Help! One of my little darlings on my SCHOOL BUS wrote some pretty nasty graffiti on my bus seat with a SHARPIE.
I noticed a couple questions about this on the board, but did not find an answer.
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Try rubbing alcohol first. If that doesn't work, I'm pretty sure nail polish remover would. Since the seats are vinyl, it shouldn't harm them - Clean any residue off after though.
Try hand cleaner, the kind men use on their hands after working on cars when the hands are real dirty and greasy. My husband sugested I use some on marks our grandson left on the kitchen floor (linoleum) and it worked. Since then I have used it for removing paint dropped on floors lip stick stains and ink marks, paint on my hands, etc. Just let it set for a few minutes on your problem area and then rub off. And wash your area again with a clean wet cloth.
I know this has nothing to do with this but women work on cars too!
What dollar store and what brand of soap? There are several of both.
Hi, Buy a can of graffiti remover at the hardware store. Loretta
You can try Lysol Disinfectant spray. It takes paint right off the walls! It is also not a bad thing to have on the bus anyways for cleaning/disinfecting.
You need to be very careful of what you keep on your school bus. Any type of cleaner can cause your bus to be put out of service during a state inspection!
If worst comes to worst, you will have to paint over the graffiti with some spray paint.
During the Xmas holiday I personalize ornaments at the mall. The ornaments are mostly made of resin. We use a permanent sharpie to personalize and use this little tiny jar of "enamel thinner" from the hobby shop to erase any mistakes..you can get it at an art shop too..
Great Tips! I will treasure the input you have all given.
Thank you to everybody that took the time to reply-I am certain these tips will come in handy.
Now can we BAN "SHARPIES" from schools? LOL
don't you ever say that again no banning sharpies
Thanks for the info. I drive a bus also and they are just having a great time writing on my seats. It is difficult to drive and figure out who is doing it.
His I'm currently a student an I had to help my brother remove sharpie from the seats, try hairspray. It works like a charm! if it doesn't remove all of it use nail polish remover. I thought hearing a students perspective might help!
Hi, umm, this happened to me except that i was the one who did it, and know I have to clean it off, except that it's with a ballpoint pen, which one of those solutions worked?
Me and my friend drew on the bus seats, nothing bad at all, a couple of flowers in fact. We are trying to clean it off. We have tried paint thinner, graffiti/vandalism remover, soap and water, germ X.
A couple of my extremely dumb friends decided to write on the back of the seat and they have til tomorrow after noon to get it off. We have tried everything to from tooth paste to nail polish remover. What really works but doesn't cost more than 5 dollars?
WD40 will remove it.
Yes! WD-40 worked :) you have to put a little elbow grease into it and try to get it into the cracks of the vinyl. Be sure to air it out and rinse the residue off after. Thank you!
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