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Pen Modifications / How to remove G3 text?
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Date: Wed, Oct 24 2007 13:39:17
How can i remove G3 text? I can't find any thread that tell about this and the way using eraser to rub is not working. I don't have chemical things and the text seems printed smoothly and took big space on the pen. I want to remove it so any inserts look nice in it.
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Date: Wed, Oct 24 2007 13:41:50
Maybe keep rubbing it with acetone until it fades away. Find a chemistry lab and take some.
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Date: Wed, Oct 24 2007 13:46:40
or some Nail Polish remover which is basically the same thing that Tialys mentioned
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Date: Wed, Oct 24 2007 13:59:39
I donno what is acetone, furthermore my college dont have chemistry lab. I dont have nail polish remover too... but maybe i can borrow some...
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Date: Wed, Oct 24 2007 14:04:43
Try nailpolish before you go for the acetone. The acetone you find in labs is considerably stronger than nailpolish.
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Date: Wed, Oct 24 2007 15:45:29
Aaaah, sugar sugar!
My G-3s don't have text on them though..
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Date: Wed, Oct 24 2007 16:19:09QUOTE (Sfsr @ Oct 24 2007, 11:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Aaaah, sugar sugar!
My G-3s don't have text on them though..
I only said to use acetone because I doubt nail polish remover is strong enough. But give it a try though.
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Date: Wed, Oct 24 2007 22:17:03QUOTE (Tialys @ Oct 24 2007, 09:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I only said to use acetone because I doubt nail polish remover is strong enough. But give it a try though.
I got a swapmeet brand nail polish remover and it melted through my RSVP Rzdz green -
Date: Wed, Oct 24 2007 22:39:42
For me, Acetone totally scarred my RSVP barrel
. Text came off, but left a unsatisfactory texture to the barrel
Try using the sugar method mentioned above -
Date: Wed, Oct 24 2007 22:56:08QUOTE (Sfsr @ Oct 24 2007, 05:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>My G-3s don't have text on them though..
qft! neither the ones with metal tip, nor the ones with plastic tip.
the sugar thing didn't work for me. I tried to remove the cartoon comssa print. the only thing I got was scratches on the surface (okay, the color was gone, but the scratches came...
). maybe I havent been carefully enough. 
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Date: Thu, Oct 25 2007 14:03:13
how much nail polish remover do i need to apply?*ops, i accidentally waste quite much of my friend's polish remover, feel sorry*
i dont really see the printed text removed but what i see is the surface of the pen where i applied the remover(using tissue paper) become not shiny.... T.T
sugar? i can imagine the sugar will scratch my pen... -
Date: Thu, Oct 25 2007 14:04:33
Maybe use hard type eraser like in RSVP text removal
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Date: Thu, Oct 25 2007 14:11:32
like the pen eraser(blue one)? izzit all the ways to remove text will cause the surface of pen body not shiny?(for shiny surface pen body like G3 and RSVP)
EditQUOTE (Sfsr)My G-3s don't have text on them though..
how come your G-3s dont have text?...
there are other versions of G-3? -
Date: Thu, Oct 25 2007 19:02:08
Maybe you have a different version from the one most people use, or one with printing from a company or something?
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Date: Fri, Oct 26 2007 19:01:27
The ones from Singapore and I guess that part down there says like Signature pen, I got one in a trade from Singapore, just use an eraser, the barrel should remain shiny, just gotta rub your finger over the spot, and maybe wipe a bit of the stuff off with your shirt.
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Date: Mon, Oct 29 2007 13:08:16
how long you rub with eraser for the text to go off? text on my pen is Pilot G-3 1.0 Broad and also Signature Pen with a little oval like gray color background...
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Date: Tue, Oct 30 2007 19:24:32
For some reason I thought that it got rid of all the letters, but not really, there's still some on it. It's just more faded, so I guess either I didn't erase long enough, or this isn't the way to go lol
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Date: Wed, Nov 14 2007 05:12:25
OH OH OH! you said you dont have nail polish remover (which is basically acetone if others havnt told you that lol) but that stuff works really well! if you get some of that, take like a sponge or something kinda gritty and rub it on the pen and it should come off like *snap!*
ps:
Erasing
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Date: Thu, Dec 20 2007 09:46:55
cyshing, i oso have the same problem.... why malaysia g3 have tinted body....
i use a paper knife and scratch it VERY VERY softly so that it only scratch its wordings not scratching its barrel. i ruined the pen first time, but i made it the second time.
i also tried the sugar method. it works, but the g3 wordings is too hard, it only scratched it out a little. must do quite long for the method.
or just buy g3s from penwish!
edit: try the fingernail polish. maybe will work. -
Date: Thu, Dec 20 2007 22:23:43
with an cutter!
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Date: Fri, Dec 21 2007 01:39:08QUOTE (deMaddin @ Dec 21 2007, 06:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>with an cutter!
that's what i did at last. because i dont have acetone and i find that it is easier.
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Date: Fri, Dec 21 2007 13:49:43
oh, i tried the finger nail polish remover, i rubbed and rubbed the barrel and the wordings started to come out without damaging the pen... now i have a g3 without wordings
:whats so proud with it? -
Date: Tue, Apr 1 2008 11:38:40QUOTE (cyshing @ Oct 24 2007, 09:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>How can i remove G3 text? I can't find any thread that tell about this and the way using eraser to rub is not working. I don't have chemical things and the text seems printed smoothly and took big space on the pen. I want to remove it so any inserts look nice in it.
huh? i have been buying g3's for their tips but...my g3 dont have writings...i dont know what ur saying.....mine has only the barcode and tag price, and teh barcode is a sticker