Removing skid marks from a print - Tightly rolled

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I recently purchased a print and it unfortunately was rolled with no craft paper and was rolled extremely tight. Due to this, the print now has some ink transfer (skid marks) on the face of the print. What is the best way to remove or care for these? I used a kneaded eraser on one, to test it, and for the most part it removed it.

Any suggestions?
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Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:54 pm

halftonegraphics wrote:
Any suggestions?
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Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:56 pm

Jack,

have you tried one of these?

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Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:57 pm

I have not. What is it? I see a cleaning pad. I assume you lightly rub it across the print?

Some of the marks are deeper than others and potentially permanent.
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Let me see if I can get some. My camera sucks with close ups.
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Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:04 pm

Some of the marks are deeper than others and potentially permanent.[/quote]
Permanent skid marks. Sounds ugly.
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Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:07 pm

The ones that are potentially bad are the ones in the GID. I think it's cause GID ink tends to be thicker and therefore its almost like it's scrapped into it.
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Same fudge, different drop.
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Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:18 pm

I would believe the ink transfered from this print.

The print was rolled in a 1 1/2" tube. Thankfully, it wasn't rolled the gorilla hands way. I would believe they rolled it to maybe a 2-3" roll and then used the method of sticking your fingers on the inside (that sounds horribly dirty, especially with the above references) and rolling it tighter. The backside of the print also has a good amount of ink transfer.
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Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:22 pm

This is what happens when ya buy posters on Ebay from 0 feedback sellers.
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Codeblue wrote:That's what happens when ya buy posters on Ebay from 0 feedback sellers.
Apparently so.
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Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:29 pm

Doesn't look too bad. Could have been a lot worse. Plus you could always say a Gremlin did it.
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Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:33 pm

For sure. Lucked out, if you want to call it that.

Looks like John at Poster Mountain is going to give it an attempt. Thanks for the help.
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