help pink ruby meets black sharpie

Loco4Coco

Loco4Coco

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My 4 year old ran a permanent black sharpie across my brand new pink ruby preston. Any ideas to remove it? I used a q tip with a little hair spray but stopped because it was removing the pink color. So freakin upset.
 
#2
Loco4Coco said:
My 4 year old ran a permanent black sharpie across my brand new pink ruby preston. Any ideas to remove it? I used a q tip with a little hair spray but stopped because it was removing the pink color. So freakin upset.
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OMG - I don't have any suggestions other than maybe try some Coach cleaner or conditioner (I doubt it will take off permanent marker though) but I wanted to say I'm so sorry this happened! I know you must be sick about it. I would be.
 
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Loco4Coco said:
My 4 year old ran a permanent black sharpie across my brand new pink ruby preston. Any ideas to remove it? I used a q tip with a little hair spray but stopped because it was removing the pink color. So freakin upset.
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Have you posted this in the Coach rehab thread? They should have some suggestions there….I think ink is very hard to remove.
 
#4
I don't have any suggestions for you but I have a four year old also and I really sympathize with you. Things happen so fast and most times it's unintentional but it still drives me crazy! So sorry!!
 
#5
I had luck once removing a black sharpie mark off a leather chair, using a white eraser. I was careful to only rub the eraser on the mark, trying to avoid or minimize touching the leather around it. To my surprise it did come off!
Ironically, this was information given to me by my then 10 year old Son. He said they learned it in school.

Good luck & be gentle if you try it.
 
#6
Oooooh, I am so sorry. Sharpies are no longer allowed in my house. They are on my walls, my furniture…everywhere! I did have some success on a wall with a magic eraser. The other thing that works (this sounds strange) is tooth paste. Not the whitening kind. I am not sure how it would work on leather, but I have removed sharpie off many pieces of furniture with toothpaste.

Good luck. Four year olds are just so darn quick and curious.
 
#9
coachgrl said:
I had luck once removing a black sharpie mark off a leather chair, using a white eraser. I was careful to only rub the eraser on the mark, trying to avoid or minimize touching the leather around it. To my surprise it did come off!
Ironically, this was information given to me by my then 10 year old Son. He said they learned it in school.

Good luck & be gentle if you try it.
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Is this the same thing as magic eraser?
 
#13
I actually read on one if those life hacks that a Sharpie removes Sharpie, I'd be afraid to try it though, I'd try phoning the Sharpie company. There must be an 800 # out there!
 
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lizmil said:
I actually read on one if those life hacks that a Sharpie removes Sharpie, I'd be afraid to try it though, I'd try phoning the Sharpie company. There must be an 800 # out there!
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It does.....on hard nonporous surfaces. On porous surfaces, nope. It just soaks more ink into the fabric, leather, etc.

I hate to say it, but if it's more that a very light surface mark, it won't be removed. If it is only a very light surface mark, the pencil eraser might do the trick....but only if there was not enough ink to soak in the leather.....and no guarentees as to how much of the pink will come off with the black.
 
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