed. Erasable pens don't write too great, and they don't erase well either, unless the technology's gotten better over the years. There's a reason pen's used for important documents ;^)
 
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lxskllr said:
An electric eraser using cleaning fluid infused erasers work best, but even they're kind of half assed. Erasable pens don't write too great, and they don't erase well either, unless the technology's gotten better over the years. There's a reason pen's used for important documents ;^)
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Link? Or more info?
 
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Nobody has mentioned an older technology, Ink Eradicator kits. These were available in stationery stores in the days of fountain pens with real liquid inks. They contained two solutions, each in a bottle with a glass rod applicator. One was basically a sodium hypochlorite (common laundry bleach), the other a neutralizing agent. You would spread a thin film of bleach on the ink to bleach it white (invisible) and then blot off the excess with a tissue. Then you would put onto that spot a bit of the neutralizing solution, and blot off the excess. You had to wait for the water to dry out, and it left the paper slightly wrinkled, as paper does when it get wet. But it completely eliminated the ink pattern. The hypochlorite bleach chemical has a detrimental reaction with paper that weakens it and turns it yellow over time. That is why the neutralizing second solution was needed - to prevent those effects.
 
AMDZen

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Paperdoc said:
Nobody has mentioned an older technology, Ink Eradicator kits. These were available in stationery stores in the days of fountain pens with real liquid inks. They contained two solutions, each in a bottle with a glass rod applicator. One was basically a sodium hypochlorite (common laundry bleach), the other a neutralizing agent. You would spread a thin film of bleach on the ink to bleach it white (invisible) and then blot off the excess with a tissue. Then you would put onto that spot a bit of the neutralizing solution, and blot off the excess. You had to wait for the water to dry out, and it left the paper slightly wrinkled, as paper does when it get wet. But it completely eliminated the ink pattern. The hypochlorite bleach chemical has a detrimental reaction with paper that weakens it and turns it yellow over time. That is why the neutralizing second solution was needed - to prevent those effects.
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Wow that sounds like what I need - assuming i could use regular household bleach for the first agent, do you know what the second one is that I could use?
 
lxskllr

lxskllr

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Probably something acidic. You'd have to equally balance the bleach though, or you'll end up with acid problems instead :^D
 
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