autograph flaking need help

[ozzman]

I got a autograph in the mail today. It seems he used a paint pen because everytime you touch it or it touches the plastic the autograph flakes and smudges. Any suggestions on what to do. Someone told me hairspray but im not sure. Please help. Thanks

[svsweatyfeet11]

who is it that signed it?
If it's someone u think u can send 4 again...I would try the hair spray
I tried to help....
alias

[ozzman]

don shanks he was michael myers in halloween 5. Wouldnt hairspray ruin the picture. I printed the picture off the internet for him to sign.

[jdp3577]

you could probably do it the same way as the lip print, thats all I can think of, heres the link

http://www.absolute-fan.com/mboard/view ... hp?t=11817

[svsweatyfeet11]

I dont really know, but if you think you could send for it again, I would go for it. Or you could take a picture that didn't turn out of your own, autograph it, then spray and see if it damages.

I'd like to hear results
Alias

[TheCollector]

I got a autograph in the mail today. It seems he used a paint pen because everytime you touch it or it touches the plastic the autograph flakes and smudges. Any suggestions on what to do. Someone told me hairspray but im not sure. Please help. Thanks

Hi ozzman

To be honest I wouldn't hairspray it! If nothing else then it will leave your photo sticky and much more likely to pick up dust/dirt/fingerprints etc.

I would do as I recommended to class316 ( http://www.absolute-fan.com/mboard/view ... hp?t=11817 ) and mount it in a "spaced" frame so that the glass does not touch the photo.

I know the problem well, as the host of The Weakest Link - Anne Robinson also signs in an "erasable" pen!!!!! I did in fact have to re-write to her to request her auto again as the first one I got was so badly damaged!!!

Good luck {thumb2}
Ian

[rpbluesman]

If it flakes when you touch it, then I have a simple solution. Don't touch it.

I don't recomend it, but you could always laminate it. Or you could just do what "TheCollector" said to do.

[jdp3577]

Just thought of something about the hairspray idea, back when I was in high school, I worked in a grocery store. a little trick they had to remove marker writing from walls and things was to use hairspray. it breaks down the ink, so what Im saying is dont use it

[rpbluesman]

[quote="jdp3577"] Just thought of something about the hairspray idea, back when I was in high school, I worked in a grocery store. a little trick they had to remove marker writing from walls and things was to use hairspray. it breaks down the ink, so what Im saying is dont use it [/quote]


The same thing goes for liquid butane (Lighter Fluid) It removes ink and also removes sticky tag residue.