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How can I remove sharpie ink from a wall? The wall is latex painted.
Joe From Hopewell, NJ
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RE: Sharpie Marks on Walls
I found this site after doing a search on Google when looking for way to get the black Sharpie marks my two-year-old daughter left all over my kitchen cabinets. I read all the comments and came up with the three top solutions:
1. Brake Fluid
2. Magic Eraser
3. Nail Polish Remover (without acetone)
I figured I'd try brake fluid first as everyone on this site said it worked so well. They weren't kidding. It was a miracle. The brake fluid worked instantly and with a little hard rubbing removed every trace of the black marker from the white kitchen cabinets leaving the paint unharmed. You would never know that permanent magic marker was once scrawled all over the cabinets.
Thanks for all the suggestions.
Posted on 12/06/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
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By OhNoes! D: (Guest Post)
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Germ-X works :D put it directly on the stain or on a paper towel/rag, wait a minute or two and wipe away. The wall might taste bad and smell of Germ-X for a day or two though D:
Posted on 11/16/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Sharpie Marks on Walls
I am doing a science project on removing sharpie and I read somewhere that if you put toothpaste on a tooth brush and scrub what you are trying to remove worked really well but I haven't tried it yet so let me know how it worked!
Posted on 11/03/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
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My friends wrote all over my white binder the plastic part and I need to get it off! Help.
Posted on 10/07/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
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I have four kids and they went crazy with the sharpie pen all over my walls. All I have to say is brake fluid, wow, who would have thought? It worked.
Posted on 10/04/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
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I tried hairspray and alcohol based hand sanitizer which worked ok but it required a lot of scrubbing. I then read here that brake fluid works and/or a Mr Clean Magic Eraser so I decided to try it and was impressed how well this worked. I applied the brake fluid to the magic eraser and I had my wall cleaned up in no time.
Thanks guys!
Posted on 09/30/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Sharpie Marks on Walls
Non-Acetone nail polish remover worked great!
Posted on 09/17/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
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My 2 year old daughter drew all over my dining room walls in black sharpie. I came here to get suggestions on how to clean it up, and I tried nail polish remover, bleach, rubbing alcohol, and brake fluid. Of course the brake fluid was the last thing I tried! It took all the sharpie completely off fairly quickly. I would definitely recommend this method! How ever I live in an older apartment and can afford to lose a layer of paint or 2.
Posted on 08/18/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
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I took the advice of the many suggestions for brake fluid and it was remarkable! It worked instantly.
Posted on 07/31/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
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WD 40 let it sit a bit and then you will see it just gone :)
Posted on 06/13/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
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Non Acetone Nail Polish remover works reat my 2 year old son wrote with RED sharpie all over my walls I tried magic eraser, it only lightened it, but the nail polish remover took it all away just left the paint slightly lighter. THANKS
Posted on 03/17/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
Brake Fluid
I can't believe it hasn't been suggested - the ink comes right off.
Posted on 02/13/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
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By Lauren&Chelsea (Guest Post)
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I've tried everything, and nothing seems to work for me. Has anyone tried Magic Eraser and rubbing alcohol combined? Someone told me that it was toxic to combine them. =/
Posted on 02/02/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
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By IN NEED OF HELP (Guest Post)
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Help! I just want to know what does work. My two year old wrote all over my white walls with a blue sharpie. What can i use to get it off without taking the paint away as well?
Posted on 01/03/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
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How do you remove sharpie from a plastic binder (the part that is used for holding the page to the binder)? My cousin went overboard.
Posted on 01/02/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
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I found my son had written his classmates' names on the baseboard around his room with black Sparpie pen! I have tried peanut butter,Lift Off, Pine-Sol, and Soft Scrub. It is faded some but still there and the gray paint is now coming off. I am going to buy some Goof Off and see if that will work.
Posted on 12/04/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse
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I used nail polish remover and it worked like a champ
Posted on 11/20/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Sharpie Marks on Walls
After trying the suggestions mentioned above (to no avail) i decided to venture into removal methods of my own. Unfortunately, the only thing that seemed to work (and seamlessly) was marmite. The yeast extract has riboflavin lifts the stain right off, however the new emulsion can be easily removed with the plentiful application of toilet duck. Honest guys, it works a treat.
Posted on 11/19/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Sharpie Marks on Walls
Try using nail polish remover without acetone. That wouldn't remove the paint.
Posted on 10/05/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse
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By OHGODHEREWEGO (Guest Post)
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My sister tried the nail polish remover, the hairspray, and the wipe off marker. We were only testing and the nail polish remover removed not only the sharpie, but the paint. The other two didn't do anything.
Posted on 09/21/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse
SOFT SCRUB
I needed a way for my mom not to find I accidentally got marks on my wall, so I went to the cleaning cabinet, tried EVERYTHING, but soft scrub worked RIGHT away!
Posted on 09/06/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Removing Sharpie Ink
I used a Sharpie to mark the notes on the white keys of kids' electric keyboard. It's been about 10 years and I want to sell it now, so after reading all your good ideas, I pulled out my can of "OOPS!" - just used the tiniest amount on a paper towel and that "permanent" Sharpie ink was Gone! "OOPS!" probably has just about the same ingredients as "Goof Off" mentioned above.
Posted on 07/25/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Sharpie Marks on Walls
i used nail polish remover on my laptop lid, the sharpie marks disappeared instantly!
Posted on 07/02/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse
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I tried alcohol and the peanut butter, neither of which worked.
Posted on 06/24/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse
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I had someone write on my painted walls with an orange sharpie-I tried everything to get it off, including a lot of the postings I read on this site. however, nothing worked, so I decided to try using Pine-Sol (do no dilute it with water) on a damp washcloth and it took it right off...it took a few minutes, but it came off and did not remove my paint!! I hope this works for those who try
Posted on 06/09/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Sharpie Marks on Walls
I had someone write on my painted walls with an orange sharpie-I tried everything to get it off, including a lot of the postings I read on this site. however, nothing worked, so I decided to try using Pine-Sol (do no dilute it with water) on a damp washcloth and it took it right off...it took a few minutes, but it came off and did not remove my paint!! I hope this works for those who try
Posted on 06/09/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse
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i got sharpie all over my laptop top and i tried the peanut butter method and it worked!
Posted on 11/02/2006 | Report Spam or Abuse
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Try WD40. Spray on and use a mr. clean eraser it after that. Continue spraying and scrubbing and it should come off.
Posted on 10/10/2006 | Report Spam or Abuse
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Request: Sharpie Marks on Walls
Archived on 10/09/2006
How do I get sharpie markers off a wall. The wall is white. Other than painting the wall, what can I do?
Answers:
KILZ
You will probably have to paint over her artwork, but be sure to seal the marker with KILZ paint (or use KILZ wall paint or the marker will just bleed thru. (12/28/2004)
By Linda
Lighter Fluid
Rubbing alcohol will remove some, but not all, of the Sharpie. After that, try rubbing the mark with some lighter fluid (naptha). Test the lighter fluid in a hidden spot first, but I don't think it will take off much (if any) paint. I was able to remove black Sharpie pen marks from a plastic surface using exactly the above method, which did not dull the plastic finish at all. The lighter fluid was the key. Good luck! (12/28/2004)
By truerblue
RE: Sharpie Marks on Walls
use hairspray (12/29/2004)
By Kristy
Enamel Thinner
I work at a personalized ornament stand and we use a sharpie to write on the Christmas ornaments, and to remove or correct the marker we use a little bottle of enamel thinner that you can find in a hobby shop. It may take the paint off though, but at least you can paint over with out the marker bleeding through.
Kim (12/30/2004)
By kimmcg
KILZ
Like Linda said, KILZ is the way to go. I took a scenic painting class in college and we used Sharpies to do outlines that we wanted to stand out underneath many layers of paint. Sharpie lines will really show through almost everything, but KILZ and BIN [another good hiding paint] will cover them well. They're kind of expensive, but they'll hide almost anything in a few coats. I believe you can buy both of them buy the pint, and I've also seen them as a spray paint. (01/04/2005)
By Mary
Peanut Butter
My husband runs a printing press and has been known to drag home a glop of thick gooey ink on his boots that end up on the entryway floor the only thing that I have found to clean this up, now wait this gets good... is PEANUT BUTTER. What made me think of it in your situation is that the friend that gave me this tip used it to clean sharpie marks off her wood cupboards. The only hitch might be is that the Peanut Butter may leave a grease stain on your flat walls, but you can usually get that out by rubbing straight dishwashing liquid on the stain then rubbing with wet cloth. The sharpie marks that my friend cleaned up were several months old. (01/05/2005)
By Kat
RE: Sharpie Marks on Walls
I tried the peanut butter and darn if it didn't get the mark off. I am totally surprised. (06/23/2005)
By Jimmie Dial
Paint
I had a tenant who used black and bright colored sharpie markers to draw all over the walls in one bedroom. After 3 coats of Kilz, 1 coat of BIN, and 5 coats of Behr camel brown the graffiti still came through. Finally, I used an old but true method and it worked. I painted the room battleship gray. One coat did the trick. The door had a mural of a flaming red and orange cross-2 coats covered it entirely. I guess there is a reason why the Navy uses battleship gray. It covers anything. I have returned the room to a neutral almond color. It was easy to paint over the gray. I only wish I would have started out using the gray. (06/27/2005)
By Pam
RE: Sharpie Marks on Walls
Alcohol got about 50% of it when applied within 3 minutes and so I hit the web to see what I could find. So 10 minutes after the 2 year old had his way with the dinning room table, I saw the Peanut Butter comment above. I said, OK, I'll be the goof and try it. Well call me stupid, but darn it, it worked. Jif was the brand. Rock on... thanks for the advice. (07/03/2005)
PEANUT BUTTER!
PEANUT BUTTER! Cleaned Sharpie from a stained, carved wooden box like it was jelly! I had written it off as firewood. Read it here, THANKS! (12/28/2005)
By Shar Peanut Butterman
Rubbing Alcohol
Rubbing alcohol took some fresh graffiti off my painted wood exterior. I tried peanut butter first, and it helped, but the alcohol took it off like an eraser. For future reference, is there any trick to using peanut butter? Just rub with a rag, or is there more to it? (12/29/2005)
By Uda
Mr. Clean Eraser
Peanut butter didn't work on any of the painted surfaces I have. (My toddler got 7 walls, So I am left sitting here consoling myself with peanut butter straight from the jar.) The Mr. Clean Magic Eraser works... slowly. (02/22/2006)
By Alison
Goof Off
There is a product available called Goof Off and you can find it at paint and wallpaper stores. (04/26/2006)
By Ldyfromnowhr
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