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Any suggestions? A quick Googling finds a bunch of people offering 'suggestions' but it didn't seem like anyone had ever actually tried any of this stuff.<BR><BR>Its either black or brown sharpie on white paint with a clearcoat, but hasn't been waxed in quite a while.
Start with the finest rubbing compound you can find and alot of patience. Past that, I'd take it to an auto detailer or paint and body shop.
Rubbing alcohol dissolves Sharpie ink quite well, especially from smooth surfaces. Try that first, and the sooner the better.
rubbing alcohol removes magic marker.<BR><BR>Assuming someone just drew on your car with a sharpie, a rag and a bottle of rubbing alcohol will have it cleaned up in under 5 minutes.
yeah, rubbing alcohol should work, if it doesnt, you can use paint thinner (the cars paint is cured, a quick wipe will not hurt it). One mischief night someone threw 2 gallons of red paint on my buddies car, a power washer and a pint of paint thinner and we were able to clean it 99% off (couldnt reach it all)
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">rubbing alcohol removes magic marker. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>"magic markers" are water-based. "Permanent" markers are not.
The solvent used with the ink is the best way to make it liquid again. Typically they're acetone based. Pick up some nail polish remover and gently wipe it off. It should come off like whiteboard markers do to a cloth. Do it gently, it may damage your paint finish.<BR><BR>Free chemistry lesson:<BR>Polar solvents (water, ammonia) dissolve things like salts and
polar-ended organic compounds (e.g. amino acids, sugars)<BR><BR>Non-polar solvents (gasoline, hexane, benzene) dissolve other non-polar compounds, but lacking the charge centre of a polar solvent, they're not as widely used.<BR><BR>Partially polar solvents (ethanol, acetone, most simpler ketones and aldehydes) will dissolve practically anything, including chemicals that aren't water soluble, making them good for inks that need to resist water.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by jz78817:<BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">rubbing alcohol removes magic marker. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>"magic
markers" are water-based. "Permanent" markers are not. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Sharpies aren't ethanol proof. If it was a lab marker, then you might well be screwed though.
I keep a small can of acetone around for this sort of thing. Enamel reducer is also a very good choice. I haven't done any visible damage to the paint on my truck by using it but your experience might be different.<BR><BR>I use a rag with the solvent and clean it off. I then usually use a little soap and water or 409 or something that cuts the solvent to clean up after it.
Any type of alcohol should work fine. I'm constantly having to remark my flasks in the lab when I spill ethanol or methanol on them ;p
200 proof denatured ethanol takes sharpie off of anything. -- View image here: https://cdn.arstechnica.net/forum/smilies/devious.gif -- This is why I keep a 250mL bottle of it in the house, workinginalab++<br><br>Good luck, let us know how it comes out. -- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif -- Oh, and report to the cops for
vandalism?
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by wattly:<BR>Any type of alcohol should work fine. I'm constantly having to remark my flasks in the lab when I spill ethanol or methanol on them ;p </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>You know there are
lab markers that don't come off with EtOH? VWR sells them as "Lab markers" and they're great. If you do any kind of cell culture they're invaluable.
Unless the ink reacts on solvent evaporation (making it strictly a glue) then whatever solvent the ink was based in will take it off.
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I've used WD-40 on Steel before to take off sharpie marker, but I dunno how it will react to paint. YMMV.
If none of the above work you could use the old "write over sharpie with dry erase marker and try to erase it" trick. Though I've never used it on paint and I don't know how long it's been sitting on your car I can attest that it does work.
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by chugg:<BR>um pics? </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>++
A trick I've been told is "Find a dry-erase marker, draw a line over the sharpie line, remove with cloth."
From lab experience: newer sharpies are crap. If you can get your hands on some methanol (works way better than ethanol), takes it right off. Something like the VWR / Fisher brand lab markers are xylene based (may be wrong on actual solvent) and methanol won't work. Quick trip to solvent section in Home Depot, Lowe's etc should yield good solvent. (acetone,xylene (maybe), don't know what
MEK would do (methyl ethyl ketone))<BR><BR>All of the above advice has no idea on what happens to a car's paint FWIW
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No picture? -- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif --
WTF is "sharpie"?<BR><BR>Edit: Never mind, I google that it is some kind of marker pen.
In a pinch on a smooth surface: write over it again with the same type of marker and immediately wipe away. Same idea as using a pure solvent on the mark, but doesn't require having a bottle of acetone/ethanol/xylene/plutonium on hand. Works with just about any type of marker (possibly not the OMGSURVIVEANUKYULARBLAST markers) on a smooth, non-porous surface provided you use a
marker with the same solvent as the one that made the mark.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by CADdie:<BR>WTF is "sharpie"?<BR><BR>Edit: Never mind, I google that it is some kind of marker pen. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Before I saw that you are from Sweden, I was like wtf!
<BR><BR>So no Sharpies in Sweden?
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by elder_misanthropy:<BR>So no Sharpies in Sweden? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Yeah, how can you people live? Sharpies are the best writing tool on the planet, IMHO.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by KarlShea:<BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by elder_misanthropy:<BR>So no
Sharpies in Sweden? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Yeah, how can you people live? Sharpies are the best writing tool on the planet, IMHO. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR> especially seeing as they make the little jobbies that can attach to your keychain. never without one!
I find that the blood of the offender tends to be an excellent solvent for graffiti.
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">yeah, imagine my discomfort when the mother of the children who put fingernail polish on my recently restored 1974 Volkswagen Type III (fastback) found me trying to clean it off... </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>did that
discomfort occur before or after said mother laughed and said "well, kids will be kids?"
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Frennzy:<BR> my recently restored 1974 Volkswagen Type III
(fastback) </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>ohhh pics?
how come it took this fucking long for someone to suggest a disturbingly violent end to the vandal?<BR><BR>or, "disturbingly_violent_revenge++"<BR><BR>--RC
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Jetta:<BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by
Frennzy:<BR> my recently restored 1974 Volkswagen Type III (fastback) </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>ohhh pics? </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Sadly, sad car died a horrible heat related death on the way to the first lollapalooza, back in the early-mid 90's.<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE
class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> <BR>did that discomfort occur before or after said mother laughed and said "well, kids will be kids?" </div></BLOCKQUOTE> <BR><BR>Dude...did you know that chick? <BR><BR>The best thing she did "for" me was to "scold" her children, and let me "talk" to them.<BR><BR>Fucking reality blows. In my head, I washed my
car with the runoff of their disembowlment.<BR><BR>Little fuckers. I had that goddamnd pink streak on that front fender for two months...eating away at my soul...which may be why I drove it in adverse conditions until it died.<BR><BR><BR>Maybe.
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Dude...did you know that chick? </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>no. just that there's an unfortunate number of people who think like that. How do you get permanent marker off without damaging paint?Rubbing alcohol, hand sanitiser, aerosol hairspray, white toothpaste (not gel), or a magic eraser can remove the marker stains from your walls. Be very careful when rubbing walls, though. If you rub too hard you can end up removing the paint, especially with abrasive cleaners like magic erasers.
Will rubbing alcohol damage car paint?Yes, rubbing alcohol, when not diluted and applied properly, can damage exterior paint. You should ensure that you dilute the rubbing alcohol before applying it to the surface of your car. This is because if rubbing alcohol is diluted with much water, it evaporates quickly, leaving no effect on the surface of your car.
Does WDWD-40 is a commercial cleaning product with multiple uses in the home. Simply spray some WD-40 directly onto the marker stain then scrub it with a clean cloth to remove.
How do you get permanent marker off a painted metal surface?Luckily, you can follow some common methods like dry erase markers, rubbing alcohol, toothpaste, lemon juice, WD-40, and hairspray to get marker off metal. These are some prominent tools that will remove the Sharpie stain.
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