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Bad Signature from comic con
hello,
I attended a Megacon in Orlando a few weeks ago. I had a little mermaid movie poster signed by the voices of Ariel and Eric. I guess the combination between the marker used and the material that was signed is bad and the signatures are literally Turing into dust and are not smudged. I contacted the people from the event and is told there is nothing they can do $90 later I was just wondering if anyone had tips to preserving this poster as well as something I should say to the comic con.
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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on
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What do you mean "turn to dust"?
Is that an area with an isolated rub or skip? The rest of the signature looks strong.
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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on
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It appears limited to the white area, no?
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Permalink Reply by Woody2Shoes on
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Yes. Because that area may be sufficiently grainy at the micro level that the ink couldn't find enough flat surface to adhere to! Like if you tried to write on a dried sea sponge or the surface of a cinder block.
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Permalink Reply by Brandon on
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It’s almost as if it was signed with an expo marker and if it is touched or moved it like turns to dust the signature isn’t permanent
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So it’s like a dry erase marker and it easily wipes away? I’ve never seen a gold dry erase marker, but I suppose it’s possible.
If that’s the case I don’t think there’s anything you can do about it… It will eventually degrade Sorry
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Standard Metallic, gold sharpie, in use since about 2011/2. Not a dry-erase marker. The ink took on the red, it took on the blue part of the wave, but didn't take on the stark white, which must be a grainy surface at the micro-level, in which case it's the opposite of how most dry-erase markers would have worked. The nib of the sharpie stayed in constant contact with the smooth glossy surface and when it reached the grainy/matte surface, it "skipped", unable to continue laying down the track as it did on the smooth glossy surface.
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Permalink Reply by KatoTheMaster on
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Maybe it's to do with the poster. Is it a reprint on different type paper etc?
Looks to me like an gold Sharpie marker I know some problems were caused with the gold sharpie long ago. Well if you touch it and the ink removes it's self from the poster then don't touch it anymore.
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The problem with the 1st iteration of Sanford metallic markers (mid 90s) was the ink. They couldn't get the viscosity right, and then matched well to the delivery system and nib. They would work, but the writing would look streaked, like ink mixed with oil. They had paint markers and their standard line of colors, blue, red, black, purple, etc. so they back-burnered it for awhile. They finally got it right around 2010 and within a year or two, Sharpie metallic markers were in common use.
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Permalink Reply by Joseph Tatrai on
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I know sometimes, especially gold, markers when applied to a particular type of gloss surface....it will not adhere properly and will come off easily.
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