Comments on: How to Remove Ink From a Leather Sofa

on 12/21/2008 My son scribbled black ink on my beige leather couch, I was so upset. I scrubed the stains with dishwashing liquid it didn't come clean. So I took a washcloth put some rubbing alcohol on the stains what do you know, Im happy to say there are nomore ink stains on the couch, Talk about relived

on 5/24/2008 I JUST NOTICED INK MARKS ON MY BRAND NEW SOFA AND TRIED ALL SORTS TO GET IT OFF. THE ONLY THING THAT SEEMED TO WORK WAS MY SONS JEAN PAUL GAUTIER COLOGNE. IM SO PLEASED IT CAME OFF

on 5/4/2008 WELL MY 4 YEAR OLD SCRIBBLED ON HERSELF INCLUDING MY WHITE LEATHER SOFA I WAS VERY UPSET. SO I TOOK HER A BATH AND NOTICED AFTER THE BATH THE INK WAS STILL ON HER SKIN. SO AFTER SEVERL BATHS LATER THE INK FINALLY WAS REMOVED FROM HER SKIN. AS FOR MY COUCH I USED A MIXURE OF BAKING SODA AND WATER AND BEGAN TO CLEAN AND NOTICED THE INK WAS STILL THERE SO IT TOOK ME 4 DAYS 10 MINUTES EACH DAY TO REMOVE THOSE INK STAINS FROM MY COUCH. MY POINT IS LEATHER IS LIKE SKIN, IT CAN TAKE SEVERAL DAYS TO REMOVE THE INK FROM YOUR LEATHER.

on 12/8/2007 Tried various of these methods but still did not remove. However,used ordinary ladies hair spray. Hey presto it came off on to a clean cloth

on 11/1/2007 hair spray did the trick beautifully

on 9/21/2007 jameson whiskey works to remove ballpoint pen from leather i used it on my brown leather suite i used a cotton ball and neat whiskey and used circular movements it removed it in seconds.

on 5/14/2007 IT WAS GOOD

on 5/14/2007 We found that using quickies nail varnish remover pads
with vitamin B5 works really well for biro and permanent ink stains on leather furniture and skin, be careful though, don't put too much or the leather goes tacky!!!

on 3/19/2007 Not all leather is created equal obviously!!
Magic eraser did not work at all. Dish soap did not work at all. Rubbing alcohol NO, NO, NO. It discolored my favorite chocolate brown leather couch. I tried the baby shampoo and it worked okay. The pen marks are still a little visible but you have to look real hard to see them. Thanks and no thanks for the above suggestions.

on 2/28/2007 I tried baby shampoo, milk, rubber eraser... Well, Jean Paul Gaultier was right: colognes and perfumes works magic. Used Q-tip with perfume, to prevent any possible decoloration.

on 2/18/2007 Tried the milk and the baby shampoo idea on our sand coloured sofa.They didnt work so tried the hairspray.It removed all the stain but did leave some tiny lighter coloured spots.However Im quite sure my partner wont even notice! Great advice! Thankyou!

on 2/18/2007 After reading this, I just tried hairspray. Sprayed aerosol onto an old dry cloth, one wipe 30 minutes after mark was made and it's gone completely.

on 1/28/2008 I tried the alchohol on my beautiful new italian leather sofa to remove an old ink spot. The ink came out with a problem but I think the rubbing lightened the color of my sofa. In my opinion this is WORST. Now what in the world can I do to bring the color and luster back to my sofa??? HELP!!!

on 8/8/2006 I had my first Coach purse for less than a week and got 3 ink marks on it! I was sick! Believe it not, I used a pink pencil eraser in circular motions on the ink marks and all are gone. I didn't lose any of the color on my purse and my purse now looks like new again!

on 8/8/2006 I used a small amount of milk on a clean was cloth and it completely removed all the blue, red and black ink that was on my cream colored leather couches! I've gone as far as buying 13 dollars and + products to remove this numerous times and something as simple as milk worked!