Hi Brandon -- Have you tried contacting the manufacturer of the dry-erase pen? They probably have an 800 number buried somewhere on the package. Also, a million years ago when my daughter ball-point-penned all over her new Mme Alexander doll, I called an Amway representative in my neighborhood who was able to walk me through removing the pen. Or maybe calling Procter & Gamble or Johnson & Johnson.
That's all I can think of. Good luck! Linda
Many dry erase markers and kids' markers are vinegar based (and hence non-toxic), and if you dilute the stain in vinegar, it will lift the stain, perhaps. (In contrast, sharpies and many other pens are alcohol based. So,hairspray, which is also alcohol based, dilutes it and helps with lifting those stains). Though I've never tried it on stains, my experience with this is soaking in vinegar the tips of dry erase markers (that my daughter forgets to cap) to restore the dried out markers. While soaking the dried tips, the pinch pot of vinegar fills with restored ink.
GOOD ??? for all of us with little artists
Not sure if this has been suggested or not or if you have tried it but my husband works at a middle school and he suggested using some AWESOME. we buy ours at our local Dollar Store. Its cheap and cleans about anything. Its a degreaser. I am also a mom to a 4 year old, 2 year old and newborn. I turn 28 in a month. However I am just a stay at home mom and don't go to college. I have been married for 7 years. I realized LONG ago that I needed to get a life other than sitting at home talking to a 4 year old. SO far though it has not worked and I am about to go out of my mind. LOL. Thank God for Online groups like this though. hope this helps. Laterz Jodi
Hi,
Did you try nail polish remover?
Ginnyg
If you repaint, use Killz first to help hide and cover the red. Also a flat paint will hide bleed-throughs a bit better than gloss.
If you can stand it, I'd say just let it be. Or have your angel help you repaint!
(we have several spots in the office- granted, not nearly as bad as you have described- where our son has "forgotten" to color only on the paper, and so far we have left it alone. My sister's child also made a "masterpiece" on the wall of their freshly painted living room, and they also have chosen to leave it alone for the time being. And, as a teenager, my sister decided to paint her walls and door and trim in bright primary red, blue, and yellow - without mom and dad's knowledge of course. They left it that way until she moved out. There are still paint spatters on the floor. My sister is and always has been an incredible artist, so maybe your little one is showing the first signs of a very creative mind :)
If you get the chance to, listen to Leo Kotke's song Leave it Like it Is. It helped mom and dad deal with my sister's artistry with a little more humor than they might otherwise have been able to muster.
branden; hey just tell people you let her decorate her own room, hahahahaha sounds like you will live with that design for a while, ahhahaha not to get more depressed on yah but some inks dont even paint over, oh well, do your best, hahahahha and have fun, maybe give her another color and make a nice rainbow scattered room, just enjoy life and take a picture of it, so you can show it to her when she becomes a famous room designer, ahhahaahahhahaaaha deb s
have you tried hairspray? I know it works on permanate marker. Also some windex has worked on printer ink in carpet.
heather
I have had good luck using baby oil on a cottonball to get ink pen and marker scribbles off of wood furniture, might give that a try!
You got a lot of reply's here and I didn't read them all, and not sure if this was mentioned, but try Melalueca Sol-u-mel. My son drew on the carpet and walls with PERMANENT marker, I was so happy that it removed every last trace of it, and best of all...it's non toxic.
try rubbing alcohol
hi, try Simple Green on the walls. Don't know about the other material. Recent Van Gohllish experience. good luck
“Never Dull brand”(Magic Wadding Polish) will clean permanent marker off of any smooth surface. It’ll also clean any old dry-erase shadows .
Not for textiles.
Wow!!! Thanks so much for all the responses. I was really surprised at how many off the wall (pun totally intended) suggestions there were for this. I have found that hairspray will take it off the walls (which by the way are painted paneling, I forgot to add) but will not take it off of the furniture or the doors. It also doesn’t really remove much paint, although I will still have to touch it up. The hand sanatizer took it off everything, but it did remove a good amount of paint with it. Either way I have to touch up the paint, but I expected I would have to do that anyway. So, for all you moms who encounter this problem, hand sanatizer is to go to solution, but you will have to paint, yet again. Thanks for all the advice, I’m so relieved that I’m actually going to be able to get this out!!!