How to Remove Gold Paint Pen from a Glossy Photo

[Sean1125]

Did you use lab grade anhydrous acetone or acetone from home depot?

even 1-3% water in the acetone means there is water and it could damage the photo and leave unnecessary blotches. Anhydrous is "lab" grade at ".5%" it's technically zero but it's so small they have to label it as having "some"

[canjond]

Originally Posted by Sean1125

Did you use lab grade anhydrous acetone or acetone from home depot?

even 1-3% water in the acetone means there is water and it could damage the photo and leave unnecessary blotches. Anhydrous is "lab" grade at ".5%" it's technically zero but it's so small they have to label it as having "some"

Def used the Home Depot generic brand. In terms of damage, there really was none, luckily. What I do see, however, hen tilting the photograph in the light, is remnants of the "T" in "To" and the letters "ad" which formed part of the name it was personalized to. In terms of other splotches or damage, there was none.

[Cfern023]

Try a dry erase marker. I saw a kid at the ballpark covering an autograph with a dry erase marker (blacking it out) and eraing it with his shirt. Removed sharpier perfectly.

He thought Nate Schierholtz was a different player. Or the other was around.

[drc]

Instead of trying to remove the ink from the photo, try removing the photo from the ink. It's a Zen thing.