Cleaning a felt-tip pen or marker from a surface is not as easy a task as it seems at first glance. It is difficult to wash off traces of a felt-tip pen or marker with ordinary water. It even begins to seem that these dyes cannot be removed by anything. However, it is not. There are products for cleaning your favorite table or sofa. For example, regular toothpaste and baking soda can remove marker marks from hard objects, while acetone can remove stains from clothing. After reading this article, you will learn 20 proven ways to erase markers and felt-tip pens.
Initial steps for cleaning
First you need to understand the types of markers. Felt-tip pens are produced on a water-based, oil-based, and also alcohol-based. Depending on the composition, measures should be taken to clean the surfaces or skin of the child, as well as certain means.
It is important to remember one rule: Marker marks must be removed immediately, before they are thoroughly absorbed into the material.
If even a couple of hours have passed after the area is contaminated, it will become more difficult to fix the problem. Timely measures taken will make the task easier.
How to wash felt-tip pen from baby's skin
How to wash felt-tip pen from baby's skin? The individual characteristics of the baby’s skin should be taken into account.
- As a rule, it is sensitive and prone to allergic reactions.
- Products such as formic alcohol, boric acid solution, and hydrogen peroxide will not harm.
- But you should be careful with citric acid and acetone.
- They are best used when cleaning markers from furniture, linoleum, carpets, and plastic coverings.
How else can you wash a felt-tip pen from the skin of a child or adult? Regular laundry soap. If the marker is water-based, it is enough to wash your hands thoroughly in warm water a couple of times.
Precautionary measures
If used incorrectly, home remedies to remove markers are not safe. When working with them you will need to take the following precautions:
- Hairspray, acetone and alcohol are flammable substances. They should not be used near open flame sources.
- Bleach leaves chemical burns on the skin and should not be used without rubber gloves. It is also forbidden to bring the jar close to your nose so as not to inhale toxic fumes.
- Before washing off the marker from your body, you must make sure that you are not allergic to the product. To do this, a drop of the substance is applied to the bend of the elbow or the back of the wrist. If there is no redness, itching, or rash, you are allowed to use the chosen method to clean all impurities on the body.
Cleaning carpet, upholstered furniture and clothing with the wrong product will damage them.
Before using the method, it is better to test it on a separate piece of fabric, which is supplied as a sample for such experiments when purchasing an item. The main precaution is to try to keep markers out of the hands of preschool children. They are dangerous not only for the interior, but also for the child himself, if he decides to taste the felt-tip pen. If it was not possible to keep track, damaged items are cleaned immediately. Stubborn stains are more difficult to remove.
Washing the felt-tip pen from the sofa
Children do not care what surfaces can be painted with felt-tip pens. The main thing is that they are light, because mother should notice the masterpieces. But why is she unhappy? Parents should not panic if their child uses markers to decorate the upholstery of upholstered furniture with all the colors of the rainbow. Let's wash the marker off the sofa!
Until the paint is absorbed, you can use wet wipes that contain alcohol. Such products will help remove marks on leather and fabric upholstery.
It’s good if you have a medical napkin soaked in pure alcohol on hand. In addition to this, there is an option to use formic alcohol. They should soak a cotton pad and treat the contaminated surface. Afterwards, be sure to wash off with a damp sponge and soapy water.
Tar soap
It is recommended to use tar soap if you need to wash felt-tip pens from colored clothes. It can be used to remove dirt if a pencil with a porous core is saturated with dye and alcohol.
How to remove marker from clothes:
- Put on gloves and take tar soap.
- Thoroughly soap the stained area on both sides of the fabric.
- Wait half an hour for the soap to be absorbed and take effect.
- Remove any remaining residue with a damp cloth, rinse with water and machine wash.
Tar soap should not be used if you need to erase felt-tip pens from delicate fabrics.
Nail polish remover with acetone
Such a substance can erase markers that contain oil or varnish.
- The procedure for getting rid of “blots” is the same as if you had to use other means.
- You need to apply a little acetone to a cotton pad, blot the stain with it and leave for 5-10 minutes.
- Afterwards, thoroughly treat the surface with soapy water, wash thoroughly with water, and blot with a dry cloth.
Soda and citric acid
The use of these products is justified by the fact that they are natural and work well. The mixture is used when cleaning marker marks left on tactile upholstery.
The paste, which contains lemon juice and a little soda, is left on the surface of the sofa for 15 minutes. Then wash with a damp cloth and wash off with soapy water.
Cleaning wallpaper with a felt-tip pen
Marker stains are the most difficult to remove from wallpaper, especially when it is made of paper or fabric. Nevertheless, we wash the felt-tip pen from the wall.
You will need:
- Hydrogen peroxide.
- Acetone.
- Refined gasoline.
- Lemon acid.
- Alcohol.
- Laundry soap.
Any of the above products should only be used on non-woven or vinyl wallpaper. It is better to simply replace paper drapery, even when it is on a thick basis.
A little peroxide should be applied to a cotton pad or damp alcohol wipe. It is not advisable to rub the surface; just blot it, dissolving the stain from the marker. Next, you can try to absorb the dirt into another cotton pad, also soaked in peroxide, vinegar or soda solution.
How to remove felt-tip pen from the floor
It depends on the coverage. How to wash a felt-tip pen from linoleum? If it has not yet been strongly absorbed, any solvent will help: alcohol, acetone, peroxide, ammonia, concentrated citric acid powder solution.
Marker stains on linoleum can also be removed with vinegar. There is one rule here: if one remedy does not help, you should try another, but first wash off the previous one.
Vegetable oil
Is your favorite blouse ruined by a felt-tip pen or permanent marker? Don’t rush to part with it, but rather find out how to wash markers from clothes.
Every home has vegetable oil. It copes with this problem perfectly.
Vegetable oil will help remove the marker from white clothes if it was fat-based.
How to remove stains:
- Apply the product to the stained area and leave for 2-3 minutes.
- Don't be afraid to stain your blouse by wiping off marker marks. Vegetable oil will not leave any residue.
- Then we wash the shirt with dishwashing detergent and put it in the washing machine.
Vegetable oil can be easily removed with ordinary powder and does not leave greasy stains on things.
It is used to wash such contaminants from linoleum and metal. You can also remove permanent marker from plastic.
Marker stains on carpet
If the little fidget decides to complement the colors of the carpet by painting with a felt-tip pen, it doesn’t matter.
- Dirt can be removed with regular dishwashing liquid.
- It should be diluted in a small amount of warm water, applied to the stain and left for half an hour.
- In the process of dissolving the marker stain, you can use alcohol, including formic alcohol.
And after all the manipulations, it is advisable to wash off the products from the carpet with soapy water and clean water.
How to remove permanent marker from linoleum or laminate
Floor finishing (linoleum and laminate) is covered with a protective layer, since aggressive chemicals are often used for cleaning floors. Marker stains from the floor covering can be cleaned with alcohol, bleach, acetone, and hairspray.
After using the alcohol mixture over a large area, the room is ventilated to get rid of the smell and harmful fumes.
Cleaning things from a felt-tip pen
And there are no problems in eliminating the annoying stain. You should apply a solution of citric acid or drop a couple of drops of peroxide on it.
- Leave to dissolve for 10-15 minutes and wash the item manually or in an automatic washing machine.
- Marker stains will help remove whiteness if the pants or jacket are made of light fabric, or the item is made of white cotton.
- It is enough to soak the contaminated area in this product and then wash it with laundry soap.
Afterwards, the item should be placed in the washing machine and spun using standard detergents.
Turpentine
To clean clothes, you can only use purified turpentine, since unpurified turpentine contains resin that can remain on the fabric after it has been processed.
How to remove felt-tip pen from clothes?
A solution prepared from turpentine and ammonia is applied to the contaminated area. Both products are mixed in equal quantities.
After 15 minutes of applying the solution to your clothes, wipe off any remaining residue with a paper towel and then machine wash.
