I bought a used sunburst strat and got a great deal on it. The guitar has some nicks and chips in the paint (which I don't mind at all). The idiot I bought it from tried to cover the nicks and chips in the paint by painting over them in Sharpie I got him to bring the price down .

Does anyone know of something I can use to remove the sharpie, but keep the original paint in tact?? Everytime I look at the crappy sharpie fill-ins it drives me crazy!!!!!

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A little rubbing alcohol on a rag should do the trick.

Is a sharpie really that bad? A repair guy I knew even suggested it for a small ding I had on a highway one.

It's not bad if you want to cover up the dings, but I personally want to have a guitar that has a natural relic after 20 or 30 years. That's why I welcome nicks and dings and scratches. I don't do 'em on purpose, but I like a natural relic guitar.

Hi deepindigo114: from the Sharpie website:



Not sure I'd want to try any of that on a guitar finish though. If you do, test the solvent you plan to use on an area that won't show first, such as under the pickguard. Check for a bad reaction.

More info - but not much - here:

http://www.sharpie.com/enGB/FAQ/default.html

Good luck - C

The Sharpie may be incredible, but I doubt it will be there in 20-30 years.

One of my hobbies is phtotography so I always have some PEC-12 on hand:

http://www.amazon.com/Photographic-Solu ... B00009R72R

It will remove sharpie like nothing else I have found, and so far hasn't had any negative effects on any finish I have tried it on.

My first electric guitar was an old Harmony Les Paul copy. Great guitar, but it came with a big hole in the top. I fixed it with some drywall putty and an orange magic marker. That might horrify some, but I think it looks just fine. I don't really play it anymore, but it's a good instrument.

And Clapton and The Beatles and other Brits reportedly used Humbrol scale model paint on their art-guitars of the late 60s....

Funny, I recently bought an old black mustang and they did the sharpie thing as well. Maybe I'll try to remove it, it's just does not match well. I'd rather look at the bare wood.

Another solvent that would work is Goo Gone. We use is for all sorts of stuff. It is made with citrus oil so I think it should be ok to use.

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