Thread: I removed Permanent Ink on Quilt... thank Heaven!!

Well it will sure help me if I can remember that wonderful little tip! Thanks so much.

I picked up a fabric to make a childs play mat with roads on it at a thrift store. It was in a bag, so i couldn't open it up. I came home, and there was magic marker all over it. I had nothing to lose, so I put it in the sink with hot water, and generic Oxyclean .. Ten minutes later, and the marker was gone. Shocked the crud out of me, as I thought I would have to toss the piece.. I am a firm believer in the powers of Oxyclean. Dollar Tree has the generic for $1...

This is a wonderful tip, thank you so much.

Originally Posted by QuiltnNan

thanks for sharing your experience/tip. my problem would be that i don't have any hairspray in the house

It might be worth your while to pick up a little sample size bottle from the drug store to have on hand.

Originally Posted by dunster

They still make hairspray?

I hope they don't stop! Thinning flyaway hair the only solution-and believe me I have tried almost everything-is to use ultrahold hair spray. No more flathead on a round face.

Haven't tried it for Sharpie marks on fabric, but I do know it works for ball point pen ink. That, and rubbing alcohol. Cleaned a whole hallway of carpet once that had gobs of ink from a burst pen. The person did not know it was happening and walked throughout the hall, leaving a wonderful trail. The alcohol worked wonders. We tried hairspray and it did not work.

I used that tip 20 years ago when My son and his friend took a black sharpie on my new leather sofa .I t saved the sofa and I did not tan there hide.