How to Remove Permanent Marker From Cloth Seats

Cloth seats in a car tend to get dirty with regular wear and tear, but permanent marker ink can be removed by a few products that are easily accessible and may even be found in your car.

Things You'll Need

• Clean cloth
• Hand sanitizer
• Nail polish remover
• Hairspray

Instructions

1. Spot-clean cloth seats that are stained with permanent marker using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer such as Purell. You can also use hairspray or nail polish remover.

2. Apply a few squirts of the cleaner onto a cloth and gently dab onto the permanent marker spot.

3. Continue blotting, not rubbing, until the marker stain is lifted off.

4. Repeat the process if the first round does not completely remove the stain.

5. When the marker has disappeared, use clean water to rinse the residue of the sanitizer, hairspray or nail polish remover from the cloth seat.

Tips & Warnings

• Before cleaning, test the cleaning substance in a corner or hidden part of the seat in order to make sure that the cloth fabric will not fade or discolor.

• Do not scrub or you may make the stain worse.

• Rinse off the product residue after the stain is removed or it could attract all kinds of dirt or other stains.

• Keep all dangerous products out of reach of children.

References

• ThriftyFun
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