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| Topic: | What to use to remove silk-screening print on metal? This thread has 9 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Thursday December 29, 2011 at 13:41 |
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Had a client look up MFG/part from rack mounted 24port patch panel and question the price.
I resolved the issue but wondered if there was an easy way to remove the white print without affecting the black metal surface underneath?
I'm in the field, so I haven't tried anything yet.
If no-one knows, I'll try rubbing alcohol, nail polish remover, paint thinner, etc.
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| Post 2 made on Thursday December 29, 2011 at 13:56 |
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| Post 3 made on Thursday December 29, 2011 at 17:05 |
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A Penny.
If the metal is painted, Chances are whatever chemical youuse to remove the silkscreening will remove the black paint as well. I've had real good luck rubbing off silk screen with a penny....
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| Post 4 made on Thursday December 29, 2011 at 17:12 |
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On December 29, 2011 at 17:05, Impaqt said...
A Penny.
If the metal is painted, Chances are whatever chemical youuse to remove the silkscreening will remove the black paint as well. I've had real good luck rubbing off silk screen with a penny.... If it's black anodized use a little paint remover.
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"If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger."
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| Post 5 made on Thursday December 29, 2011 at 17:18 |
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Have some "call 800-123-4567 for service" labels printed up and stick them over it.
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| Post 6 made on Thursday December 29, 2011 at 21:29 |
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was this item procured from monoprice....protected line?
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| Post 7 made on Thursday December 29, 2011 at 23:29 |
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Sometimes silk-screened labels are actually baked on, so a solvent won't do much of anything. The penny sounds like a crazy idea but a good one. They aren't as hard as steel, being mostly zinc, and if you're gentle you might get by without scratching the panel or even the overall surface paint.
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| Post 8 made on Friday December 30, 2011 at 11:21 |
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On December 29, 2011 at 23:29, Ernie Gilman said...
Sometimes silk-screened labels are actually baked on, so a solvent won't do much of anything. Exactly. If it's baked on epoxy forget about removing. Otherwise, paint thinner works.
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| OP | Post 9 made on Friday December 30, 2011 at 12:27 |
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I like SnapAV parts because they don't plaster their name and parts all over.
MA is MSRP on everything, so that works as well.
I got some Leviton parts, and few others that I choose not to sell at HD prices and taking name and part# off suits me.
And yes, I do sell packages and not parts, but I also do enough of T&M jobs where I don't want to have to justify every purchase or explain that there is more to a part than just a lowest internet price (things like shipping, storage, bookkeeping, etc).
So yes, it some cases it's just easier to not get into that conversation altogether.
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| OP | Post 10 made on Friday December 30, 2011 at 12:28 |
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On December 29, 2011 at 21:29, travis2144 said...
was this item procured from monoprice....protected line? You just gave me an idea. I'll look at their patch panels when I get a chance. Did you use them?
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