Pen Marks on Shoes

I hope you have gotten the mark out by now, but if not try bacon grease. weird i know, but i used to us it to get pen and crayon marks off wooden doors and my fridge.
If all else fails get some fabric paint and put designs on the shoes.

Since the mark is already there and the shoes may already be ruined, my suggestion is to try a tiny bit of Comet and rub very lightly on the spot. I use Comet when my kids get a hold of Sharpies and it usually works well and with little or no damage or scratches to whatever they have written on. I don't think they've ever written on shoes but it's worth a shot, I think.

This may sound funny but try perfume . I know that it works on other things . My daughter use to write on everything.

Have you tried Oxy Clean?? That works for me!

I've had the same experience, and my daughter was two at the time.....it doesn't come out. You're talking about a regular Bic Pen, right? It's nice to have an artist in the family.

Have you tried Goo Gone? That stuff is amazing!

Even if the pen is not erasable, there are erasers out there that work on ink, the funny looking ones that are half white and half grey... you might try that. G'luck!

If that is ball point pen, try putting alcohol (rubbing) on it. My DD wrote all over my new leather sofa w/ a ball point pen a few years ago and it mostly came off w/ the alcohol. Good luck!

Go to the grocery store and pickup something called bartenders friend. It's a powdered cleanser used to shine stainless steel, but i have found it takes just about everything up--even blue magic marker off toilet seats--don't ask. You'll probably find it with all the other pot scrubbing stuff like Comet and Brillo.

Hope it works for you!!

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have you tried fingernail polish remover? my son colored on the tv today with sharpie... it got it off easy. :)

Try rubbing Alcohol. It works for alot of things.

Do nothing. She is just showing her artistic talents... Does it really hurt to leave like it is?

mix a little bleach with tide to make a paste worked for me good luck

Hairspray gets ink out pretty well.

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try hairspray. it works wonders. alchohol also works good. if either of those don't work, try rosonol oil for lighters. that will usually take anything out.

Try using GOO BE GONE, or GOOF OFF. The next best thing is that cleaner that the door to door kids sell. They usually come by one time per year and the bottle is about $35.00. After years of telling them no, I decided to purchase it and it has been one of the best investments ever. If you want the phone mnumber to order it contact me and I will look on the bottle and give it to you. If you don't want to go that route, go to Home Depot and look in the paint dept. and cleaning department. They carry some good products.

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hi A.,
If you can't get it of. Cover it up with either white shoe cream or that stuff, that they cover up writing in the offices, i don't know how its called.
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You should try babywipes. Babywipes get everything off!

Have you tried rubbing alcohol or even hair spray.

Boot polish the shoes black. Always classy!

Hi A.,

I had to get black Sharpie off of our coffee table yesterday when my daughter decided to have an artistic moment. How she got it is a different story but I used Goo Gone to get it off. I normaly use it to get adhesive off of things but it's great to get just about anything off - gum, tar, lipstick (we may need it for this as they get older) and ink. I've used it to get small ink marks off of our leather furniture so hopefully it will work on her pretty white shoes too. :o)

Good luck!
A.

Nail Polish remover just worked on my son's white leather shoes.

If it is patten leather, then hair spray may work. I know it sounds crazy but when my daughter who is now 6 was 1 and 1/2, she wrote on the white wall with a black pen. I was watching Oprah and she had a show where there were stay at home moms who gave old wive's tale advice. When I heard about the hair spray thing, I grabbed my Rave 2 and it really worked. I was so excited I gave my daughter another black pen and told her to write away. I spent the whole afternoon just cleaning pen marks off the wall and actually enjoyed it. Of course she was my only child at the time (Now I have 4). And the paint on the walls had a glossy finish. I've tried the same trick with walls that had a matte finish. It doesn't work very well there. So if the shoes aren't patten leather then I wouldn't try the hair spray.

Plain rubbing alcohol works very well in getting out ink stains. I would test first on an inconspicous area. Good luck!

i hope this works if its just get shoe polish and fix them up

JUST TRIED THIS TODAY AND IT WORKS!!!!!!!!!!
Acetone! Works like magic to get pen off white leather shoes!!!
you can find it at any hardware store......you could try nail polish remover but i used pure acetone! NO MORE PEN MARKS!!!!! 100%

my mom always cleaned my white church shoes w' comet { try on a small spot to make sure it doesnt damage you daughters shoes. also alcohol is a good cleaner for white shoes.

Try some W-D 40, I read somewhere that it will even remove permanent marker.