Studio Fan Mail autos come off with Nail Varnish Remover!!!

[AutographAddict]

From reading a post before on fanmail.biz, a member said that SFM autos come off if you apply nail varnish remover to them. I decided to try this to see if it worked... and to my surprise it did!!!

I even have taken photos as proof to back it up! The only thing I didn't do was take a photo before I removed the auto, but have shown it is an SFM auto as it says "Tamkin Colour" on the back. But I would not advise doing this as it sort of ruins the photo...


The photo that the autograph was taken from.


Where it says "Tamkin Colour" (may not be very clear)


The cotton wool that was used.

So in the end, it turns out it does work, but it ruins the photo!!!

AutographAddict

[TheCollector]

From reading a post before on fanmail.biz, a member said that SFM autos come off if you apply nail varnish remover to them. I decided to try this to see if it worked... and to my surprise it did!!!

AutographAddict

Hi AutographAddict

Your post did make me laugh!!!!

I thought I'd heard the last of this nail varnish remover idea!!!!

By all accounts though it looks like you have proved that trying to remove the SFM auto is a bad idea It sounded like a school chemistry experiment which went horribly wrong (mine always did!!!!)

So in the end, it turns out it does work, but it ruins the photo!!!

You made my day
Ian {thumb2}

[orangelazarus]

Haha I knew it worked!

I would try using only a tiny bit of remover on a q-tip. I did it on Lisa Kudrow and Noah Wyle and it didn't damage the photo at all.

[mookie2359]

so what does that mean that you can remove it with nail polish remover?

[TheCollector]

so what does that mean that you can remove it with nail polish remover?

Hi mookie2359

Believe me, it's a long lonnnnnnnnnng story!

The idea is that you can remove "some" of the autographs from SFM prints using nail varnish/polish remover, so you can then send the "unsigned" photo to the celeb to get a genuine autograph.

You are only able to remove the autopen type - where the signature is signed by machine on top of the photo. You are not able to use this method on pre-prints (which is where the auto is printed as part of the photo).

According to AutographAddict (who I totally trust) it appears that the result is not great.

I think it might be something to try if you absolutely can't find another picture to send to a celeb, but on the whole it seems like a lot of unnecesary work!!!! If a celeb has enough photos to provide a mass-provider like SFM, then it would seem logical that they have their own prints if you approach them for a genuine auto direct.

I am sorry guys, but I am going to close this thread as it is causing way too much confusion for other members. I can't take any more "PM" traffic trying to explain something which I personally do not advocate!

Sorry
Ian