Knowing how to remove permanent marker from a variety of surfaces is a good thing to know. Permanent marker is often just that: permanent. If it gets on the wrong material, it can be difficult, if not impossible, to remove. Here are some tips on how to remove permanent marker from any number of surfaces.
A favorite method of removing permanent marker is toothpaste with baking soda. Rubbing the stain with baking soda toothpaste until it comes off.
Clothing is one of the most difficult materials to get permanent marker off of, and it can be the most distressing, depending on how much you like the garment. Luckily there is generally a solution: rubbing alcohol. Soak the stained area in rubbing alcohol, then hang the garment so that as you wring the alcohol out, it falls into a sink or bowl.
Alcohol can also be used on plastic. You can put alcohol on a piece of cotton and rub that on the permanent marker stain. Another option is to use the Magic Eraser; it can work miracles on permanent marker stains on hard surfaces.
Skin is another surface which often ends up with unwanted permanent marker. Of course permanent marker on skin will eventually wear off, but if you want to hurry things along, try a little hand sanitizer.
WD-40 is known to be sort of a universal stain remover, and it can work on a variety of surfaces stained by permanent marker. Don't use WD-40 on skin. It's a good idea to test the surface with the WD-40 before you commit to using it.
Perhaps the most surprising solution for permanent marker comes for dry erase boards. When a permanent marker stains a dry erase board, you can get rid of the stain by coloring over it with a dry erase board.
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