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How to Remove Permanent Marker
Cleaning marker off walls isn’t so hard with this tip:
- Try rubbing toothpaste into marker then scrub off with damp cloth (just plain toothpaste–not the gel). I’ve tried this on wood paneling, painted walls and even a porcelain doll face.
Worked like a charm!
How To Remove Permanent Marker From Wood Table
Another tip from the same experiment with this tip: DIY – How To Remove White Heat Stains On Wood Table, this same table had old permanent marker stains. Another several years old abuse. I decided to clean it up with toothpaste and the ink marks removed quite nicely.
I just rubbed in some toothpaste, left it for a minute or two and then took a soapy, wet dishcloth (excess water squeezed out) and rubbed the marker stains going with the direction of the grain of the wood. I had to apply some pressure, but the stains removed very well!
Caution: Be careful about cleaning with toothpaste, make sure to choose a regular kind that doesn’t contain any abrasives. Especially cleaning items with a fine finish, such as wood furniture. You don’t want to scratch the piece.
Admin Update: Added the wood table tip to combine into one post.
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DUDE! My 2 year old daughter wrote all over herself with a permanent sharpee marker and so I tried to get it off with toothpaste and IT TOTALLY WORKED! My wife will never know that it happened while I was babysitting!
Please HELP! I soldmy children’s bunkbeds, but my 4 year old daughter got sharpie all over it. I tried toothpaste, rubbing alcohol, bug spray, and nail polish remover and nothing works! PLease Help!
Get and Expo Marker (the kind you write on white boards with) and color on the sharpie ink. Then wipe it with a dry cloth, takes both the Expo marker ink off and the sharpie ink with it.
HOLY COW!!!!! This so worked!!!! My friends Sharpie exploded all over my kitchen table and I used an Expo pen first but it dried up so I finished with an SRX whiteboard pen and it still worked!!!! Thanx soooooo much! Nevr would of thunk of that!!!
thanks that works great. i got permanent marker off a keyboard with expo dry erase marker
for furniture with marker on it try a pencil eraser
try marker remover… lol it works!!!
My husband left a black permanent marker in the pocket of his shorts…I failed to check his pockets before washing a load of clothes, and the result was black markings all over the inside of the dryer and all over our clothes. I used spray on sunscreen and it totally removed it. Every bit!!! It was easy too. Just thought I would share this with you guys
The sunscreen worked on my microfiber couch my son drew on with a perment marker. I can’t believe it but it did. Thanks a bunch.
Thanks for this great tip. Toothpaste removed permanent marker from my wood desk in a matter of seconds.
This tip helped save my antique desk! My daughter used a permanent marker but forgot to put something under the paper,so it soaked through. I was so worried it wouldn’t come off, or that if I tried something like goo be gone it would ruin the finish. Thanks for the tip! Toothpaste….who knew?!
thank you so much, i got permanent marker on my moms table and the tooth paste took the marker out perfectly
Discovered a new solution: spray-on sunscreen removes permanent marker even better than toothpaste! Just spray on and it dissolves instantly. Note: do this over a sink as the marker will just run right off!
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH…. THAT REALLY HELPED. AGAIN… THANK YOU
it worked!!!!!!!!!!!! now im not gonna get grounded when my parents get home!
My son wrote on the wall with a green Sharpie Marker. Three years later I tried toothpaste and lighter fluid it did not come off. I used Cutters insect repellant and it removed the permanent marker from my wall!
thanx “I LOVE TOOTHPASTE IT’S MY NEW BFF” it removed perm. marker from my flat screen computer monitor!!! thank god
Did using toothpaste to clean the permanent marker smear your screen.
Oh my gosh April you are brave, I don’t think I would have dared try toothpaste on my flat screen monitor! lol!
GREAT TIP, my 2/o daughter got red permanent all over the computer desk, it came out perfectly thank you. I never knew toothpaste could be so powerful. Thanks a bunch.
I had my doubts, but the black sharpie my daughter wrote on the walls with, almost evaporated when I tried the spray on sunscreen…..I do not want to know what is in that stuff, just know that it keeps the sun and the sharpie from places I do not want it.
My 4yr. old decided to decorate the wall with a sharpie marker in royal blue.. I tried everything, and nothing seem to work until I used the off insect repellent. I am still trying to get the rest of it out of my couch, but the fabric is harder to get it off of. any suggestions?
Hats off to the bug repellent it really works
Hi Kathy, how about trying toothpaste (rub it into the stain) or nail polish remover?
You could try a product called WashAway, it works well around our house. It removed some resin stains from my White Sox jersey back in the early 90’s. It has worked to clean out a lot of stains around here but those were the toughest. Try it with a toothbrush!
You could also try hairspray. . Saturate the spot completely and let dry. Then attack it with a regular upholstry cleaner and scrub the stain out. You might have to repeat this a few times, but it works. . I’ve used this trick on permanent marker on clothing, as well as permanent hair color. . works like a charm!
Worked great!!! i had my doubts but it did what i needed it to do! Thanks a bunch!
WOW!! Can’t believe it worked!! We are so happy!!! Worked right away off of a $2,000 desk – black marker and all!
I got lots of marker on my new parket floor, so i tried everything but the winner was “SUNSCREEN” it is amazing.
YOU ROCK….our 4 yr old wrote on our flat screen monitor..I was panic stricken. After a very deep breath, did a search and found you first hit. 3 minutes later I had a clean screen..Thank you so much
My son drew some pictures on typing paper with a black sharpie without anything under the paper and got marker on the oak kitchen table…after looking at this site i used some toothpaste(the jell type was all we have in the house)…took it right off…thanks for the tip
you so rock. My 3 YO drew a HUGE circle on our kitchen table. I tried part of it tonight and will be finishing tonight after the kids are in bed (and don’t want to play with the toothpaste like mom!)
Thank you SO SO much!
My friends and i at camp were going to be in huge amounts of trouble because my friend wrote her name all over the wooden bunks, and i told everyon to get their bugspray, and we did and by wetting it with the bugspray and then wiping it off. it came off fantastically, the camp director never knew!
oh my goodness, i got a mark on my finace’s wooden coffee table, while marking dresses in a catalog, and i about had a heart attach, i did a search on-line found you first, and to my suprise the toothpaste worked, i’m amazed, and am so glad that he’ll never know. thanks, you saved my life!!!
Thanks so much! Toothpaste actually worked! I accidentally got blue Sharpie on our good new dining table, and I tried EVERYTHING – white sprits, hairspray, bug spray…nothing worked. It’s been two months and I was getting ready to call a furniture restorer for a quote on fixing it when I saw this thread and figured why not? A few dabs of White Glo and 60 seconds of scrubbing with a soft scrub and it was gone! The finish isn’t even dulled! You’re awesome!!! =p
toothpaste doesnt take off SHARPIE off PAINTED WALLS! haha but, i found out that LOITION TISSUES takes SHARPIE off of sunglasses!
because my little cousin messed up my whole room with sharpie && i found some weird ways to get it off
SHARPIE CAN COME OFF OF:
sunglasses by LOTION TISSUES
TV screen by a dry eraser (like on a pencil) !
hello-
does anyone have any tips on how to get permanent marker (sharpie) off of the top of laptops?
not the screen, but like when it’s closed. it’s a dell finish, not like the apples.
it would be much appreciated!!!
ps tried toothpaste, WD-40, rubbing alchohol, hairspray — no luck.
Hi Lauren, try:
- Rubbing Alcohol
- Color over marker with dry erase marker, wait a few seconds then wipe away (the permanent marker might come off with the dry erase)
- Artgum eraser – try rubbing the stain away
See more ideas here: Remove crayon from walls
Bug spray has pesticides in it – very harmful to human health and should never be used more than necessary (the sunscreen mentioned may be one containing bug repellant) wouldn’t use it – try toothpaste or hairspray instead
Had a run in with the Sharpie fairy(cough) 3y/o (cough) he decided Mommy’s antique oak bar needed a contemporary touch… tooth paste to the rescue… dabbed it on and wiped right off.. fantabulous! Any ideas of how to stop drooling??
Thanks for the ideas!
HELP!! My 2 year old daughter got permanent marker all over my new microfiber recliner!! please help, my husband is gonna freak!! do u think i could use rubbing alcohol??
p.s. it’s dark purple and i have been scrubbing for an hour with a stain remover for fabric. notta!
kaykay try a small spot in a hidden corner of the couch before you use a stain removal method to make sure it doesn’t stain or affect the microfibre. I think rubbing alcohol would be safe, but I’d check first before using.
OMG!!!THIS IS LIKE TOTALLY A LIFESAVER!!!IT TOOK THE STAIN OFF OF MY LIKE TOTALLY NEW DIGITAL CAMERA!!!!!!4 EALZ
Does anyone know what I could use to get mosquito repellent off a table? There is a finish on it. Got all off but where my son blasted it in one spot. I used the Mr Clean Magic Eraser on the rest of table- which also works well with markers, crayons, just about everything!!
this did not work 4 me!!!! i tried it 3 times and of coarse it isn’t as noticeable, but you can still see it
:(:(:(:(:(:(
How about taking permanent maker off of concrete or cement? My 4yo decided to color on the porch ledges and I can’t get it off. Have tried toothpaste, nothing. The insect repellent started to take off some but left most of it. please help.
Amy I would hose down the ledges really well then try scrubbing in a very generous amount of fingernail polish remover (soaked in for a few minutes).
If that doesn’t work, the outdoor elements might just take care of it for you (will take some time though).
thanx ssssssssoooooooooooooooo much my new nintendo got marked on and if my mom would have seen i would have been grounded for the rest of my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok…PEASE help! I’ve tried everything listed above to remove my kids supposedly washable marker off my BRAND NEW HOUSE!! In less than 10 minutes, my 3 kids took a red marker and colored three bedrooms, and all-white bedroom doors, cabinets, closet doors, a crib and an armoire!! Hair spray did clean up the crib and armoire. Everything else seems to remove a little bit of the red marker from the painted white doors, cabinets, etc., but leaves a red residue. NOTHING has worked on the painted walls.
HELP ME!
I need some major help here! One of my twins threw a green marker (not a crayola washable) into the dryer. I dried all of my clothes and now there are streaks of green all over my entire load of laundry, including my daughters jersey for ball. I don’t know what to do b/c they were dried with the marker……..HELP!!!!!!!
You can try these tips Brigitte:
Ink Stain Removers
wow dis really works ,my 2year old nephew wrote all over my computer moniter and i got it off with the tootpaste trick
MY GRANDDAUGHTER DREW ON MANY THINGS WITH BLACK MARKER, BUT ON A WHITE PAINTED WALL. I TRIED THE TOOTHPASTE AND SUNBLOCK, STILL HAVE THE MARK. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER IDEAS? THE LANDLORD IS COMING IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
I WENT BACK AND TRIED A THIRD TIME. THANKS FOR THE TIP, IT WORKED! I CAN STILL SEE IT BUT IF YOU DIDN’T KNOW YOU WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO SEE IT. PROPS TO WHOEVER FOUND THIS TIP.
What was the third thing you used? My 3 children used colored sharpie markers and decided to change the color of my fireplace room. Walls are not white but they are a pinkish color and NOTHING is working.
I need a quick fix. some of you may have read that my three children got different color marker all over my painted walls, well here is the not so fun part. The house is sold now and we have 10 days to get everything of ours out and get the perm. marker off the walls. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!! Toothpaste, sunscreen, rubbing alocohol they DIDNT work.
WOW TOOTH PASTE, THANK YOU THANK YOU DID I SAY THANK YOU!!!!!! My 3 year old colored on my flat screen monitor, my desk and my dresser with green sharpie. It is all gone thanks to your tooth paste hint.
I have heard this works haven’t tried it yet…but my daughter used Permanent purple marker basically all over the walls in my house, been using Bleach, but i think im gonna try this but i cant take the fumes from the bleach anymore..its horrible
I got home from work to find my husband had let our daughters color wearing their fanciest pastel dresses with bright a RED marker. He had a stain removal secret I didn’t know about. Much to my surprise and delight the marker came right out by rubbing each stain with baby wipes and placing a paper towel under the stain. The marker went right into the paper towel. Worked impressively well.
Well my wonderful 2 1/2 year old son decided it would be cool to try and draw on my man’s overly sized computer monitor…it’s a Mitshubishi Diamond Pro 2040u…anyways…i tried the toothpaste idea and all it did for me was leave a pleasant smell on the screen and nothing more…but then i used Cutter’s Skintastic and it came right off!!! he even got it aournd the screen on the plastic part and it had the same affect. i would deff. recommend this idea.
spray on sunscreen works like a miracle
My lovely children opened my work bag in my truck and proceeded to color all over my back seat. What would be the best thing on all the vinyl??
sure did, check out this page for a discussion about that: thriftyfun.com, lots of info there about your problem. Good luck!
I’m freakin’ out right now. My 2 year old just learned how to draw spiders and is so proud of herself. The other day she was drawing and decided the paper was boring and drew spiders all over our expensive maple coffee table with black permanent marker. After reading here I’m gonna’ try the toothpaste but I just discovered that she also drew ALL over our 65 inch big screen on the actual screen. I’m scared to try toothpaste on that. Any tips? Also, for those needing to get marker off of walls, etc. try the Magic Eraser bar in the cleaning aisle at the store. They are incredible and take anything off of walls, no kidding. They’re amazing. Make sure you read the instructions and get it just the right amount of damp.
Mr.Clean magic eraser doesnt work with permanent marker on the walls. Tried it several trys will try the tooth paste though
My daughter wrote on brand new plastic chair just purchased from IKEA. Sunscreen worked great to remove this permanent marker! Thanks so much for the tip!!
Omg thanks sooo much I got permanent marker on the computer desk while my mom was out and I freaked out and I searched for how to get it off, found this, tried it and it came off in seconds, before my mom got home! Thank you soooo much you saved me from getting in ALOT of trouble!
Just tried the spray sunscreen to remove permanent marker from my wood cabinets. Worked perfectly!!
Thanks for that tip.
Thank goodness for the advice on the site! My 3 yr old girl drew with black permanent marker all over our flat screen laptop. Toothpaste and water got it right out. Thanks for the tip!!
i tried every thing and the only thing that worked on that marker stain is sunscreen it might sound stupid but it helps try it.
I tried the toothpaste when my son decided to draw on my wall with a black sharpie….it didn’t work for me. I decided to try Kecia’s idea to use mosquito spray. The marker just dripped right off the wall onto the paper towel, thanks so much. I don’t know what I would have done if I couldn’t have found something that worked (probably would have painted over it). Thanks again.
Had some magic marker on metal and plastic electronic parts. Toothpaste did work but required alot of elbow grease as well. Off skintastic worked like magic, much better. As for the pesticide comment above???? If it is safe enough for your skin it can’t possibly damage your electronics! (ha ha)
I can not believe it. My daughter just covered my laptop and my desk in black sharpie and glass wipes wouldn’t do anything to it some toothpase and a damp rag cleaned both. Amazing!!!!
I used toothpaste on my satin finish kitchen table to remove red marker. The toothpast worked, but I now have a shiny area and it doesn’t match the rest of the finish. I used toothpaste, not gel and without whitening. I tried alcohol to remove any remaining toothpaste. Any suggestions on getting back to the original finish?
Try some mineral oil Margo, rubbing that in might just do the trick.
How can I get permanent marker off of carpet?
My boyfriend’s nephew accidentally got permanent marker on our new table. [wood] My boyfriend looked up how to remove it on this website and we didn’t believe that the toothpaste would work. We tried it just as a joke and I can’t believe that it REALLY came off!!! I agree with April…Toothpaste really is my new best friend! lol
Vindictive ex-boyfriend used permanent marker all over computer screen and mousepad. Toothpaste worked for monitor, but not mousepad. I also tried nail polish remover, no luck. THANKS FOR ANY HELP!
I saw something on Utube about removing permanent marker..I couldnt believe it, aerosal hairspray took the marker off, Ipods, cell phones, etc.. I tried it on my lighswitch plate my son decided to “decorate” and it sprayed right off!!!!
Vandals used a permanent marker on my car’s tinted window’s. Any safe ideas to remove?
Thanks
Wow! That’s amazing! I just bought a new wood desk and I was circling things in a catalogue with a permanent marker and I dropped it! I was so upset! But then I saw this and I tried it and now my desk looks brand new again!! I am so happy! Thanks!!!!!
My two year old called my name to show me her “artwork.” I was greeted with black sharpie on wooden french doors, on our tan dog, her shirt, on my classic acoustic guitar and on cream colored carpet. Of most concern was my guitar. I tried with a damp rag and nothing. Then found this site and tadah! with Aquafresh white toothpaste it worked like a charm on the two surfaces. Now I need to try the carpet. And later we can give the dog a bath. Wish me luck!
I tried everytyhing I could possibly think of today to get blue permanent marker off of my walls, desk, wood floor, kitchen cabinents, etc. Nothing worked better that Cutter Mosquitoe Spray…it did not get the3 marker off of my interior trim though…any suggestions
My son colored on our brand new table with permanent marker, i was worried and the toothpaste worked like a charm! Im so relieved!
Actually, my brother drew all over the table with sharpie, and we used crest toothpaste to get it out with a wet damp rag, it works perfectly! Thank you so much!
How do I remove black permenant marker from concrete? Having an open house in 2 days!!! Help!!!!!!!!!!!! Melissa
It WORKED!!!!
My 4 year old wrote in marker all over my Mac computer & I couldn’t get it out. The toothpaste did the trick- whoever posted that tip- THANK YOU!!
My 2 yo daughter discovered our hiding place for sharpie markers and colored all over our new oak kitchen table. My husband FREAKED! I immediately found your website and tried the toothpaste. It worked taking off the initial black marks but still the shadow of the marker was left. So then I saw the posts about spray sunscreen and insect repellent. I used both and now you can’t see anything at all. My husband thanks all of you!
My 13 year old daughter had alittle attitude problem and wrote all over my deep freezer with permenant marker. Tried paint thinner and alcohol, nothing worked. Found this website and tried it with toothpaste. It took a little while to come off, but it worked. Thanks
While I was putting my son to bed, my 3 year old daughter found a permanent marker and colored on my brand new dark wood night stand! My husband is going to kill me. I tried the toothpaste but it did nothing, now I have permanent marker and looks almost oily where I tried rubbing it. Any suggestions. PLEASE HELP!!!
OH my! I’m the director of a daycare center and one of the kids got a hold of a permanent marker and had a blast all over our white cabinets. We just so happened to have spray on sunscreen and it worked WONDERS!!! Took it off with practically no effort! I’m sharing this tip with all the parents
I had my apartment broken into and “tagged” by some lame ass wanna be “gangstas”. They took permanent marker to my 19″ flat lcd computer screen. Before going out and buying a new screen i thought i’d do a quick search. tooth paste? What do i have to lose right? Saved me at least $100 in buying a used monitor.
Toothpaste worked like a charm on my computer desk, computer monitor, and entertainment stand. Spray sunscreen worked perfect on the walls!!!! (My two year old went on a sharpie rampage!)
THANK YOU!!
We (probably me, truth be told) decorated my kids wood dresser with one of those gel decals designed for glass. The color has stained the wood. (nice black skeleton head.) I have tried the toothpaste and sunscreen tips above (and bleach, and magic eraser, and softscrub w/ bleach) to to avail.
Any additional ideas? Thanks.
Mr Clean Magic Eraser works great to take sharpie pen off walls. I tried bleach, toothpaste, sunscreen etc but as soon as I used the Magic Eraser it came off. Just wet the eraser and it works!!! Yay!
Is there a way to get permanent marker off of plastic?
I got some marker on a pair of fake glasses on accident.
i have white semi gloss paint on the walls, which has now been decorated with a black sharpie. unfortunately, none of your wonderful ideas have worked!!!
please, any chance you have one more tip that you have not shared yet? i will be very grateful!
necessity is the mother of invention. since i did not hear back from you with a tip that would work, i had to figure out something…
thus, i combined everything that was mentioned…i first applied toothpaste and let it sit for a couple of hours. then i took nail polish remover combined with cleanser and scrubbed and scrubbed and scrubbed even harder. then i took the mr. clean eraser to get the fine black marks that were left.
each one of these things alone did not work, but in consort, they did the job. it is amazing how many people have been faced with the same challenge.
if any one is reading this, i did want to know what you did after you put on all these things and cleaned up the marker. as i said above, i used many things to get it off, and now i smell toothpaste. should i just use water to try to wash off all the products?
thanks in advance for any suggestions
I’ve used a mild detergent with water to wash off all the toothpaste and have never had any troube with the smell or any residue Dr. J.
i am doing a science project for school and i have to find out which products remove permanent marker the best what 3 products r the best to use on egg shell painted walls and semi-gloss painted walls???
the toothpaste is awesome. my 22mounth old got a bold tip blue sharpee & drew all over my white desk & Apple flat LCD screen. I used Colgate Total white paste toothpaste NO RUBBING. I gobbed it on thick, waited 10min & used 50 wet paper towels so that if it smuges I only wiped gently. My screen is fine– no residue no marks & he really drew all over the screen & side panels & keyboard. Whew, I am at total falt, no more makers in this house.
Just wondering if you had any ideas on how to remove marker pen from the interior dash of a car. Im pretty sure its vinyl (black) but it has a pattern through it(not entirely flat). Will toothpaste do the trick or will it do more damage?
Quinton I *think* it would be ok to use on vinyl, but you should test on a hidden spot first just to make sure.
Ok, just tried toothpaste on my flatscreen computer moniter, my 1yr old did a little sharpie scribbling!! It worked!!! Thank you, I’ve been living with it for weeks because I was too scared to try anything on it. Thanks again.
After using everything in my house to try to get out a sharpie all over my microfiber couch, I resorted to looking on the internet on how to remove magic marker and the tips were great. I thought about going to Walmart to try to find something before the stain set in but I tried the insect repellent and it worked. Some spots I had to use some muscle and scrub and I am sure if I let some spots soak I wouldn’t of had to tried so hard. My couch, the ottomen and chair almost look better than when I first bought them. The insect repellent also worked on an ink pen spot that has been on the couch for months and I couldn’t get out. With the ink, no scrubing at all, it just came out.
Thanks so much, I am going to refer this site to all of my friends.
Hello,
Just a tip: AXE brand deoderant spray gets sharpie marker RIGHT OFF. My brother had drawn all over his dresser, and then my mom sprayed it on the sharpie spot, and it was gone! Also, it takes sharpie right off mirrors as well.
If anyone gets Ball point pen on Microfiber furniture, make sure to use Hand Sanitizer, found at most Grocery stores, as it worked awesome.
TOOTHPASTE!?!? Who’d a thought! Thanx SO much! My 2 yr. old drew on my brand new $700 coffee tables with a blue sharpie! I was panicked! My husband would have FLIPPED! Now he’ll never have to know…
Hand sanitizers, those little bottles of gel like Purell or the kind from Bath & Body Works, are freakin’ MIRACULOUS for removing permanent ink/ sharpies— it practically melts right off! Kinda scary how well this works . . .
wrote a pc code down on paper with a red sharpie which bled through the paper… sensodyne toothpaste removed it like a charm…thanks.
I’ve been housesitting and my son accidently got permanent black marker all over my Uncles beautiful wooden desk. I did the toothpaste trick and thought, this isn’t going to work.So I waited 2 minutes then rubbed it with the soapy cloth, without too much effort and it came off. Thank goodness, he’s back tomorrow.
So thanks for the tip. Brilliant!!
I fell asleep for like a second. My 4 yr old nephew wrote all over the walls, refrig, my coffee table my son just made for me, the doggie door, and the carpet. The toothpaste worked great on most of it…now what do I do about the carpet? He said he wanted to “name” everything.
thank you all sooooo much. my husband just bought me a new table with bench seats, and my 7 year old forgot that sharpies soak through paper. i was leary to try anything as i didnt want to ruin the wood. i tried the toothpaste, it helped but didnt get all of the marker out. so i tried the sunscreen, and that helped more, but left very light marker stains………then the off bug repellent……instantly the marker was gone. thank you all so much for saving my new table and benches.
worked great, had red sharpie on table that was just refinished, no trace of the sharpie
My grandaughter marked on my table this morning. I just tried the toothpaste it was great. I am so glad I looked this up. Thanks
Try a majic eraser. It worked great for me.
My two year old scribbled with a black sharpie all over her sister’s strawberries and cream desk. I sprayed and wiped it with OFF insect repellant. I was able to clean the desk completely within seconds!!!!!!
hi my son has just drew permanent marker dark blue all over my new wood table i tried toothpaste and alcohol and deodrants and room spray and sun screen even vodka and bleach no luck i then tryed avons dry oil body spray 4.00 just sprayed it on n rubbed it off with toothbrush every last bit off !!! thank god !!
use nail polish remover with a Qtip to remove permanent marker from your lcd screen
i need help, my cousin and i were goofing off and used a fuchsia sharpie permanent marker and drew in our hands. i didn’t expect it to rub off on my laptop and now it has pink stains on it. I tried using toothpaste, sunscreen, polish remover but nothing worked. I mean it took it off a little but there still a fade pink stain on my laptop. By the way, my laptop is White so its very noticeable. PLEASE I NEED HELP!!
thanks for all ur help. My brother put permanent maker on the table. My mom panics and I found this site.thank u so much.
Toothpaste worked like a charm to take off the black permanent marker on my daughters white painted dresser!
seriously amazing!! toothpaste really works, saved my new table
you are a lifesaver! My 3yr old drew all over our flatscreen w/ red perm marker. The toothpaste worked like a charm! Thanks for posting!
I was able to get black Sharpie marks off my Dell laptop’s soft (and very absorbent)cover. The toothpaste wasn’t very effective – but the winning combination was spray-on sunscreen combined with bug repellent. I had to repeat the process a few times (spray, wait, wipe off)- but it eventually came off, and kid got to live.
A few things- nail polish remover removed the paint on my wall, but got some off the doors. toothpaste did nothing, as did sunscreen,eraser and dry erase. The only thing that worked any amount was GOJO which is a cleaner for mechanics hands. It also smells nice and orangey. However, since all the paint is worn off I just used posters over the spot and will repaint when my kids are older.I was interested to note that many posters added things like “my husband freaked,will freak or is freaking…” interesting isn’t it? Glad to see , though, that I am in the same boat. If you are reading this and you are a husband– remain calm. It is only marker.
Any ideas on how to get red sharpie off car interior? Not the fabric or leather seats, but the dash, doors, things like that? Please help! My 9 year old wrote her name in the back of my car and dad is ready to kill her!
Be sure to warn people not to leave sunscreen on wood too long. I found this site because I am looking for a way to repair the damage to the finish on my table. I didn’t realize sunscreen had leaked on it until too late. It ate right through the finish. I may try the turpentine and linseed oil.
I don’t know who posted it, but to the person that said hand sanitizer…. THANK YOU SOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!
I was up late last night, and accidently fell asleep on the couch this morning. My 4 y/o son decided that he was going to go behind the couch and “decorate” the wall with a black Sharpie! I came on here and tried toothpaste, but it soooooo didn’t work. Took off a little bit, but left most of it there. Then I saw where someone had posted hand sanitizer… like Purell. All I had here was Germ Blaster… made by germ-X. It kills 99.99% of germs… AND Sharpie marks!!! Thank you so much for this!! I will definately be passing this on to other moms!!
My 2 year old son got sharpie on my tv and toothpaste got it right off! Thanks everybody!
help my son wrote on the ground of the church next door with one of those markers you use to decorate car windows will it come off concrete and with what can i use
My kids just decided to write on my kitchen floor with permanent marker. I have tried all your suggestions but nothing is working. PLEASE HELP!! Thanks
I got permanent marker on my laptopnear the keyboard….I tried the toothpaste and the dry erase marker…neither of them worked. I saw that some used hairspray, so I tried that and IT WORKED!! Thank you for whoever suggested that!!
TOOTHPASTE DOES REMOVE PERMANENT MARKER FROM COMPUTER SCREENS. You’ll do anything when you’re desperate… especially when it comes to saving a laptop worth over a thousand dollars… so, like any normal person, I took the advice of some random stranger on the internet and smeared toothpaste all over the permanent marker marked across my Dell Inspiron computer screen – after smearing, I rubbed off the toothpaste w/ a damp cloth, as suggested, and off came the marker.. in like two seconds! It’s a miracle!!! A MIRACLE!!! ; )
My 5 y/o decided she was going to practice writing her name and drawing on the toilet! I tried the toothpaste thing anf had no luck! So I tried hairspray, again no luck! Well I decided to get a brillo pad and scrub away! And I have succesfully gotten almost every bit of black sharpie off the toilet seat and lid!