Sandpaper it down, use an ultrafine grit to finish for a nice smooth
surface.

Cheers,
catbead

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Fisher & family"
wrote:
> Recently I opened one of these to make a stamp but then noticed it had a
> raised design on both sides. Did yours? And, if so, how did you get the
> surface flat enough so that it didn't interfere with what you carved
on it?
>
> original message:
> Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:49:10 -0400
> From: "John Chapman"
> Subject: Re: Re: Wet Boxes: How does it get in there?
>
>
> The stamp is fairly big (Staedtler Mars plastic eraser)
>

Yes it has a raised design, but half a minute light rubbing on medium grade sandpaper then a few seconds rubbing on an index card smoothed it right out. It's a perfect fit for the centribuge tube.

Choi
----- Original Message -----
From: Fisher & family


Recently I opened one of these to make a stamp but then noticed it had a
raised design on both sides. Did yours? And, if so, how did you get the
surface flat enough so that it didn't interfere with what you carved on it?


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Beware,
The raised logos that are embossed on these erasers are very hard to remvove.
Because they are deeply embossed even when you think you have gotten rid of
them they still show up when pressure is applied. I took one of these erasers
and ran it over fine sandpaper glued to a piece of wood. When it looked like it
was smooth I inked it and pressed hard and a faint image appeared. They are
great erasers and I use them for map plotting and gave one to my son for his
school work.

Stewart


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Or just buy the Magic Rub and save yourself the effort. No embossing.

Trish

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, DRSIL@a... wrote:
> Beware,
> The raised logos that are embossed on these erasers are very hard
to remvove.

I'll do that next time, but I bought a handful before I know about the embossing. Thankfully, it's 2 minutes work to remove... not hard at all if you happen to have some sandpaper on hand.

Choi
----- Original Message -----
From: trishkri


Or just buy the Magic Rub and save yourself the effort. No embossing.

Trish

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, DRSIL@a... wrote:
> Beware,
> The raised logos that are embossed on these erasers are very hard
to remvove.


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I sand it, inked it, cleaned the excess so that I could see the remaining embossing, then sanded somemore. Easy, but still best to avoid them for stamps.

Choi
----- Original Message -----
From: DRSIL@aol.com


Beware,
The raised logos that are embossed on these erasers are very hard to remvove.
Because they are deeply embossed even when you think you have gotten rid of
them they still show up when pressure is applied. I took one of these erasers
and ran it over fine sandpaper glued to a piece of wood. When it looked like it
was smooth I inked it and pressed hard and a faint image appeared. They are
great erasers and I use them for map plotting and gave one to my son for his
school work.

Stewart


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]