Sharpie

I have a customer tommorow with sharpie marks on the back of their head rests (cloth).

Any suggestions on how to get them out?

Godoman

 

oh man . . . . . i don't think so man. I know they make cleaners for ink marks but you would probably need to source it out and order it.

 

Try Folex as it has worked well for me in the past

 

godoman, please take pictures and document what ever you try as well as your findings, I'm sure this will prove useful to others in the future. You could also try asking boredstudent on here as he has done MANY soccer mom minivans and I don't doubt for a second that he's possibly had to tackle a sharpie mark at some point in time.

 

Folex might be the answer or at least help- grain alcohol (everclear) also has worked well for me in the past on an S4- clients kid drew with a ball point pen on his suede seats and the grain alcohol took care of it.

good luck
- Dan

 

Does grain alchohol hurt the fabric? i searched online and found that rubbing alchohol and magic eraser are the most prefered/used methods.

Joeyv, thanks for pointing that out, pics will be coming

Godoman

 

Never had a problem the two times I have used it on both cloth and suede- always could dilute it down and try on a test spot- like for example inbetween the back of the seat and the bottom- put back of chair down all the way and get in that hidden area.

 

Also, this is one time I would assume some heat will be your friend! And to add to what others have already said, what about those tide-to-go color safe bleach pens? Or any other color safe bleach? And according to Google, although you obviously would have to be VERY careful with these, and attempt at your own risk,

-Hairspray
-milk
-graffiti remover
-oxi clean
-wd40

And you could always try removing the headrest if it will unzip and throw it in the wash!

 

So i never heard from the customer the next day and asked them how they were dealing with the sharpie marks and offered suggestions that i heard from everyone on here. just trying to give good customer service.

Turns out they used oxy clean and some scrubbing with a brush, i was shocked to hear they went this rout but it worked for them and did not discolor the fabric

Learn something new every day.....

 

Use a waterbased product, to prevent damages to either leather finish or foam swelling.


Here are examples of proven success on permanent marker removal.


Sharpie Permanent Marker Removal - Leather

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Sharpie Permanent Marker Removal - Fabric

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Ooooookay...so what exactly did you use in the way of product to remove said stains? Thanks.

 

The power of Photoshop.

JK...but I'm very curious.

 

I believe he is a Distributor for Leather Masters products out of somewhere in Canada I think.
So, I assume he is using his Leather Masters products for this .
Dan F