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Topic: Altering foils by removing the foil on card
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ravidell
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posted December 11, 2010 06:24 AM
      
Back in the day, we would take a foil card, and remove the foil using a Q-tip and finger nail polish remover. As I remembered last night this is not a very effective method. I am putting a "Research/Development" foil in my cube, the "research" 1/2 I don't want to use. So I was going to remove it by removing the foil and leaving a shiny black 1/2. I want the border left alone, and after trying blue painters tape, and fingernail polish remover.... lets just say i need a new method. Any suggestions?
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AlmostGrown
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posted December 11, 2010 06:37 AM
  
Perhaps a really good printer and some know-how would work. Erase the half you don't want and then print over it black?
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ravidell
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posted December 11, 2010 06:46 AM
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Originally posted by AlmostGrown:
Perhaps a really good printer and some know-how would work. Erase the half you don't want and then print over it black?
When you remove the foil from a card, it leaves a silver, shiny kinda thing. I guess I want to remove the art and the txt and leave the foil part behind. No trying to be rube AG, but I don't think you quite understand what I'm looking for, and maybe i didn't explain it well, but somehere knows what I'm talking about. Look HERE for what I'm after I emailed this guy, and he replied that with hundreds of hours and Thousands of Dollars to get this right, he is not going to give his trade secret away.
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Trag3dy
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posted December 11, 2010 09:11 AM
tape and acetone, actual acetone, not nail polish remover with acetone, but real acetone. It works take a bit of work but it definitely does. I think the mega discount store we are love to hate has a pint for $4.
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thror
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posted December 11, 2010 10:32 AM
Ive done this myself, and ill just echo what tragedy said : Real Acetone, the nail polish remover is probably watered down, and might have some artificial dye/scent in it or whatever. It's very cheap, and a bottle will last you a long time. It does take some work, but that's the only way i've ever heard of doing it.
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Numotflame96
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posted December 12, 2010 04:23 PM
Magic Rub Erasers.http://www.officemax.com/office-supplies/correction-fluid-erasers/erasers-eraser-refills/product-ARS20082 just tap over the edges you want to keep and erase what you want to get rid of. works for both foils and nonfoils. pretty much as if you're erasing pencil...but it the ink from magic cards
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psilence6k
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posted December 13, 2010 05:44 AM
Grrr... I have a filler foil card and those ebay auctions look just like it!! :*(
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Montague
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posted December 13, 2010 07:29 AM
If you use Acetone, which you should, it is much easier to use Scars of Mirrodin foils because the ink comes off extremely easy.
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Schiber
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posted December 14, 2010 10:14 AM
I'd use the eraser method if I were you, acetone only has very limited effectiveness on rav foils.If you do anthing newer than lorwyn acetone will strip it right off but the foiling process used is very resistant to acetone frome kamagawa-lorwyn.
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shade2k1
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posted December 15, 2010 02:06 PM
Those who have said Acetone are correct.__________________
There is a difference between you and me. We both looked into the abyss. But when it looked back at us...you blinked.
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