Removing Permanent Marker from a Car

RE: Removing Permanent Marker from a Car Post By (Guest Post) (06/29/2008) I guess rich people are pretty dumb. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Permanent Marker from a Car Post By Fumed over vandals (Guest Post) (06/06/2008) We have a white van with a pearl finish. I used Acetone (nail polish remover) to remove the bulk of the permanent markings. Then Mr. Clean's Magic Sponge with toothpaste to rub away residue markings. maybe 5 minutes of actual elbow grease. Worked like MAGIC! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Permanent Marker from a Car Post By Nicole (Guest Post) (05/16/2008) All it took was nail polish remover and a rag, and the marker came off easy. Thank you everyone! I was in a panic earlier. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Permanent Marker from a Car Post By miss mcneil (Guest Post) (04/02/2008) OMG, just found out from a friend that my car had been tagged, looked on some sites for removal of permanent marker,and was delighted to find this one. I rushed to my car, with hairspray, nail polish remover, and toothpaste,used them all, What a result. Thanxs Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Permanent Marker from a Car Post By Aaron (Guest Post) (03/20/2008) I had my silver BMW tagged on earlier this morning with what looked like a sharpie marker. I used nail polish remover and a soft cloth and it came off with little to no effort. Thanks to everyone on this website for the advice Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Permanent Marker from a Car Post By Aaron (Guest Post) (03/20/2008) I had my silver BMW tagged on earlier this morning with what looked like a sharpie marker. I used nail polish remover and a soft cloth and it came off with little to no effort. Thanks to everyone on this website for the advice. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Permanent Marker from a Car Post By jackie B (Guest Post) (03/20/2008) Just wanted to say thanks a million, I got a knock on the door this morning from a local to say my car had been written on in black marker, After seeing my car, I went straight on internet and came across this site, I used hairspray and I was delighted it all came straight off, my cars silver , there's a slight shadow but unless you were literally looking for it you would never know, thanks again to all. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Permanent Marker from a Car Post By Mel. (Guest Post) (02/01/2008) THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS! Some awful people tagged something nasty on my SUV (I am a Mum - and driving around with that on it was horrendous!). I did a quick google and a dry eraser worked like a charm (my husband told me it wouldn't work!). Thank you all you lovely people! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Permanent Marker from a Car Post By Dan Yeager (Guest Post) (01/12/2008) After Greased Lightening = Sprayed onto black marker area, before I had a chance to wipe it, the whole area was marker free. GREAT stuff. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Permanent Marker from a Car Post By Dan Yeager (Guest Post) (01/12/2008) Tried WD-40 = After much rubbing, it made the test spot a little it lighter. Tried Greased Lightening = Sprayed onto marker area and before I had a chance to wipe it, the whole area looked factory new. Then I did a courtesy wipe, since I had the cloth in my hand. GREAT stuff. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Permanent Marker from a Car Post By Frank (Guest Post) (01/12/2008) Thank you to members of this forum. I had black marker graffiti written over the paint of my white mercedes. I'm waiting for temps. to rise a bit outside, but I'm going to give the dry erase method a try. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Permanent Marker from a Car Post By drag4cash@yahoo.com (Guest Post) (12/27/2007) Thanks for the help. I used toothpaste and a magic eraser with soap and water to rinse and they came right off without harming the finish. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Permanent Marker from a Car Post By dawn (Guest Post) (12/23/2007) Wow! The dry erase marker really worked. I didn't have to scrub at all, and it took less than 5 min. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Permanent Marker from a Car Post By Sexy Saechao (Guest Post) (12/08/2007) If you want it to be EASY, grab a sponge and pour some NAIL POLISH REMOVER on the sponge, and wipe it gently or angrily, depending on how you feel, it will be like erasing writing on the white board. SO EASY! Nail Polish Remover is the master of all. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Permanent Marker from a Car Post By Susan (Guest Post) (10/09/2007) Wow! Thank you so much! When I went to leave for work today I found that some idiot had written on the front of my grey car in black permanent marker. I just tried using the Mr. Clean magic eraser thing and it worked effortlessly. I would have never thought of that. Thanks again. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Permanent Marker from a Car Post By Beverly Royce (Guest Post) (09/13/2007) Removing permanent marker from car interior leather seats Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Permanent Marker from a Car Post By Jack (Guest Post) (09/04/2007) This works! I thought I was going to be out tons of money but then I found this forum. A little dry erase marker, hairspray, washcloth and elbow grease was all it took. THANK YOU! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Permanent Marker from a Car Post By Spice of Life (Guest Post) (08/12/2007) Thank You All Indeed, my skyblue BMW was tagged with black Perm Marker and after finding this site I didnt look no further with so many consensus replies on the "Hairspray and Dry Eraser" I scribbled over the entire mess with dry eraser alittle at a time not in uniform pattern and wiped away with hairspray, all gone. In some spots may have to wait and go back over but comes completely off with little muscle and time and NO damage to paint. Thank You All. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Permanent Marker from a Car Post By Fiona (Guest Post) (07/29/2007) Thanks for the suggestion, HAIRSPRAY worked great. Report Spam or Abuse removing permanent marker from car exterior Post By maria (Guest Post) (07/20/2007) hairspray works 4 sure Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Permanent Marker from a Car Post By Doug (Guest Post) (07/16/2007) Try a dry-erase marker FIRST!!! I was skeptical at first but it worked instantly and no elbow grease required!! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Permanent Marker from a Car Post By N.D. (Guest Post) (06/07/2007) I had a silver rental car that got marked with a permanent marker. I used the dry erase marker technique suggested by A.I., wiped off with a napkin and it worked perfectly. It was a green Avery marks-a-lot whiteboard marker. Thanks very much for the recommendation. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Permanent Marker from a Car Post By Jo (Guest Post) (06/06/2007) Methylated spirit on a cloth will rub it off easily, and not affect the paintwork underneath. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Permanent Marker from a Car Post By K (Guest Post) (06/05/2007) i wouldn't have believed it if i didn't see it! someone tagged my green car with black permanent marker. it sat in the sun for a full day. i tried a regular eraser and it worked a bit, but with lots of scrubbing and residue. THEN, i tried the dry erase marker. i traced over the permanent ink with the dry erase marker, let sit for 5 seconds, then rubbed off with one swipe of a cloth towel. Amazing! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Permanent Marker from a Car Post by MommieG (1) | (06/04/2007) Contact I tried using a dry erase marker but found that spraying WD-40 on it first then dabbing nail polish remover on the rag and rubbing it off in little sections worked the best for me thank you for the suggestions. By Christine Report Spam or Abuse Request: Removing Permanent Marker from Car Exterior Post by lewis_admin (1274) | (06/02/2007) Profile | Blog! | Contact Does anyone know how you remove permanent marker on the outside of your car? My car was tagged by kids with a permanent marker. Any advice? Randy Answers: RE: Removing Permanent Marker from Car Exterior Hair spray often works. (04/19/2005) By siris RE: Removing Permanent Marker from Car Exterior Try Armour-all (sorry not a good speller) orange de-greaser wipes. (05/11/2005) By Michelle from Tennessee RE: Removing Permanent Marker from Car Exterior Gasoline worked wonders for me today. I started with lighter fluid, but the took a while. Gasoline worked great. I used it on my windows and on my front right quarter panel. Just make sure you rinse the area well after you're done to remove any gas. Gasoline and its fumes are very flammable. Make sure you are very careful and no smoking or starting the vehicle until it has had time to dissipate. Be careful with the disposal of rags also. (11/16/2005) By Joe RE: Removing Permanent Marker from Car Exterior From what I remember, go over the permanent with an EXPO marker - the ones used for white boards then wipe off the marker as soon as you put it on... it should erase the permanent marker. (01/17/2006) By A.I. RE: Removing Permanent Marker from Car Exterior I just used WD-40 to remove black permanent marker from my red van. It worked very well. It took a little bit of elbow grease, but it was relatively easy to rub off the black marker after the WD-40 soaked in. I recommend it. (01/19/2006) By Friend from Arizona RE: Removing Permanent Marker from Car Exterior I use aerosol deodorant on my desk, works beautifully, you can actually see the pen mark coming off without even wiping it. So just try a squirt of lynx on the mark and wipe, you should be amazed (02/09/2006) By Sambo RE: Removing Permanent Marker from Car Exterior I tried gasoline, WD40, and hairspray. The hairspray worked the best. There were a couple of stubborn dark spots left (the car is white). I took a little Arm and Hammer mildly abrasive toothpaste and a cotton swab which worked fine on those (02/23/2006) By MW RE: Removing Permanent Marker from Car Exterior I just had this same problem and the responses here helped a lot. What I found that worked the best was to spray the spot with wd-40 and then spray it with car washing solution. This way it came right off. With the wd-40 by itself I was rubbing forever and the car washing solution by itself didn't take anything off at all. (03/06/2006) By Elisa RE: Removing Permanent Marker from Car Exterior Hairspray worked perfectly,thanks very much. you may have saved my local hoodlums from an arse kicking. (04/06/2006) By Gareth RE: Removing Permanent Marker from Car Exterior The dry erase marker worked for me. I have a very light blue colored car and it was tagged with a black sharpie. Write over it and it wipes off (04/24/2006) RE: Removing Permanent Marker from Car Exterior Try the MrClean Magic Eraser. It's not super cheap but if it gets your marker off it will be worth the cost. It works great on pebbled surfaces as well, the ease of use makes it worth the $ for us. My local grocery store chain just came out with a cheaper store brand so check around your area. (08/15/2006) By Taurusfeen RE: Removing Permanent Marker from Car Exterior I had a black marker written on my car (vandalism) and used the Mr. Clean eraser pad and it did come right off with very little elbow power. (09/29/2006) By Aries RE: Removing Permanent Marker from Car Exterior I have a white car and the hairspray left some dark spots but it works fairly well. (10/03/2006) By Alan RE: Removing Permanent Marker from Car Exterior Amazingly, a dry-erase marker will completely and instantly remove permanent marker from most hard surfaces, like counter tops, desk tops, furniture, cars, some high gloss painted walls, etc. (10/24/2006) By Josh RE: Removing Permanent Marker from Car Exterior I just used a black dry erase marker to remove black permanent marker from my silver car and it totally works! there is a faint "shadow" where the permanent marker was, but that will buff or wax out. this method defies all logic, but i highly recommend it! use a cloth towel to gently rub the dry erase marker off because paper towels can be abrasive to the car finish. (10/28/2006) By Tammy Try Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, followed by WD-40. Mr. Clean Magic Eraser succeeded in removing most of the black color, leaving behind a shadow of the tag. I got rid of the shadow by rubbing WD-40 into it for 15-20 minutes with a soft cloth. I was skeptical starting this whole process, but there isn't a single mark left. This happened while I was away, so the tag may have been as new as 12 hours or as old as 3 days; it had no direct sun exposure and temp. was 40-50 degrees. (11/26/2006) By Tina RE: Removing Permanent Marker from Car Exterior I just wanted to thank everyone and the owners of this forum! Someone wrote on my car in black permanent marker. I filed a claim with my insurance company and went in for an appraisal of damage today. They said my door would need to be sanded and re-painted and the cost would be $360. My deductible is $500 so nothing would be covered. I don't have that kind of money. So, I just went out right now and to my amazement hairspray completely took it off in minutes and didn't hurt my paint at all. You cannot even tell anything happened. This is wonderful! Thanks:) (01/08/2007) By Rebecca B. RE: Removing Permanent Marker from Car Exterior I just wanted to thank everyone for the information on removing permanent marker from car paint. I used the fingernail polish remover and rubbed with WD40, but still had a residue, so we put rubbing compound that did the trick. Completely gone. This may have been on there for a week and was in the sun at all times. So we are glad it is completely gone. (02/04/2007) By Eileen RE: permanent marker Randy use GOOF OFF, you can buy from home depot store and I am sure 99.99 percent it will remove the stains. (02/04/2007) By Rahul Report Spam or Abuse