I did a noob boo-boo and wonder if there is any way to reverse the consequences…
I cut a piece of Elk antler to make a hidden tang handle from and was marking a centerline for drilling and used a ‘Sharpie’ permanent marker. Antler is porous (duh) and now I’m stuck with a black line down the handle material. I tried bleach and it didn’t touch the mark. I took it to work and put it in a vapor degreaser and nothing. I’ve sanding a bit ant the mark is still there and deep to the pith I think, I don’t want to sand all the ‘character’ out of the antler. Does anyone know of a way to remove something like that? Or, is there some sort of stain I could use to at least camouflage it?
Thanks.
I cut a piece of Elk antler to make a hidden tang handle from and was marking a centerline for drilling and used a ‘Sharpie’ permanent marker. Antler is porous (duh) and now I’m stuck with a black line down the handle material. I tried bleach and it didn’t touch the mark. I took it to work and put it in a vapor degreaser and nothing. I’ve sanding a bit ant the mark is still there and deep to the pith I think, I don’t want to sand all the ‘character’ out of the antler. Does anyone know of a way to remove something like that? Or, is there some sort of stain I could use to at least camouflage it?
Thanks.