onsen tamago 0 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Can anyone help?! Got a 4cm line of ballpen ink on some tan leather that I need coming off. Water and cloth only gets it lighter. But scared of what to use and discolouring the leather. Anyone able to point me in the right direction to the product I need to get this off? An amazon link or photo of it would be great. Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites
onsen tamago 0 Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share Posted April 30, 2014 Would this be safe? Link to post Share on other sites
onsen tamago 0 Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share Posted April 30, 2014 Or something like this Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 You can magically remove magic marker by crumbling one or two crisps (potato chips) into a tissue and rubbing with it. The fat from the crisps on the tissue absorbs the ink. The crisps themselves also act as a very weak abrasive. Link to post Share on other sites
onsen tamago 0 Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share Posted April 30, 2014 ! Not sure if I want to try that! Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Chriselle might have the answer - after all he makes pens. Link to post Share on other sites
634-maru 4 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 I don't know about those things but you might want to try something called Ink Away. It's like a stick and made for that kind of thing. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 The crisps method is killer on wooden tables and flooring. Complete removal! I've not tried it on leather, but I'd imagine a leather sofa is crisp-proof. There must be plenty of real-world testing of that combo. I've tried using the anhydrous alcohol on a fabric car interior and it's good, but you don't get complete removal of pen. I had some because its what you use to clean the sensor of a DSLR camera. Link to post Share on other sites
onsen tamago 0 Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share Posted April 30, 2014 Thanks. OK I tried something like the 2bd image I posted... just a bit. It seems to have worked ok, the ink is almost all now out so that if you didn't know it had been there you wouldn't notice. Which is good. I might do it a bit more tomorrow. Phew. Crisps method is very interesting. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 when our then 5 year old went to town on our leather sofa, my wife went apeshit. She got this and did the cleaning herself. And then she was well chuffed with herrself. Leather Master it comes with an "ink out" tube. It's made in Japan, so fairly easy to get hold of. Link to post Share on other sites
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