Tangled Metal wrote:Wait until he gets drunk, he dogs like that'll happen frequently, then use the marker to full effect. Then put the money saved by not actually spending money on getting him drunk towards a new saddle. Add in the money saved by not trying chemicals and cleaning fluids that won't work and you'll possibly get to the price of a new saddle quicker.
This way you can perhaps get a better saddle if you wish and still see his ugly.mug with a suitably decorated forehead for the price of an indelible marker.
PS be prepared for payback possibly involving removal of saddle or other vandalism of your bike. Such as the replacement of seat post and saddle with a suitably pipe pinched to a point. That's something I could easily get from work BTW and has been a considered for payback of my own. They've got welding kit too. Steel frame, welded pointy pipe instead of seat post and saddle. Not easy to sort out. Just pointing out that with payback your bike is your weakness. Just how much do you want to spend putting it right after payback for your payback?
The OP hasn't suggested he wanted any payback. Just the ink removed from his saddle.
Frankly, it's up to him to work things out with his roommate, and I think that the recommendations for revenge are a bit over the top.
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Tangled Metal wrote:Wait until he gets drunk, he dogs like that'll happen frequently, then use the marker to full effect. Then put the money saved by not actually spending money on getting him drunk towards a new saddle. Add in the money saved by not trying chemicals and cleaning fluids that won't work and you'll possibly get to the price of a new saddle quicker.
This way you can perhaps get a better saddle if you wish and still see his ugly.mug with a suitably decorated forehead for the price of an indelible marker.
PS be prepared for payback possibly involving removal of saddle or other vandalism of your bike. Such as the replacement of seat post and saddle with a suitably pipe pinched to a point. That's something I could easily get from work BTW and has been a considered for payback of my own. They've got welding kit too. Steel frame, welded pointy pipe instead of seat post and saddle. Not easy to sort out. Just pointing out that with payback your bike is your weakness. Just how much do you want to spend putting it right after payback for your payback?
The OP hasn't suggested he wanted any payback. Just the ink removed from his saddle.
Frankly, it's up to him to work things out with his roommate, and I think that the recommendations for revenge are a bit over the top.
It is a somewhat unusual piece of advice. Wonder how OP got on?
Actually revenge was mentioned upthread before my post. Get him drunk then marker on forehead and sue for damages were two suggestions. I just suggested he wait until his roommate gets himself drunk rather than putting his own money to it then buying himself a new or better saddle with that revenge saving. Kind of tongue in cheek but if the OP is really bothered by the vandalized saddle then replacement is probably the only solution.
I seriously doubt you're going to get a leather saddle back to its original state before pen attack. No matter what chemical you use there'll be some after affect left.
PS if you're a.roommate of someone who thinks drunken vandalism of expensive kit is fun, then there is a good chance you're likely to have something similar happen again. I'm thinking of some past roommates of my student days. The revenge cycle went on there for some time. I kept out of it and didn't have my bike with me until I'd moved out into another house with somewhere secure for my bike.
If this had happened to me I think I would hide the offending image by shoving the saddle up the culprits ****. and then get them to cough for a new saddle.