Permanent marker on walls, doors and heat registers.
Dawn from Wisconsin
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RE: Permanent marker on walls, doors and heat registers.
My 2 year old son and neice scribbled all over my laminate flooring, wall and door with black permanent marker. The marker was on their hands and face also. Baby wipes took it right off their skin. On my floor I used Clorox Clean-Up w/Bleach and a baby wipe. Took it all off with hardly no effort. Still haven't got it off my wall though. :(
Post By Sonia M. (Guest Post)
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The Magic Eraser works great on trim, glass, ceramic, and plastic! The ink comes off with just one or two wipes!! However, it's not so great on walls. I scrubbed so hard trying to remove the ink, I started removing the paint from the walls.
Post By trista (Guest Post)
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The best advice I found on here is the hand sanitizer the marker came right off no problem. I used it with a toothbrush so I could get in the texture of the walls. Thank you to the person who wrote that to begin with.
Post By Mellanie (Guest Post)
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I have two kids that are artists, woke up this morning to every wall in my house having black industrial permanent marker on it! Still working on removing it however, just wanted to let you know of a remedy for removing it off the kids, DAILY CLARIFYING SHAMPOO! Works on ink, marker, temporary tattoos etc. It works wonders and is cheap! I always have a bottle in the house LOL!
Post By Tasha J (Guest Post)
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My 3 year old put jiffy on my new LCD computer screen. Was nervous to use a lot of these remedies. When I went to grab nail polish - grabbed witch hazel to see if it would work ~ it did.
Post By Kimberly (Guest Post)
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Any aerosol deodorant will work. I used old spice and the marker came off after 2 applications.
Post By Enter your name. (Guest Post)
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My little boy decided to become an artist with red permanent marker all over our walls! I looked on here and went with the ajax/dishsoap paste and it came off in a matter of minutes and all I used to wipe it off with was a sponge and some paper towels! THANKS for the tip - saved me lots of work.
Post By Sharon (Guest Post)
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I accidentally splattered permanent marker on my wall working on a project and the marker was on the wall for about a week. I had tried everything from WD-40 to Epsom salt for some reason and I had very little faith in anything else that I hadn't tried but then i tried OFF!. I found that OFF! worked the best for me. However, it did take some of the varnish off of the white doors and white wooden trim. The color of my room was a very bright blue and some of it turned to kind of an egg-shell white color but it's barely noticable from afar.
Post By Kylie (Guest Post)
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I tried hairspray but it left run marks on the wall. What worked for me was some bicarb soda on a damp cloth. This works on cleaning pots, marks on the bench.
Post by nastursim
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I used some bicarb soda on a damp cloth, for me this is all that worked. the hairspray made it run but left run marks. This will also work on pots, benches, just about any surface that has marks.
Post By nastursim (Guest Post)
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When I came home from grocery shopping my 2 1/2 year old did a mural in 4 parts of the house with permanent marker. Dad was in charge and as long as she called back to him he didn't seem to think she was in trouble just up playing in her room. So now I'm on the search for taking permanent marker off the wall. You can not paint over it it soaks right through I have already attempted a few coats of expensive primer.
Post By sara (Guest Post)
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If your walls are painted with latex, rubbing alcohol works well. Just don't rub too hard or use too much alcohol as the paint will rub off as well. This worked for permanent map pen.
Post By Dad (Guest Post)
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Someone took jiffy marker to the vinyl siding of my house last night. I really hope that the Magic eraser gets it off!
Any other ideas if it doesn't?
Post By Nicole (Guest Post)
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Hey, I'm a 17 year old guy who has extremely strict parents, and I accidentally got a small line of permanent marker on the wall next to my desk as I was doing homework. Knowing I'd get into deep trouble for it, I frantically sought out a solution to the problem. I tried using sugar soap (a household staple) and that didn't work. not knowing what to do, I searched on google for a solution and found this. I didn't have access to hairspray or alcohol, but I read someones post on citrus cleaning products, and I'd just like to say thank you so very much, you saved me a month of being grounded :)
Post By Christian (Guest Post)
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Just for fun, I tried Solarcaine on permanent ink! Came off. Don't we spray that on open wounds?
Post By Bonnie (Guest Post)
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My little brother drew on the counter top with a black sharpie.
I tried everything. Nobody wants to get yelled at by mom, or she would think I am irresponsible. Ajax, liquid soap, warm water, and nail polish remover was the best.
Post By KAMILE (Guest Post)
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Melaleuca solvent works on permanent marker. I think it is called Solumel. I had permanent marker on plastic baby bottles and sprayed some on, let it sit for a minute then then marker which had been there for years, wiped right off. It has tea tree oil which is so much nicer than gasoline or any other solvent.
Post By Sara from Saskatchewan (Guest Post)
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I got mad and wrote a greif wall on my brick chiminey piece in my room and ive used nail polish remover hairspray and achohal pads and they have just faded it but you can still read... it help!PleaseHELP ME
Post By Pamela (Guest Post)
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WD-40 took the paint right off the wall. so did findernail polish remover. rubbing alcohol took off some but spread it around a lot. the magic eraser did good on the door, but not the wall it started to take off the paint
Post By Philipp (Guest Post)
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hairspray...didnt work! goo gone...didnt work! toothpaste...didnt work! hand sanitizer....worked!! but also took the paint off so im still stuck re painting unless the magic erase will work for the other 3 walls!! isnt it funny how a lot of stories have the same reason this happened....dad was watching the kids!! Same here! them darn dads!!
Post By Andrea (Guest Post)
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My 3 year old brother drew on my moms new doors and her walls. we used rubbing alcohol but it just took the paint right off. Then we used Mr.Clean msgic Eraser and you know what? IT WORKED LIKE MAGIC!!!
Post By Alyssa (Guest Post)
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someone drew a mustache on a poster of mine. anyone know if hairspray will work without damaging the picture?
Editor's Note: You could try rubbing alcohol. I think hairspray would damage the poster. You may not have much luck no matter what you do.
Post By FAT BEAR (Guest Post)
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My three year old coloured with permanent marker on the door and wall. Hairspray does indeed work and I had no stripping of the paint or finish on the door. I'm now a believer in what seemed like a not so believable truth about hairspray removing things!
Post By cd (Guest Post)
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I got a call from my neighbor earlier to let me know that my 2 or my 3 year old drew all over her closet door with blue crayola marker while we were over there playing earlier. Since my kids made the mess, I offered to clean it up. (And at this time I was about to have a litter of kittens because I've never had to get marker off a wall.) i tried a citrus cleaner first, it got half of the marker off, but not all of it. So I came home to look online on how to get it off and found this page. I used the rubbing alcohol and the hairspray with a scrubby sponge. It took a little of the paint off, but it did the job.
Post By Allison (Guest Post)
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Hairspray took permanent marker off my painted walls but it did also take off some of the paint finish
Post By mom23boys (Guest Post)
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My little brother drew with green permanent marker all over the walls and it was my job to clean it off! My mom gave me this solution called "De-Solv-It" and it worked wonders and didn't peel the paint off! It is also safe on skin and fabric surfaces. You can see the ink running off when you spray it. I recommend using a Mr.Clean Magic Eraser at the same time to rub it off. It works wonderfully.
Post By Ash (Guest Post)
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so th ajax and liquid dishsoap worked....came right up with out having to wait.
Post By Enter your name. (Guest Post)
permanent marker on tile floor and sneakers
my granddaughter decided to draw on herself ,my tile floor and her sneaker i tryed the hairspray it worked somewhat on the tile but its still fade marks on it ,sprayed her sneaker it didnt come off,put her in the bath and used the hairspray on her it worked thank god
Post By lisa (Guest Post)
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Thanks, permanent marker moustaches come right off with soap, warm water and acetone xxx
Post By Tim (Guest Post)
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My daughter decided to take a red permanent Sharpie marker and write on the walls , doors, and register... I took rubbing alcohol,and it removed it!! Wonderful, and Cheap!
Post by sasha1
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My 2 year old daughter has sucessfully decrorated our home twice now with a sharpie permanent marker. The second way more "decorative" than the first but, along with the complications of it running once a cleanser way applied I've found that my time scrubbing became WAY LESS with the accompanied use of the "Mr.Clean MAGIC Eraser".
Post By Krysta (Guest Post)
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hair spray will get it off skin also. my 2 year old writes on herself all the time and that works to get it off the best just wash them well with soap then put hair spray and rub it that should get it off!!!!
Post By Enter your name. (Guest Post)
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well, my daughter, being a baby, marked with red permanent marker on the walls and we tried an S.O.S. pad and it worked for a minute and then started to take the paint off.
Post By ashley (Guest Post)
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My son, 4 years old, drew all over hiself & our new hardwood floors with a Sharpie marker that his sister had given him while I was at work and when they were with a baby sitter. Does anyone know what takes it off skin?
Post By Danielle (Guest Post)
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ok so i tried everything when my 3 yr old drew on the walls with black permanent marker. The blood pressure was sky high by this stage. But i rang my mum and she said to use anything with citrus oil in it so up to coles i went and bought a bottle of citro-clean. And boy o boy did it work a bit to good it made the colour run down the wall and everywhere but it got it all out with a tiny bit of elbow grease.
So give it a go it worked for me when all else failed.
Post By saxby4454 (Guest Post)
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I just tried the hairspray to remove the pen my kids had put on the walls and it was great it removed the lot
!!! THANKS
Post By Chevell (Guest Post)
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i acccidently wrote with permanent markers on the guest room in my basement. i used the hairspray idea and it worked great!Thanks!
Post By Sarah <3 CT (Guest Post)
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my 2 year old son drew all over our bathtub and stone wall. rubbing alcohol worked great on the tub...any ideas for the stone tile????? i tried alcohol, scrubbing bubbles, fingernail polish (acetone) :-( we are remodeling our bathroom and he was helping. help! thanks!
Post By marta (Guest Post)
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The rubbing alcohol stripped the paint off of my walls, but it did the job. We have to repaint the walls and that is going to be one heck of an unwanted job in my book.
Post By Sue (Guest Post)
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Thank you so very much for all your suggestions and so very quickly...Im going to attempt the clean up tomorrow..will let you know what worked the best!!! We are new managers and these hints will save us alot of money and effort!!!
Post By Dawn from Wisconsin (Guest Post)
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Try antibacterial hand gel. Rub into stain and let sit for 10mins. or so then rub off with wet cloth.
Post by jeangnome46
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Acetone!!...The lab I used to work in bought this by the gallon specifically for erasing black permanent marker. You can find 100%-acetone at the large hardware store chains, or just use acetone-based fingernail polish remover. Isopropyl alcohol and hairspray also work really well.
Post by Repciak
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When my son used them in his room, I found this stuff by the same people who make goo-gone, called ink remover. it was fabulous! took the marks off(with some elbow grease) but it didn't take off the paint or varnish.
Post By muusetta (Guest Post)
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I saw the following hint just today in another "tip" newsletter:
Removing 'Permanent' Markers
If you take a can of Right Guard deodorant spray and spray it
on permanent marker, it will start to run right off. So when
my child got a hold of a permanent marker and wrote on
everything in the house, I had to buy a few cans of spray. I
promise you that it works. It will come right off, walls,
wood, etc.
Lisa
Post By Sara (Guest Post)
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We have used WD-40 which is amazing at taking crayon and markers off the walls without damaging the paint. And also Scrubbing Bubbles bathroom cleaner works great. I usually spray on the Scrubbing Bubbles and let it sit for a few minutes before wiping down with a sponge. Occasionally we may have to repeat with the bathroom cleaner depending on what type and what color the marker is. But it has always taken it off. Hope this helps!
Post By Mom of 6 1/2 (Guest Post)
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II have always found that rubbing alcohol is a great way to remove permanent marker stains. I found this out when my daughter was 2 years old and marked all over our brand new furniture. I called Sharpie and they suggested using the alcohol. I recently had my now college aged daughter call me asking how her roommate could get out permanent marker from her $150 brand new jeans! The alcohol removed it and the roommate was ecstatic.
Post By Pam from Clovis (Guest Post)
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