My 2 year old marked up all the walls in the apartment with pen and permanent marker. How do I remove it from flat painted walls?
By Ashley from WalledLake, MI
Short of replacing the walls you won't remove them, but you can paint over them. Most paints will simply bleed through so use a product called "Killz". Use it like you would any primer..paint over the effected areas with killz then when it dries paint as usual. Killz is available almost anywhere that normal house paint is sold.. It's kind of expensive, but sure beats 40 coats of normal paint.
That's the only and the best solution.
You may need to go over the wall with Kilz more than once in the marked areas. We painted wood paneling and it needed three coats to cover the dark lines in the panels, so don't give up.
You may need to go over the wall with Kilz more than once in the marked areas. We painted wood paneling and it needed three coats to cover the dark lines in the panels, so don't give up. As YeahYeah stated, "It's kind of expensive, but sure beats 40 coats of normal paint."
Before painting try a regular pencil eraser. The kind that we're all familiar with that are the pink color block type not attached to a pencil. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't but it's worth the try ;-)
Try spraying the ink with hairspray. This has worked for me some times! HTH Mary Lou
To get markers off walls I use toothpaste, it sounds weird but it works. Not sure about pen.
if u hear that vinegar gets pen off walls its true!!!
My 2 year old did it I used Mr clean lemon bleach spray it came right off
No the magic erase doesn't work. I have tried it
Thanks, toothpaste removed blue biro mark from the walls!
Killz dont exist where i live no one ever heard of it
what type of toothpaste
"OH MY GOSH" THIS WORKED LIKE A CHARM!!! IT TOOK SOME ELBOW GREASE, BUT IT TOOK PERMANENT MARKER OFF MY WIFE'S REFRIGERATOR THAT'S BEEN ON THERE FOR YEARS.
I tried hair spray and all sorts of other things that didn't work. But toothpaste and ELBOW GREASE did the job perfectly. It took some time but nothing good comes easy. This MARKER was allso on this REFRIGERATOR for over a year with many attempts to remove it. So it was really grounded into the paint. It took me around an hour of rubbing in a circular motion to remove the marker. Now my wife's refrigerator looks like new again. The toothpaste actually polished it too!!
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I found pen ink on my walls and now I can't get rid of it! I've tried vinegar, but it doesn't work! Does anyone know how to fix this?
I find that Lysol works the best on this one.
Acetone nail polish remover.
use a wipe and tissue
Hair spray! Thanks!
It worked! Thanks!
This works amazing if you get it right away!!
It doesn't work!!!
Hairspray does work
How I can clean blue ball point ink stains from my light grey paint?
By Mehmud from Grenoble, France
I'm not sure that any cleaner will get it off the wall. You would need to prime that part of the wall before you repaint as well.
Have you tried alcohol, shaving cream or hairspray (not all at the same time, but if one doesn't work, try the next, hairspray as a last resort)?
DO NOT USE ALCOHOL ON PAINTED WALLS...PAINT COMES RIGHT OFF!!!
Killz works best.
Don't use rubbing alcohol on ink stains on painted walls. It also brings the paint off
I need an idea for taking ink off of painted walls.
By Theresa from KY
I get good results from Magic Eraser.This may not be exactly frugal but it is non abrasive and won't damage paint.
We tried magic erase marker which worked but, be careful as if used excessively in the same area can ruin the paint.
Dr tichenors mouthwash....no elbow grease needed and comes right off
My sister drew a picture on my wall. It has a thick texture almost like sandpaper. How do I get it off?
What you use will depend on what she wrote with -- jiffy marker, ballpoint ink, crayon, regular pencil. It also depends on the type of paint or wallpaper on the wall. I have had good luck in getting just about any marks off the wall with Mr.
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My kids took a ballpoint pen and wrote on the latex apartment wall. Magic Eraser and Goo Gone didn't get it of. I'd like to know if anyone has a suggestion or if I should just prime and paint the spots?
