Q&A for How to Remove Permanent Marker

You could use nail polish remover, hard hand sanitizer, diluted bleach, or hair spray.

Mix face wash and your body soap together and rub it on your skin, then rinse with warm water. Repeat as necessary until you see results.

It'll wash off, but if you want to remove it faster, use rubbing alcohol. Do not use hand sanitizer.

Use a dry erase marker to draw over the permanent marker. Cover it completely by coloring a solid color block over the permanent marker area, then wipe it off.

Sand down the wood until all the marker is removed, then reapply the lacquer or finish.

Rubbing alcohol (isopropyl alcohol) may work, as might nail polish remover (acetone). Simply soak a cotton ball with your chosen fluid, and rub it over the dried ink stain.

Method 2: Rubbing alcohol or nail polish remover (acetone). Wash the doll's face or body area with warm, soapy water. Dip a cotton ball or swab in rubbing alcohol or nail polish remover. Rub this over the marker stains on the doll. Repeat the dipping and rubbing until the marker fades.

Washing frequently with a mix of face wash and body soap will help little by little until it's totally gone. If you can't wash it off right away, you can use concealing makeup to cover up the marks.

Alcohol tends to be an all-round cure for most permanent marker stains. Rubbing alcohol is probably best (higher purity means quicker evaporation and less impurities), but in a pinch I've found hand sanitizer (alcohol-based and unscented) to work almost as well, though it made need extra wiping to soak up the remaining moisture.

Scrub the rubber with soap and water, then rub a white eraser on the rubber. The eraser must be white.

Try using a stain remover and then washing the clothes. If it doesn't work, try one of the methods in the article.

Take a sponge and put kitchen soap into the sponge. Then rub the sponge on the pack.

Alcohol. Isopropyl/rubbing alcohol is the best form of alcohol to use.

After putting a paper towel underneath the fabric, dip a cloth or sponge in rubbing alcohol and dab first around the stain, then directly on it. You should see the ink transfer to the paper towel underneath the stain. Change the paper towel often so that the paper can absorb the color. After the stain is removed, wash the clothing as directed in the washing machine.

Dip a cloth or sponge in rubbing alcohol and dab first around the stain, then directly on it. You should see the ink transfer to the paper towel underneath the stain. Change the paper towel often so that the paper can absorb the color. After the stain is removed, wash the clothing as directed in the washing machine.

You can repaint it. You could also try using nail polish remover if the paint is made of a non-porous compound.

I had BIC permanent marker on silicon so to remove it I applied toothpaste, rubbed it in, and wiped it off with an alcohol wipe. I had tried just alcohol wipe beforehand, and that worked alright, but it left a grey smudge and the less recently drawn on permanent marker didn’t come off.

Try to use isopropyl alcohol on a tissue, then scrub the marker off. After that, because there may be some residue, get a dry paper towel and wipe it down a second time.

Mix baking soda and toothpaste together and scrub the wood with it, then wipe it off with a damp rag.

Use a bit of vinegar and a white sponge that takes off anything (e.g., Magic Eraser). Pour the vinegar onto the sponge and wipe the marker stain off.

You could try thoroughly scrubbing the permanent marker with vinegar and water.

Apply toothpaste and freeze the sheets overnight. Then use talcum powder and wash thoroughly.

Cover the mark with whiteboard marker and then leave it for a few minutes. Then erase it.

Try using isopropyl alcohol on a paper towel, and scrub it off as hard as you can. Be sure not to scrub it too hard, as the outside of the shoe might break if you scrub for too long and hard.

No. Any color is fine, and is up to you.

You can easily remove permanent marker ink from a glass surface with WD-40, rubbing alcohol, or acetone-based nail polish remover. Once you've removed the stain, rinse the surface with fresh water and follow up with glass cleaner for sparkling, ink-free glass.

Use a dry erase marker over it and then erase it with a rag, paper towel or anything else used to erase from the white board.

Rub it with a small amount of sunscreen, wipe it off, then use a pencil eraser to get off the excess ink and sunscreen. Finally, rub with a dry cloth.

Use a whiteboard marker to cover the stain completely, then wipe it off. Repeat until the permanent marker stain is gone.

Find the base of the marker, typically written on the barrel, and use that. It is likely to be alcohol. Use isopropyl alcohol (or whatever else the base might be) and if it's a porous surface, like wood or twine, rinse with water to get rid of any smell or corrosives. If all else fails, acetone might work.