Any way to clean Sharpie off of a cutting mat?
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Any way to clean Sharpie off of a cutting mat?
I told my son he could use the cutting mat area to wrap presents on the dining room table. I discovered that he had used a Sharpie to make tags and it bled through to the mat. Is there any way to clean this off?
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The same thing happened to my mat, except I did it, so I can't blame anyone. It was 5 years ago and I haven't been able to get it off, however, it doesn't hurt the mat and it doesn't rub off on fabric, so I've learned to live with it.
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My DGD scribbled all over the middle of my large Olfa mat with a Sharpie. I didn't even try to remove the marks as I knew nothing would remove it completely. I bought a new one and took that one to my guild's free table. A member bought it and cut it up to make tote bottoms. So it was put to good use. I could have turned it over but didn't want to and no one at guild wanted a turned over mat either.
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Alcohol based gel hand sanitizer can work wonders at getting permanent ink off a variety of hard surfaces. I discovered that when I got to work on morning an the colour ink jet printer had leaked all its ink all over my desk.
We tried just about everything, when I decided to try the hand sanitizer. It took up all the ink. There was not a mark left on my desk.
We tried just about everything, when I decided to try the hand sanitizer. It took up all the ink. There was not a mark left on my desk.
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