how to remove permanent marker

[hopelessfem29]

So after struggling to get 8 year old permanent marker off a friend of mine tells me after painting my first custom to use a dry erase marker go over the perm with it and wipe off with a damp paper towel or the likes the dry erase breaks down the perm and it comes off cleanly.... thought i would share i know others have this problem... and yes it does work i just tried it , the color of the dry erase does not matter, have at it all. happy customizing!

[Baby Sugarberry]

Do you have any before/after shots?  This would be pretty useful, I wonder if it'd work on highlighter as well. Gonna recommend only testing on absolutely trashed bait ponies though.

[Oneleo1]

I agree, we need before and after shots

[Whoa1234]

I have the perfect pony to try this on!!!!
 

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So, this didn't work for me

I used my trashed G1 princess Moondust.

I tried two different brands of dry erase marker and a wet towel and a wet paper towel.
I even put fresh sharpie on her and it didnt remove that either.
The perm marker didn't budge. :/

Someone else try this too!

[JessicaAFM]

I wonder if you have to let it sit for a bit first. Seems to me that if there is some sort of chemical reaction it might take a bit.

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Or maybe whatever ink was used on that Moondust is stronger. One of those industrial-strength super heavy duty markers.

[cloud_weaver]

I'm not quite sure how the dry erase marker would remove permanent marker that has been sitting for years.  Mind you, I'm not a chemist or anything, but it would seem to me that after the ink has stained the plastic, it's no longer a matter of breaking down the ink, because the plastic itself has become discolored.

Maybe if you catch it in time...  I know my sons colored on my floor the other day with some permanent markers and I caught them doing it.  I grabbed my magic eraser and it came right up.  However, I know from experience that a magic eraser won't touch a stain once it's been allowed to sit for a while.

[MsTwilight]

I use a cotton ball soaked in bleach then sunlight to help it fade. Nothing else seems to work.



Side note: I hate my Goodwill's pricing system! Why must they use sharpie on everything! 

[rybett]

DD wrote on stuff with a sharpie.  A worn dollar bill and some scrubbing took it off. 

[Icecrystalline]

I hope we can get an answer to this, i am dying to know! xxx

[mlp4me]

Yes, before and after shots are appreciated.
Dry erase marker will take dried sharpie off of white boards, but if the marker has bled into the plastic of the pony... I don't know, I'm a skeptic... lol

[hopelessfem29]

 mine are cheapies though  from  dollar tree and dollar general, it dosent work well on black ive learned but did work on my hot pink sharpie ive found that useing a dry erase color close to that of the perm works a little bit better , if all ealse fails i pull out my trusty handy dandy magic eraser, as soon as i get my camera back from my daughter (she keeps "forgeting" it at school) ill add pics of my custom (midnight blossom).  also a side note i did not get told that it would work till after i painted , but i have tried it since i was told, as i said above try geting a color close to what your trying to remove, ive heard it only works on fairly recent sharpie....

[kittybethy]

I would love to know how this works!

[babystarz]

I'm assuming that this works well for surface stains, but anything that has managed to bleed into the plastic over time probably will not be removed.

[toralei]

Okay, because I've seen some people mention it in the thread- how do you get your magic eraser to work? i got one recently and i think i'm doing something wrong... ((sorry if this is threadjacking  ))