Faint block stamp

[Lynn]

Mark:

A guy I talked to last week said there is some kind of acid you can treat the area with that will make it pop a bit. Even works sometimes on blocks that have been decked because the metal where it was stamped is more dense (or was that me?). Anyway, I don't know if it would work for your situation because it sounds like the stamp was so lightly applied that there is hardly any depression.

I will see him this Sat nite. If you send me a PM to remind me, I will ask him about the procedure. He is a real "car guy" so he won't mind talking to you directly.

Lynn

[CT Mark]

Hi Lynn, Will do. Thanks.

I've heard & read about the acid that law enforcement agencies use. Apparently, that stuff makes the stamp visible for a short period of time (like 10 minutes) to enable a photograph, then everything is obliterated permanently. Hopefully, it's not the same stuff.

[Kim_Howie]

I've tried it. It DIDN'T work for me.

[John Brown]

Maybe if you have it Magnafluxed?

[JoeG]

Put the block in the freezer,metal might shrink enough to give an impression thru a piece of carbon paper or carbonless paper---

[CT Mark]

Interesting suggestions! Keep 'em coming!! ...and I thought I had tried everything! I'll try all of these next weekend....except maybe the freezer. My wife might not like that one!!

[Steven J]

Another variation on mr70's suggestion....You could take fingerprint ink and smear a thin layer of it over the numbers. Then take a piece of clear tape and put it over the numbers and apply some pressure. Lift the tape and see if the numbers appear on the tape. This works well on well stamped numbers, not sure if it will work on your faint stamping.

[CT Mark]

UPDATE: I finally got the EJ on my pad to photograph. ...at least I think so. My wife thinks I'm nuts and I can see it only because I want to see it. You tell me, please.

[Xplantdad]

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Hey, I see the EJ...it's to the left of the 1 and up a tad.