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Post by Dawby on Jan 9, 2009 18:01:56 GMT -5
Hello, all you Orcharders who do a lot of artwork with colored pencils! As a handbell choir director, I have my ensembles mark up their music in the standard red and blue. However, if I want to change the bells I want a person to play, I can never get the colored pencil markings to erase so that I can mark different bells!! Has anyone had success erasing colored pencils with a particular kind or brand of eraser? Mind you, some of these markings have been sitting on the paper for years. Help is greatly appreciated! I can't buy new music everytime I need to remark music.  |
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Post by Aevelyn_LL on Jan 9, 2009 22:12:40 GMT -5
we always had to use standard number 2 pencil in band to mark music. I find that the artist moldable erasers worked the best for me. They're grey in color and you can find them at Michael's.
Mr. Clean Magic Eraser might work too, but you're supposed to get that wet first before you use it, so I don't know.
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Post by AirRaiser on Jan 9, 2009 22:17:16 GMT -5
I think crayola makes erasable colored pencils. Another idea, laminate the sheet then use dry erase markers. Not as stable but it would cut down on trying to erase things.
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Post by Cynther on Jan 9, 2009 22:17:37 GMT -5
Hmm. Well I sometimes use typewriter erasers that come in pencil form and those seem to get almost anything out, even ink. I'm not sure where you would go about getting some, I was given a box of them from a friend of mine in high school and they last so long I've never had to go trying to find them again.  They're made by Faber-Castell. |
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Post by Dawby on Jan 10, 2009 0:49:20 GMT -5
I will be looking into those erasers. Thanks, guys. The ones I use come from Staples and they HAVE erasers on them, but maybe if I tried using a different brand, they'd erase easier to begin with. And yeah, regular grey pencils are the definite rule of thumb for music marking in general. With handbells, though, because each person is only assigned two notes on average from the entire staff, we circle the notes played by the left hand in blue and the notes played by the right hand in red. That way you see your note coming, unless you're super awesome like me and don't need to mark your notes.  |
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Post by Aevelyn_LL on Jan 10, 2009 9:43:55 GMT -5
I'd suggest the small strips of post it notes then too. They would peel right back off of sheet music unless someone was really wild with them.
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Post by SunBlind on Jan 10, 2009 12:09:42 GMT -5
Or eraseable pens, I used those in high school, and they come in red and blue. Of course not much help if the marks are already there *g*
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Post by Dawby on Jan 10, 2009 12:54:32 GMT -5
I think red and blue erasable pens generally have the same problem with erasing clean, don't they?
The post-its probably wouldn't be practical. It you have a 6 page piece, A and B, for example, are going to show up a LOT. I'm going to go to Michael's tomorrow to look for those erasers. Seems like that's the best bet for cleaning up messy music right now.
What about Prismacolors? Do they erase pretty cleanly? I have the secretary at work order my supplies from Staples, and Staples does carry them in boxes of red and blue.
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Post by Aevelyn_LL on Jan 10, 2009 13:04:15 GMT -5
prisma sticks pretty well once you lay it down, and they're expensive. I'd go with AR's suggestion of the crayola brand.
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Post by Silvanon on Jan 11, 2009 14:52:55 GMT -5
yeah, I've never gotten colored pencil to erase cleanly. I use mostly Prismas, so I don't know about other brands. Have you considered white-out?
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Post by Dawby on Jan 12, 2009 6:41:22 GMT -5
For hardcore mess, I may have to white-out some areas.
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Post by Dawby on Jan 13, 2009 21:11:45 GMT -5
I bought four different kinds of erasers today at Michael's. One of them better work! I will start erasing like a fiend tomorrow when I go in.
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Post by Aevelyn_LL on Jan 13, 2009 21:36:22 GMT -5
Let us know which ones you bought and how they turn out, might be helpful for others in future endeavors.  |
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Post by Dawby on Jan 14, 2009 17:52:39 GMT -5
The Review!!
Sanford Magic Rub Eraser - really good! took off most of the marking with little effort. also seemed to clean up what the Artgum left behind
Sanford Artgum - definitely the best out of what I tried. did the cleanest, quickest erase job, but it leaves a lot of messy eraser bits behind
Sandford Design 2000 - eh, works okay and probably really well on regular pencil, but didn't do as good a job as the Magic Rub Eraser or the Artgum
Sanford Kneaded Rubber - seemed to do a clean erasing job, but the stuff is just too soft and pliable to do a quick all-over page erasing job
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