I bought an American Girl Doll at Goodwill and they wrote her price in Sharpie on the cloth body: any advice for removing this?
Beth from Chapel Hill, NC
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Hairspray might work. Any kind, the cheeper the better.
Spray and blot, over and over and over...
I use it to get pen ink out of clothes.
Hi,
Hair spray did not work at all. It's on the cloth body and not the body parts. It's still there. I tried scrubbing a little bit of Dawn for dishes on a clean cloth after the hair spray. It did lighten it a little but not completely gone. I tried Dawn a 2nd time and it did nothing. Any other recommendations?
Try isopropyl alcohol. This might remove the dye in the fabric though so use caution and check a hidden area first.
Good luck!
Have you tried alcohol or a product called goo gone or bleach? I have used these to remove marker from different objects.
try the product OOP's. you can get it from mileskimball.com
good luck!
I've used nail polish remover to get sharpie off of plastic. Maybe that would work.
You got an amazing deal on the doll!!!
Wow, what a bummer that they did that! I've had luck before with getting permanent marker off of plastic by using a dry erase marker in the same color by tracing over the writing and wiping it off. It takes a few times though, and might just make it worse since it's on cloth... I'd try maybe to match a flesh colored paint and paint over it as close as you can.
I know you probably don't know for sure if it is Sharpie brand or another, but you might contact the Sharpie company and see if they can offer any helpful hints on how to remove it. Hope this helps!
I am a chemist and we use permanent marker all the time in the lab. Try alcohol first. Alcohol is a really good solvent for removing permanent marker, but on cloth it will probably bleed, so do the blot technique. Be VERY careful with nail polish remover.
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