Does anyone have any recommendations on how to safely remove a printed logo on a plastic body?
Here is a P225 that I’d like to remove the promo branding from.
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The things that come to mind are:
Belt sander, brillo pad, spray paint, and duct tape. Just be sure to wear safety glasses and sun-screen.
Hmm, maybe I am not the best person to comment on this. Didn’t you do this before on another pencil?
I did but it wasn’t without harm. I used goo-gone and it messed up the plastic and I had to do quite a bit of polishing to get it almost acceptable.
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I thought @personified (can we @ people here?) also had some experience with this.
Yeah we can @ mention folks. But don’t mention that Pearson guy. He’s busy playing frisbee golf.
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Or I can put a blank white P225 in the stack with the other pencils I have for you.
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I’ve used nail polish remover on a q-tip to remove prints from plastic pen bodies. I dab it onto the print and let it soak a while before applying the tip to rub it off. Afterwards, there may be some staining or dulling of the surface. I use a dab of toothpaste to gently polish it out.
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Oh lala. You have some plain white 225s? All the white ones I have have some printing on them. I have the ones with the little characters on them that I really like but I’m in need of plain white.
I bought a box of them several years ago.
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You’re awesome. Add it to my pile 
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T-Cut or a liquid metal polish such as Brasso.
By now he’s learned how to do it, I think he uses 97% fluoroantimonic acid.
If I had this project in front of me I would work down from 6000 grit to whatever started to scrape it off. Then I would work back up and finish with a plastic polish.
Are there downsides to this approach?
I had no idea you’d made a post about this over 2 years ago.
Everything old is new again.
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I think the only real issue with sanding and polishing is that these PD335 clips have a slight matte surface to them so if you want to keep that finish it would be best if you can just get the print off.
I’ve never tried the metal polish that @Tikky-1 and someone else mentioned but I was going to test out the watered down acetone and hope it wouldn’t require any sanding.
I tried Silvo. It did nothing.
I have Brasso. Might give it a go on the weekend.