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A good Friend of mine won the award for "2004 Administrator of the Year" from the Indina Youth Soccer Association. I was wanting to do something for her that showed the clubs appreciation for all she does.
I decided to to a glass panel with etching and gold leaf. For the most part the panel turned out great, with the exception that I evidently "smeared" some size on part of the etching and didn't notice it. When I leafed it the leaf obviously stuck to it. Some got on the glass that was not etched and came off with a razor blade, but not on the etching.
I was able to fix it with an outline around the gold leaf anyway, but thought about what I could do if it wasn't some place I could "cover up".
I called a good friend here with more experince than I and we hashed out some possibilities, but thought this would make a good discussion here.
So the question is:
You have some leaf on the etching and it will not come off. What can you do????
I have a thought, that maybe is a solution, but I will will wait to see some reply's before I ask if that solution would work. I really like doing this type of thing and hope to do more in the very near future.
Hope Everyone has a great Day !!!!
Metalleg
-------------------- Troy "Metalleg" Haas 626 Kingswood Dr Evansville,In 47715 Posts: 1100 | From: Evansville,Indiana, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Send the panel to me, Troy, I'll get it off. A hammer and chisel ought to do it. Or we could use a 12 ga. shot gun and fire a salvo at a low angle, and I'll bet that stray leaf will disappear. You could stick the panel in a beauty shop where they shampoo hair all day long. Leave it there for a month and all the paint will slide off due to excessive moisture in the air. You could then start over.
Seriously, keep trying, it'll come off. Doesn't it get to you though, when you've done a great job, and then there's this one little blemish. I swear if you took a microscope to the stray leaf you'd find the devil standing there laughing at you.
I had an employee one time that used to marvel at how bright red lettering enamel would get on you no matter what. You could have an open can of that color 10 yards from the project you were working on, and it would somehow jump out of the can and get on your piece. It happened so many times, it became comical.
-------------------- Bill Diaz Diaz Sign Art Pontiac IL www.diazsignart.com Posts: 2107 | From: Pontiac, IL | Registered: Dec 2001
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If you have a Paasche Air Eraser, you could probably load it with fine aluminum oxide and use it to blast away the gold stuck to the etching. Just mask the edges of the design and fire away.
The fine alum oxide should cut slow enough it won't affect much of the rest of the etching and if it does you can blend it easily.
Note: I havent done this personally but that's my best guess. I have used an Air Eraser to remove stray traces of paint on surfaces without damaging the surface below so it's at least worth a shot.
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Mike Pipes stickerpimp.com Lake Havasu, AZ mike@stickerpimp.com Posts: 8746 | From: Lake Havasu, AZ USA | Registered: Jun 2000
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I think I'd try an old toothbrush, using a mixture of Comet and baking-soda toothpaste. Just don't use the brush on your teeth later! Love....Jill
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The air-eraser with ground walnut shells won't harm the glass at all and would most likely make it disappear. The air-eraser is a cross between an airbrush and a sandblaster.
-------------------- Doug Fielder Fallout Grafix Port St. Lucie, FL
16 years with a brush in my hand... Posts: 273 | From: Port St. Lucie, FL | Registered: May 1999
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