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An assortment of "felt" pens

The occasional need to wipe out a marking might require carrying around Q-Tips and a vial of solvent such as alcohol

So save me the trouble of an afternoon spent scrolling Google for the answer: Isn't there better way

For instance I envision another kind of Sharpie, one containing a solvent instead of ink. Or they ought to make an empty Sharpie that one could fill by wicking

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@dalehileman,

Back when WordPerfect was the hot tip in word processors, I used to custom order correction in their shade of blue. It's always better to make your corrections before you print your document, of course.

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@roger,

Thanks Rog, I use Sharpie to mark for instance a metal or glass object, was hoping to find a means for erasure easily carried around

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@dalehileman,

Sorry. I misread the situation.

I don't know of such a solvent, but when you find it, I'll about bet it isn't something you want to carry around.

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@dalehileman,

You can rub sharpie marks on glass off with a wedge of kitchen sponge - the kind that is rather bristly, or a bit of a kitchen metal scrub. Or, if you must, carry around an organic solvent.

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@roger,

I use alcohol, perfectly harmless, but carrying around a vial is a bother so for the purpose I was hoping the industry might field a "felt" pen for the purpose

As an erstwhile inventor, Sharpie, if you're listening might I suggest the tip could pull out so you could clip it off when it took on too much color

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@dalehileman,

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I use alcohol

That explains a great deal.

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@Sturgis,

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That explains a great deal.

Good one Stur, it made my whole day

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@dalehileman,

Geez, it just scrapes off of glass or even metal. I use sharpies to label things in the freezer, and I use glass for a lot of my containers. It comes right off when I want it to, using one of those small metal scrubbers you find in the kitchen section of your grocery store. Plastic ones may work too - I haven't tried them. That way I can put another label on the lid without just crossing out the first label.

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@ossobuco,

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Geez, it just scrapes off of glass or even metal.

I should have included plastic as well, marred by scraping. Otherwise Geez, thanks Oss.

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@dalehileman,

I've tried to remove Sharpie from several binders (plastic) so as to make the new titles more readable. Lighter fluid lightened it up a bit, but didn't come close to removing the lettering. Neither did isopropyl alcohol. I'm kind of afraid that the stuff actually becomes part of the substrate. Anything much stronger would like dissolve the plastic.

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@roger,

Not necessarily strong in the case with solvents, but more on the idea of like dissolves like. For example, acetone will dissolve binder plastic or calculator plastics because the polarities of both the binder & calculator and the acetone are very much the same.

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@Enzo,

Right. My use of the word 'strong' was incorrect. Maybe I should have said 'effective'

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@roger,

In my memory Sharpie (made with organic solvent or at least used to be) combines with at least some plastic, or infiltrates it, whatever.

Glass - I'm an old lab tech who labelled test tubes with sharpies. You can get it the ink off relatively easily with a scrub brush, etc.
I'm also a painter, and still have a gallon of turps (better product but works the same) around the house if I need it.

So what alcohol?
I certainly hope not a good wine or scotch.

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@ossobuco,

Isopropyl. I do now waste good ethyl alcohol.

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@roger,

I was kidding.. as is my way.

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@roger,

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I've tried to remove Sharpie from several binders (plastic)…...Lighter fluid …..didn't come close to removing the lettering. Neither did isopropyl alcohol.

Ethanol works for me but you might have a more porous plastic

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@roger,

roger wrote:

Isopropyl. I do now waste good ethyl alcohol.

Denatured is plentiful and cheap

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@Butrflynet,

Oh, those! When I was commuting to work on the bicycle, I always carried a couple in the seat bag. It's really hard to patch a dirty tube, and those things work great.

They haven't worked on the Sharpie markings on my old binders.

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