Here you go, look at the arrows I put on your
scan. The bright pink arrows point to lines that
should be on the *top side* of the cel - you'll
need to keep the alcohol away from them! Mostly
these will be all the lines that are colored and
not black. The lines that I've pointed at with
the purple arrows are the "black lines" (even if
they're a tad faded) and may or may not be on the
surface of the cel. I know that I have a cel of
Sailor Pluto (didn't the same studio do both
Sailor Moon and Dragonball??) where there were
some of the black lines on the topside of the cel
and some on the back side under the paint. It was
weird. o_0 Since there's no way to tell without
damaging it, I would stay away from them to be on
the safe side.
If you have any doubts at all about the mark
being a stain that you might not be able to
remove, I would try the alcohol trick at the spot
I pointed to with the green arrow. You have the
most room there to give it a bit of a scrub
without as much risk to the lines. if you find it
does come off, one way you can get between the
lines in the finer spots is to pull off most of
the end of the Q-tip. When all you have left is a
tiny wisp, wrap that wisp around the Q-tip stick
and voila - you have a finepoint Q-tip. ^_^ But
the alcohol will dry up fast when the Q-tip end
is smaller is the only problem. . .
Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac
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