Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls

RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls Post By Leslie Ortega (Guest Post) (07/04/2008) My daughter is 21 months and she decided she would draw all over the walls one day. We have tried tooth paste, hair spray, rubbing alcohol, nail polish remover and nothing is working. Does anyone else have any suggestions? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls Post By Sabrina. (Guest Post) (06/24/2008) Use ajax, a sponge, and some elbow grease. I just cleaned permanent marker off my wall, and it came off like nothing. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls Post By veronica (Guest Post) (05/20/2008) Oh my goodness, thank god for this site. My son just learned how to draw smiley faces. Well he decided to practice on the walls with a purple permanent marker. I used everything this site said but nothing was really doing the trick. Finally the hand sanitizer worked wonders, took a tiny bit of paint off but nothing you can notice. Thanks so much. What did moms do before the internet. lol! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls Post By chameleon galaxy (Guest Post) (05/19/2008) I am moving out soon and my autistic son already did some damage on the apt. I just went to use the bathroom 2 hours ago he found a sharpie I didn't know we had and in 3 min marked on 4 walls and most in my kitchen wall big black marks. I read the posts and not having the wd-40 or eraser on hand tried toothpaste...AMAZING... it came right off, but as said with some elbow grease. I got a good portion of it off in 3 minutes with a scrubby sponge and a wash cloth, to get it in the little hard to reach textured areas. It's coming off. I'm so thankful i don't have to repaint the apt! Thank goodness for Google or I'd be up a creek with out a paddle! I'm bookmarking this site! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls Post by Gary dominicus (49) | (05/04/2008) Blog! | Contact I used Mr. Clean Magic eraser. It works great. Gary Dominicus Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls Post By Heather (Guest Post) (04/28/2008) OK So we tried the WD-40 and it only faded it slightly. We also tried the Magic Eraser and to no avail it still didn't come off. So we tried the toothpaste trick and IT WORKED! We just used Crest Cinnamon. Flavored and it worked fabulously! Thanks for the help all. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls Post By Maria (Guest Post) (04/23/2008) Wow, so many options! Thanks to all who posted. I wrote on the wall at school, and I feel terrible about it. So, I'm going to try to clean it on the sly. I'm in a big guilt here, so I hope something works! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls Post By stephen (Guest Post) (04/22/2008) What works really good is hair spray with krylon clear it makes the marker drip then you wipe it off with magic eraser. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls Post By leash1. (Guest Post) (04/13/2008) My sister decided to make her room look pretty with some perm. marker, and we've tried many different products. I think overall nail polish remover works the BEST! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls Post By susan (Guest Post) (04/02/2008) Rubbing alcohol usually removes permanent marker if its soon after the accident. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls Post By Alexa (Guest Post) (03/29/2008) My little Girl who is 2 decided it was a wonderful idea to canvas her art all over my walls. So i used toothpaste. At first it didn't work but then I took an old toothbrush and scrubbed and I guess the toothpaste work with the bristles. It came off great and didn't take the paint off. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls Post By mum of a 2 year old (Guest Post) (03/25/2008) Thanks for the advice. I got the permanent marker off with nail polish remover. It took a little paint off but nothing that I will have to repaint. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls Post By Rachel (Guest Post) (03/21/2008) Hand sanitizer got most of it off our wall. Still took off some of the paint. Nail polish remover worked on our metal heater grate (make sure you wash it with soap and water after though because the remover will catch fire). Neither worked on both surfaces. Toothpaste didn't do anything except make my wall and heater minty fresh. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls Post by luvmygingerkids (386) | (03/04/2008) Profile | Blog! | Contact Supposedly the Mr. Clean Erasers work wonders. Can't hurt to try them. And there's this stuff, Motsenbocker's Lift Off #3 http://www.dtep.com/liftoff3.htm I don't know how well either work. If worse comes to worst, I would simply use a fine sandpaper on the marks and a small craft paintbrush to touch up the wall paint. Good luck! Report Spam or Abuse Request: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls Post by Laurel_admin (394) | (03/04/2008) Contact I was wondering if there was anything to use on my daughter's bedroom wall to get permanent marker off. Typical 2 year old. Anne from Tasmania, Launceston Answers: RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls I tried the, hairspray, it did not work, I also tired the hand sanitizer, it worked really well, but it took the paint off of my wall. The best product has been the Magic Eraser, although it is taking for ever, it works without taking the paint off of my walls. (08/03/2006) By Jennifer25 RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls My Two year old used a sharpie all over my walls and and end table. Colgate whiting Toothpaste with scrub sponge took it right of with a little elbow grease. (08/04/2006) By RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls WD-40 works wonderfully for removing any types of stains. No scrubbing required!! (08/11/2006) By Christie RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls Nail polish remover took it off my tape measure. (09/10/2006) By bonny RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls In our dorm, we got sharpie on our wall. We tried different cleaning agents that we had but found that Colgate toothpaste worked the best with some elbow grease. Specifically it was the "pro-health" toothpaste that had the 'crystals' in it. Cleans it off orange peel walls with semigloss. (09/24/2006) By Philip Szelagowski RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls Try an old sock and some astringent. WORKS THE BEST. It usually comes off with one wipe! (06/25/2007) By Cleaning Marker off Walls WOW! Thanks to all who suggested Hand Sanitizer. I have never seen anything work so well. You are life savers! (09/07/2007) By Jessica RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls Dawn Power Dissolver removes any permanent marker off anything and fast. Even clothes. It is amazing. It doesn't bleach the color or remove paint! (11/17/2007) By ChaoticMom RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls Vinegar works wonders, hint - hint (12/30/2007) By Taylor RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls Thank goodness for this site and my son's preschool teacher's advice. After reading these posts I tried the hand sanitizer and it worked well but also took the paint off. Then I tried the preschool teacher's advice and used Comet powder with a wet washcloth and it really did the trick on the Sharpie marker on our walls. Hopefully making my 4 year old do much of the scrubbing will deter any repeat offenses - also suggested by his teacher:-) (02/15/2008) By Janet Report Spam or Abuse Tip: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls Post by lewis_admin (1294) | (10/12/2005) Profile | Blog! | Contact Do you hate when your children or brothers and sisters get permanent marker stains on the wall? Well, I have a solution for you and its very simple. All you have to do is use any toothpaste (maybe Colgate) and wipe the mark away. Works every time! Feedback: RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker or Crayon off Walls Try using a product called "Erase" by Zep. It takes it all off! (10/14/2005) By ladybug RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker or Crayon off Walls Mr. Clean Eraser works for this too! (10/18/2005) By mamascott RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker or Crayon off Walls WD 40 spray and hair spray work (10/19/2005) By marsbar RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker or Crayon off Walls Germanex or any alcohol based hand sanitizer! It works wonders. And for crayons or pen use an eraser. (12/23/2005) By Nita RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls I couldn't believe the hand sanitizer really worked. I'm house sitting and my 2 year old made pretty art work with perm. marker. I'm so relieved. Thanks for the advice. (02/01/2006) By Ms.Denia RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls Germ-X is working awesome in taking off the permanent marker! (03/31/2006) By maddie N Abby's Mom RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls My year old decided to make his little creations all over my house, my doors are wood and my walls are concrete, I tried the "toothpaste" did not work, so I used nail polish remover, it worked like a charm and did not even take the paint off my walls or damage my wood doors, then I used baby wipes on him! Needless to say he will go in the bathroom when I have to go now... lol! (04/11/2006) By Sasha J. RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls WOW the hand sanitizer worked GREAT! I am a college student and had made a poster earlier this semester, using my wall as an easel. The permanent marker bled right through the paper! I was so worried I was going to get charged for it - I had tried scrubbing it with Lysol, bleach, and dish soap with no success. Whoever came up with this idea is incredible. Thanks again! (05/11/2006) By Ellen cleaning permanent marker of the fridge Toothpaste is a big no helper and nail-polish remover works great! (06/21/2006) By initials:AM RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls Go with the hand sanitizer, the toothpaste did Nothing!! Thanks for the tip (06/30/2006) By Katrina RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls Thank everyone! My son put black maker in my brand new white bed and thank goodness that nail polish remover worked i tried every thing even tears...(lol) but on nail polish remover worked awesome. (07/11/2006) By Ariel RE: Cleaning Permanent Marker off Walls My son drew all over on our outside walls with permanent marker and I just rubbed them with Colgate and cotton balls and they came up 100%! Yay! (07/24/2006) By Heidi Report Spam or Abuse