Oh Noes Permanent Ink On Marble!

[iverson0881]

Okay So here I am cleaning permanant marker writing a CD cuz I messed up using Nail polisher remover. I was cleaning them on marble and well nail polish and the ink merged together and got on the surface and dried up. Water isn't removing it. What I'm doing now is leaving the nail polish and let it settle in and then wipe it off and it seems ot be working but I don't know.

Please help me on getting permanent ink (sharpie) off my marble!

HELP!

[[LOF]skinnylegs]

You might want to try a citrus based cleaning agent like De-Solv-It which you can find at Home Depot, Lowes and many grocery stores.

[ssvegeta384]

instead of wiping the polish remover, try scrubbing it with a sponge or something. if not, try what skinnylegs said and get some orange-clean or something cirtusy...yeah, that's a word

[Rudy]

make sure you use something mild because you dont want to damage the marble :cry:

[Cvrt7.62Ghst]

NNNNNNNNNNOoooooooo!!!!!!!!!

Citrus + Marble = marble f*cked

[SeaCow]

ROFL Cvrt7.62Ghst!! :laugh:

Oh sorry I don't know how to help you... :/

[Rudy]

i'd say go somewhere where they sell marble and ask them what you should do

[iverson0881]

I'll probably pop into Home Depot tomorrow and ask them what I should do. I got most of it off by letting the nail polish sit for 2mins and then wipe. But I want to get it off probably and safely and I'm not sure if that was a safe route.

[Quickstrike]

Don't know if it will take out a permanent marker, but Don Aslett "America's #1 Cleaning Expert" says the following:

"How do you get water rings or stains out of a marble coffee table?

Try cleaning the spots with vinegar. It's nature's acid and shouldn't harm the marble."

[ZiUL]

hot water or rubbing alcohol

[quick]

hot water or rubbing alcohol

585678605[/snapback]

Rubbing alcohol dissolves permanent marker (Y)

[maplecookie Veteran]

no no no no no! Do NOT use rubbing alcohol!!!

This is marble and it's incredibly sensitive!

Only use a mild (very mild) detergent or soap. Not lemon juice, not citrus, and not nail polish remover!!! Using those items can actually eat away at the marble!

On Monday, call a professional. Someone who sells or installs marble into homes. Ask them if they have any special cleaning solution that you can purchase or ask them what you can use from home.

[.Atlantis]

Gerra bit of Nitric Acid on that mofo and watch it Dissolveee

[Zip]

try rubbing over the area with a dry-wipe marker for white boards then wiping off. usually works getting off permanent marker.

[olaf]

I don't take any credit if this doesn't work, but coloring over it with fresh permanent marker and then wiping off the whole sha-bang usually removed the old stuff, too, whenever I had permanent marker on something.

[MattL]

Brasso will get permant marker off most surfaces as long as they are like that not card, brick etc. It works a treat on plastics, glass etc.

[.Atlantis]

I don't take any credit if this doesn't work, but coloring over it with fresh permanent marker and then wiping off the whole sha-bang usually removed the old stuff, too, whenever I had permanent marker on something.

585681159[/snapback]

:rofl: That's just making twice the work. Next time, try wiping off the whole 'sha-bang' without the added marker, and it might just remove that bit easier!

Jebus Christ. :wacko:

[dannyscott5]

Gerra bit of Nitric Acid on that mofo and watch it Dissolveee

585679814[/snapback]

haha :rofl:

wait for some professional advise is my advise :yes:

[olaf]

:rofl: That's just making twice the work. Next time, try wiping off the whole 'sha-bang' without the added marker, and it might just remove that bit easier!

Jebus Christ. :wacko:

585681740[/snapback]

:/ Of course I'm referring to marker that's been there awhile, and hence isn't fresh and easily wipeable by itself.

You draw over it with permanent marker that IS fresh, and can be wiped off, and it should take the old marker underneath with it.

Seriously, try it.