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does anyone know how to read erased pencil writing?

is there anything i can use to show up the erased writng.i.ve tried red cabbage to see if it was written in an alkali solution but it does not appaer to be.

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  • hollie
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    take the pencil and rub the lead over the writing ...it comes right back up...

  • 1 decade ago

    How about rubbing lightly over it with a pencil? Maybe the indentations left by the pencil will show up that way?

  • 1 decade ago

    How about rubbing lightly over it with a pencil? Maybe the indentations left by the pencil will show up that way?

  • 1 decade ago

    In all the dectective movies I watched, the next page has indentations if you rub a pencil very lightly over it

    it should bring up the words also try putting it in front of a strong light.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Go to the garbage can where they threw away the eraser leftovers. Then arrange them in a way that seems logical and see the pencil marks on different parts of the eraser. Then arrange those eraser leftovers to spell the words.

  • 1 decade ago

    Try sprinkling some dark kind of powder like soot or pencil-lead shavings just so long as it very fine and powdery. Rub in very gently and blow off top surface and you should be able to see what is there.

    Source(s): Been there!
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    If its been rubbed out its not for anyone else to see surely?

  • 1 decade ago

    squint

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