I’ve been considering making a small but irreversible modification to a PD335 Pop’npop.
As far as I can tell, from some light googling, the clip is probably polypropylene. Further to that, it seems likely that acetone will damage the plastic if I was to use it to remove the Pop’npop printed label. It’s suggested to use rubbing alcohol to remove ‘paint’ from polypropylene.
So, has anyone tried this, and if so, what did you use and how did it go? Any lessons you learned and wish to pass on?
This is a hypothetical at the moment. I would rather find an original purple non-Pop’npop but if I can’t, I might try to make my own, so to speak.
I’ve never had any problems with removing markings, sticker residues etc. from polymers with rubbing alcohol. However, some markings withstand rubbing alcohol, e. g. the one on the Pentel 205. To remove these, I used metal polish. Of course this could also increase the shine if the pencil wasn’t shiny before.
I haven’t tried removing stickers from pencils, but I have had success removing stickers from other plastic items using a hair-dryer and no residue was left. It worked a dream.