Graphite smudge

I'd try a gum eraser on a hidden spot

Or maybe Cheryl or Ellise will know the name of the fancy eraser used in the olden days (pre CAD systems to erase lines on blue prints.

Lucille

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That was an type of gum eraser

Thanks. My husband was a design engineer and used to do a lot of work at home.

I probably have one stashed away somewhere.

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You reminded me that I had a fabric eraser. It removed almost all the extra markings.

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hurrah!

"anne" wrote

collective sigh of relief all around the group. Dawne

Wow - do I feel old. Having been the LAST class to take graphics/drafting by hand when in undergrad - the next term - switched to CAD, with the basics only by hand.

I have been using Mylar or Vinyl erasers from Staedtler to remove graphite marks. I also have a specialty one for removing ink. And, yes, I do have some eraser bags, and somewhere an electric eraser (which is what was used). Gum - which is usually a dark amber cube - should work. Then you can use something to get the crumbs up (eraser bags did that). I believe MARS has one.

OK - so, you should be able to get the graphite out - I use graphite pencils a lot, and have no problems - but then again, I'm a writing//drawing utensil geek with lots of stuff in that line.

Suggestion - go to your nearest "art supply" - NOT Michaels/AC Moore. But, there is probably someplace nearby that carries "drafting supplies" . Plaza Art, here, carries artist and drafting stuff. They will have a bunch of different erasers. Just the craft places generally only have the vinyl one, which may work, and then kneaded rubber. You could try kneaded rubber, you'll find that by the charcoal drawing supplies - it's a maybe.

Good luck. LMK if you need me to send you something separately.

Ellice

Thanks for mentioning all of these. I may still have some of them stashed away because like you, my husband had one of everything, including an electric eraser.

I have a few graphite pencils in the drawer. Does that come out easily if used on fabric?

Lucille

I wouldn't say it comes out real easily, but can be removed when you want to. They're often used to mark canvas instead of a pigma pen type thing. I use pencils for sketching, so have a lot, in a wide variety. Though, Donna had to suffer through watching me stare in AC Moore (where I don't normally get my art stuff) 'cause I couldn't find a 4H (very hard) pencil to do the "Twister" pattern transfer onto congress cloth, and that's what the designer suggests. Oh, of course, a lot of my art supplies are still packed, though the paints have come out...and I did get to fondle my brushes recently. And uncovered my good watercolors - those are really the brushes for fondling. Just as much fun as floss fondling....

Ellice

So I'm not the only one who does that with brushes!!! I love the feel of them and sometimes use the one I keep at the computer to get crumbs out of the keyboard as a worry brush. Something like those worry beads they sell in Greece.

Lucille

LOL- I think that I only really do this with my good painting brushes. The watercolor ones are soooo nice - and well cared for. It's definitely for me that good tools make a big difference when I paint - and that means brushes. But for doing the NP canvas -well - I had to find brushes with enough spring

- but that wouldn't get totally trashed just doing a canvas - or lose bristles into the work. So, I have a lot of synthetics for that - unlike my others which I use for "real" painting. Those aren't so strokeable - but I do play with them.

********WARNING - Cat lovers may not want to read this ********* On the "stroking" subject - most bizarre - Cat lovers - don't read. When I was in 11th grade, I took AP Anat & Phys (graduating early). Anyhow, our lab animal for the entire year was a cat - which after the basic prep was left with his fur on paws, tail, face -trust me - my lab partners (my 2 best friends) & I were serious vegetarians for that year and more. Anyhow, we were having some fun issues with our young, Spanish 5 (AP) instructor, Frank

-he was only about 28 and a "ladies man" sort of. Long story. We named our cat for lab "Paco" in Frank's honor. And could be heard discussing Paco (we had to go to lab extra hours in the week besides our 4 hour session). Knew we were over the edge when finding myself standing at a lab table - stroking Paco's tail. I think that we all did it all year (very hard class). But, upon catching ourselves -would have kind of a strange shiver. And when Frank found out that our lab animal was named for him - another strange conversation.... OTOH, this was the teacher that told my AP history teacher "She needs a man" - to which the AP History teacher responded "Why - and she has 2 that I know of (including her teaching intern)"

Ellice - who may have been a bit of a smart-ass in high-school

Ellice

I went to a college where 3/4 of the freshman class declares Pre-Med, so basically everyone but me had a series of lab animals through freshman year. Some named them, some didn't.

My roommate refused to name hers. I think that would've made it too real to her that this was a real-live dead whatever. When I helped her study, I occasionally referred to it (all of them) as Frankenstein.