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Count Arioch the 28th
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Post by Count Arioch the 28th » Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:22 pm

I wrote on my brand new vinyl battle mat with a sharpie....
I've tried Windex, and Rubbing Alcohol, and it's not coming up.
Anyone have advice?
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Post by RobbyPants » Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:48 pm

Is it smooth or porous? You might be able to soak it in something to loosen it, but I'm not really sure.
All my battlemat experience is on a whiteboard I converted into a map. Good luck!
Edit:
I found these links on Google:
http://www.creativehomemaking.com/articles/060404c.shtml
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/830921/how_to_remove_a_sharpie_mark_in_just_seconds/ (I didn't watch the movie, so I don't know if it's any good).
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Post by Wesley Street » Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:18 pm

You're not going to be able to completely remove the stain but you can lighten it by using turpentine and a cloth. Make sure you wear gloves.
Maybe try nail polish remover if you're sure it won't eat the mat.
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Post by Stahlseele » Tue Aug 23, 2011 4:26 pm

if it's smooth, try using a rubber. like the one you use for removing pencil scribbles . .
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> > TFwiki wrote:Soon is the name of the region in the time-domain (familiar to all marketing departments, and to the moderators and staff of Fun Publications) which sees release of all BotCon news, club exclusives, and other fan desirables. Soon is when then will become now.
> > Peculiar properties of spacetime ensure that the perception of the magnitude of Soon is fluid and dependent, not on an individual's time-reference, but on spatial and cultural location. A marketer generally perceives Soon as a finite, known, yet unspeakable time-interval; to a fan, the interval appears greater, and may in fact approach the infinite, becoming Never. Once the interval has passed, however, a certain time-lensing effect seems to occur, and the time-interval becomes vanishingly small. We therefore see the strange result that the same fragment of spacetime may be observed, in quick succession, as Soon, Never, and All Too Quickly.

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Post by Josh_Kablack » Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:57 pm

Diet Soda and Cheap Vodka have both been useful for removing marker from surfaces for me.
But if I actually had time to think about it instead of grabbing whatever gamers had already brought to the session, I'd probably try that wd-40 trick from the video first.
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Post by Wesley Street » Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:46 pm

> Stahlseele wrote:if it's smooth, try using a rubber. like the one you use for removing pencil scribbles . .

We call those "erasers."
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Post by K » Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:50 pm

I've heard that drafting erasers work, but that may just be rumor.
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Post by Stahlseele » Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:05 pm

> Wesley Street wrote:

> > Stahlseele wrote:if it's smooth, try using a rubber. like the one you use for removing pencil scribbles . .

> We call those "erasers."

we call that a "nitpick".
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> > TFwiki wrote:Soon is the name of the region in the time-domain (familiar to all marketing departments, and to the moderators and staff of Fun Publications) which sees release of all BotCon news, club exclusives, and other fan desirables. Soon is when then will become now.
> > Peculiar properties of spacetime ensure that the perception of the magnitude of Soon is fluid and dependent, not on an individual's time-reference, but on spatial and cultural location. A marketer generally perceives Soon as a finite, known, yet unspeakable time-interval; to a fan, the interval appears greater, and may in fact approach the infinite, becoming Never. Once the interval has passed, however, a certain time-lensing effect seems to occur, and the time-interval becomes vanishingly small. We therefore see the strange result that the same fragment of spacetime may be observed, in quick succession, as Soon, Never, and All Too Quickly.

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Post by fectin » Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:55 pm

Mostly, scrubbing works. Soap helps too. It'll never go all the way away, but you can make it much lighter.
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Post by CatharzGodfoot » Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:21 am

> Stahlseele wrote:

> > Wesley Street wrote:

> > > Stahlseele wrote:if it's smooth, try using a rubber. like the one you use for removing pencil scribbles . .

> > We call those "erasers."

> we call that a "nitpick".

In the United States "a rubber" usually refers to a condom. FYI.
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Post by Count Arioch the 28th » Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:30 am

I'm pretty sure we don't have condoms that remove pencil scribbles here...
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Post by Prak » Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:45 am

> Stahlseele wrote:

> > Wesley Street wrote:

> > > Stahlseele wrote:if it's smooth, try using a rubber. like the one you use for removing pencil scribbles . .

> > We call those "erasers."

> we call that a "nitpick".

Here in the states, a rubber goes on your dick, not the table
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Post by cthulhu » Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:12 am

> In the United States "a rubber" usually refers to a condom. FYI.

The temptation to be a smug git is almost overwhelming, but really A) everyone knows b) no-one cares.
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Post by ckafrica » Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:30 am

As rubber actually means eraser to most of the English world it is a perfectly acceptable use.
For most of the world going out wearing pants, suspenders and a vest means underwear, a wife-beater and a that thing you use for keeping up stockings. Remember American English is the minority.
On topic: Try scribbling over the permanent marker with a whiteboard marker, leave it for a while and then wipe it off. It works on whiteboards.
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Post by Neeeek » Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:49 am

> ckafrica wrote:As rubber actually means eraser to most of the English world it is a perfectly acceptable use.
> For most of the world going out wearing pants, suspenders and a vest means underwear, a wife-beater and a that thing you use for keeping up stockings. Remember American English is the minority.

More Americans have English as their first language than the rest of the planet combined. They are the majority.
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Post by RelentlessImp » Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:30 am

> Neeeek wrote:

> > ckafrica wrote:As rubber actually means eraser to most of the English world it is a perfectly acceptable use.
> > For most of the world going out wearing pants, suspenders and a vest means underwear, a wife-beater and a that thing you use for keeping up stockings. Remember American English is the minority.

> More Americans have English as their first language than the rest of the planet combined. They are the majority.

And less Americans know how to speak a second language fluently than the rest of the planet combined. We're a minority, too!
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Post by RobbyPants » Wed Aug 24, 2011 12:54 pm

> Count Arioch the 28th wrote:I'm pretty sure we don't have condoms that remove pencil scribbles here...

Have you tried? I wouldn't use the lubricated type.

> Prak_Anima wrote: Here in the states, a rubber goes on your dick, not the table

Can it... can it be both?
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Count, have you had time to try any of the tricks? Did you have any luck?
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Post by Count Arioch the 28th » Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:25 pm

I just tried a rubber, and it didn't help in this case.
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Post by RiotGearEpsilon » Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:50 pm

http://www.ehow.com/how_4714427_remove- ... thing.html
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Post by Count Arioch the 28th » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:57 pm

> RobbyPants wrote:Can it... can it be both?

One time a friend had to crash a couple nights at my apartment. I forgot to hide my condoms. Now everyone in my game group knows that I buy Magnum XL and I get shit about it.
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Post by RobbyPants » Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:32 pm

> Count Arioch the 28th wrote:

> > RobbyPants wrote:Can it... can it be both?

> One time a friend had to crash a couple nights at my apartment. I forgot to hide my condoms. Now everyone in my game group knows that I buy Magnum XL and I get shit about it.

So it can, it just shouldn't.
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Post by wotmaniac » Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:36 pm

speaking of rubbers and inappropriate uses for things .....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGJlzUt-vHk
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Post by CatharzGodfoot » Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:47 pm

> cthulhu wrote:

> > In the United States "a rubber" usually refers to a condom. FYI.

> The temptation to be a smug git is almost overwhelming, but really A) everyone knows b) no-one cares.

I figured that since Stahlseele is apparently from Germany, he (A) might not know and (B) might care.
American isn't the be-all and end-all of languages, but we do tend to use it on this board (with a few incursions of Australian and English). I'd probably do the same for a Brit who started ranting about "[EDITED]".
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Post by Stahlseele » Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:54 pm

yes, i am from germany.
and yes, i meant erazer.
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> > TFwiki wrote:Soon is the name of the region in the time-domain (familiar to all marketing departments, and to the moderators and staff of Fun Publications) which sees release of all BotCon news, club exclusives, and other fan desirables. Soon is when then will become now.
> > Peculiar properties of spacetime ensure that the perception of the magnitude of Soon is fluid and dependent, not on an individual's time-reference, but on spatial and cultural location. A marketer generally perceives Soon as a finite, known, yet unspeakable time-interval; to a fan, the interval appears greater, and may in fact approach the infinite, becoming Never. Once the interval has passed, however, a certain time-lensing effect seems to occur, and the time-interval becomes vanishingly small. We therefore see the strange result that the same fragment of spacetime may be observed, in quick succession, as Soon, Never, and All Too Quickly.

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Post by Cynic » Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:38 pm

The movie "Eraser" would have been so much more awesome if it was called "Rubber."

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