I have a pair of new shoes with rubber non-skid soles. Bought them onsale, price on bottom of sole in permanent black marker. Have tried alcohol, both rubbing and denatured, Dawn, little pad soaked in oxy-clean, fingernail polish remover, etc. Problem is, I sit with my leg crossed lots of time when wearing casual clothes and shoes such as this, don't want the price "glaring". LOL.
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The only thing I have found to take out permanent marker is a product called "oops!". I don't know if it can be used on rubber or not. If not, you could just take a black permanent marker and draw a big circle or square over the price - or make a stripe all the way across the bottom - who knows- maybe folks will think it's a fancy new shoe marking!! Good Luck!
hahaha yeah a new fashion!!!!
Why offer a non-valid solution, if you haven't tried it on a rubber surface?
Why not. Maybe the reply is intuitive enough it would work.
I see that this thread is really old, however it helped me get this idea. I used leather cleaner to get the marker off 2 different pairs of shoes and it worked.
Have you tried an eraser or even Mr Clean Magic Eraser?
You'd be amazed what you can rub off with a regular white or pink eraser.
You could also call that store and tell them what a stupid practice it is to mark their prices that way!
Good luck
It should come off with "goof off", similar to "oops". It does remove magic marker from most anything.
I have tried everything that has been suggested to no avail. So I guess I will just use the permanent marker and do what someone suggested and draw a star or something on them.
If you can'y get the price removed then take some markers and color the soles in different colors. Make bugs, butterflys, flowers or ect. Get creative. Joy @ www.aloetherapy.com
Hi, Thank you for all the feedback. I tried a paste of oxiclean, rubbing alcohol, denatured alcohol, tilex, Undo, ammonia, finally propped the one shoe with just that particular sole area into the lid( using it like a saucer) from the oxyclean container and poured full strength Clorox into it allowing the rubber to sit and sit and sit...LOL. No luck, so...it was lighter though! All the above tries were not combined, they were separate efforts. Anyway it did after overnight in the clorox get lighter.very faint, so I took some tan paste shoe polish and applied it and buffed it out!
im having the same problem. its no longer surface. i tried almost everything and when the light shines on it you can still see what was written. i dont want obvious buff marks on the brand new unmarked soles.
WD-40 works. you know the stuff you use to lubricate engine parts? yeah. that stuff is great for getting off permanent marker
are these products..["oops"] available in australia?
OMG...I used the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser on my rubber soles and voila! Awesome! Thx!
I tried sandpaper on the soles, and voila! it worked! Thanks!
The same thing happened to me today, so I bought a new pair. Thanks, I now know how to get it off.
Take the shoes back to TJ MaXX. They have a very liberal return policy. 30 days with receipt or store credit. I have returned many things, with no questions or problems. I don't work for the store.
Use a paraffin
It's a wax that is often used in chocolate candy recipes to make them more firm. In the past, it was used for sealing homemade jelly jars but that is not encouraged anymore because it doesn't necessarily make a good enough seal to exclude bacterial growth.
Here is a Wikipedia entry on it.
en.wikipedia.org/
WD-40 worked when all else failed. DONT get any on rest of shoe
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