[sigh]
The Piper Cub climbed into Piper can by the open window, holding a Sharpie with the lid off.
Naturally, he got some marks on the inside plastic door trim, and on the leather seat.
Any suggestions for getting it off?
You can probably take the Sharpie off of the plastic by coloring over it with a dry-erase marker, then wiping off with a dry cloth. Maybe try that on a small spot of the stained leather, too.
It’ll dissolve in rubbing alcohol. That should be totally fine on the plastic trim, but it might mar the leather – test in an inconspicuous area first.
Hairspray will do the trick, but test in an inconspicuous area first(*).
*Copied/pasted from lazybratsche’s response.
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Maybe Piper Cub would be more careful if you didn’t keep him/her in a can, even one with windows in it.
Yep. Isopropyl alcohol cleans Sharpie up perfectly on most surfaces, even cloth. Test the leather first to be sure it doesn’t unduly dry out the material, but it should work fine.
It’s Prince Albert in a can. Sheesh, can’t ya even get your crank calls right?
Prince Albert in a Can was a super-secret Kandorian experiment with Saskatchewan’s northernmost city, to preserve humanity during the Cold Wars. Now that’s over, P.A. has been restored to its normal size.
The solvent in hairspray is alcohol. You might as well use rubbing alcohol. You can use vodka or Everclear for just about any home use that calls for alcohol, by the way, if you’re desperate.
I have had luck with WD-40 getting Sharpie ink off of plastic, never tried it on leather.
Toothpaste and scrubbing with a tooth brush works for regular pen on leather, so I’d probably first try that.
One of those Tide cleaning “pens?”
Wind ex removes sharpie.
As a nurse (and mom) who has removed a lot of Sharpie stains off many many things… alcohol. I always have the little alcohol swabs around, saved me from selling my son to the circus quite often. Also saved a lot on uniform replacements.