I just finished a diamond wrap that took about 6 hrs to complete. I reached over the wrap with a ink pen in my hand and put a line of ink across the underwrap. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to get the ink off of the wrap or is it best to unwrap and start over again? I tried using a ink eraser to no avail. Not that the colors matter but it's blue ink over a red wrap. Thanks guys.

Tony, possibly alcohol or acetone and a q-tip. Work carefully to try to wick the ink out.

I think the acetone or alcohol will just smear the ink across the thread. There is one other possibility - get some red paint, every bit as close as possible to the color of the thread. With a fine brush, cover the ink mark. Let dry, apply finish. If you're lucky this may not show.

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To go along with Tom's thought, I'd put on a coat of finish first, then paint over the finish, then another coat of finish. You might find a red paint that's close enough, but if it mixes with the pen ink you're going to get a different color than what you're expecting. I'd also be concerned about paint on the bare red threads wicking along the threads into another neighboring color. Then you'd have 2 problems. Cleaner to try to cover the pen ink between coats of finish epoxy in my opinion. Good luck.

One could also use a marbling technique in all the open areas.

Raymond Adams
Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it..

Progress report:

Greg, I appreciate your idea however I agree with Tom in so much as the harsh chemicals would have broken down the ink and smeared it into the entire wrap.

Tom, I considered your idea of using the paint but I would have had to go out to a hobby shop to try and match up the colors and at best hoped for a natch. The time it would have taken would have been substantial with no guarantee.

Tony, I could see your point but as with Tom's idea it would have taken lots of time with no guarantee either.

Raymound, Marbling was out of the question because this rod was being custom built to exact specs.

Thank you all for your input. What I did do was to brush on a drop of diluted Simple Green. It instantly spread into the underwrap but as it dried I noticed that the ink line had become much lighter. After it dried I went back and repeated the procedure with the same results. This time when it dried the ink line was just about gone. The next application was soaked up with a Shamwow. Now the ink line seems to be gone. The question now is will my finish adhere to the area that soaked up the simple green? I will keep all concerned informed and thanks again. Where else can rod builders get such helpful information. This sight is great.

Tony Spinelli

No telling if your going to get any fish-eyeing due to contaminant reaction with your
epoxy but CP should cover & seal up any possible contamanent.
Looks like ya gott'r licked unless CP is a problem.

Raymond Adams
Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it..

It's done. 2 coats of CP followed by the epoxy and it came out perfect.

Something to thing about. A chemest friend of mine told me that if I ever run into that problem again simply let the wrap sit in the sun for a couple of hours. The sun will fade the ink naturally.

Thanks again.