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    Little girl + marker + couch



    Any suggestions?

    Its a fabric marker that gets sold with little purse so the kid can color her little pocketbook. Well stepped outside for 2 minutes and i guess she found the markers....

    Its a microfiber type couch... Tried dawn and warm water, broke out the steam cleaner tried that...
    No - No - No - No
    2016



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    Uh... wow.

    New couch? Chalk this one up to a memory that will be a lot more amusing fifteen years from now than it appears to be at present?

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    call the 1-800 number on the marker?
    oh and always try cold water first

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    Sorry but if it's a fabric marker, I don't think it's going to come out.
    Slipcover, strategically placed blanket or let her finish so the whole thing matches?

    I feel your pain, when my son was a little guy he outlined his hands with a black sharpie on the back of my off white linen sofa. I called a professional, they said they couldn't do anything so I bought a throw to cover it.

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    Is it on the couch, or just the couch cushion? If it's just the cushion, it might be worth a trip to the local dry cleaner. If they can't get it out, you might as well turn the kid loose with a handful of markers (and maybe some finger paints) and then see if you can sell the entire thing as "modern art."


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    Quote Originally Posted by Carson View Post
    Get her some more markers in different colors.
    she was just switching to a different color when we came back in...

    the couch is all one piece, so taking the cushions off isn't really an option, and a throw cover won't really work either theres nowhere to tuck in the edges so it will look tacky.

    my wifes mom suggested hairspray. I thought it was some kind of a weird joke... but she was serious... but i have to wait until it dries. can't figure that one out...

    but on the bright side, theres some happy faces drawn in and if you stare long enough at it, it starts to look like some foreign language.



    and no.. she can't color on the rest of the couch..
    No - No - No - No
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    I had the same thing happen when our oldest was 3. I was at work, wife answered the phone, came back to discover the kid tag'n the couch.

    Your chair is much lighter than ours, but we too have microfiber. I grabbed 3, 5 gallon pales of cold clean water with a very small bit of laundry detergent (.25 oz or something like that). I then started blotting with a pile of rags (which I ran out of), later with 2 rolls of paper towels (white bounty quilted). The trick is to not smear the marker and spread it, but yet rub it. You can try, of all things, windex, but I think that light of a color is going to show the blue. Stick with the diluted laundry detergent and rags/paper towels. My wife is still amazed I got it out.

    Alternatively, you can have her sign it and put a date on it. People will think its cute kid art.

    My ol man had a cute term for this kind of behavior, "Fkn kids... "

    Best of luck

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    Hmm.

    Maybe you can simply re-dye the entire couch? That's a beautiful shade of purple. Call it "lavender" and you'll be the envy of your peers.

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    I'd think alternating H2O2 with some 90% isopropyl and some white tshirt material would get you down the line quite a ways.
    Last edited by presence; 09-06-2014 at 09:33 PM.

    'We endorse the idea of voluntarism; self-responsibility: Family, friends, and churches to solve problems, rather than saying that some monolithic government is going to make you take care of yourself and be a better person. It's a preposterous notion: It never worked, it never will. The government can't make you a better person; it can't make you follow good habits.' - Ron Paul 1988

    Awareness is the Root of Liberation Revolution is Action upon Revelation

    'Resistance and Disobedience in Economic Activity is the Most Moral Human Action Possible' - SEK3

    Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo.

    ...the familiar ritual of institutional self-absolution...
    ...for protecting them, by mock trial, from punishment...


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    WD40 gets marker stains off of hard surfaces. I don't know if it will work on fabric, but it's a suggestion.

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    I'd would just let her do the rest of the couch. People care to much about stuff. Poor kid, mommy hates her drawings, the therapy bills are gonna be HUGE!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by asurfaholic View Post
    she was just switching to a different color when we came back in...

    the couch is all one piece, so taking the cushions off isn't really an option, and a throw cover won't really work either theres nowhere to tuck in the edges so it will look tacky.

    my wifes mom suggested hairspray. I thought it was some kind of a weird joke... but she was serious... but i have to wait until it dries. can't figure that one out...

    but on the bright side, theres some happy faces drawn in and if you stare long enough at it, it starts to look like some foreign language.



    and no.. she can't color on the rest of the couch..
    I've heard of the hairspray one before but I think it is more for hard surfaces like you see with the graffiti on it. Gas pumps. Road signs. I've never tried it though.


    I think it will grow on you. My mom liked her coffee table because she like the teething marks on it. I'm not sure if that's what they really were but I'm sure we antiqued it some.


    Those are some cool markings. If you ever lost it around Roswell I'm sure legends would grow out of it.

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    That couch belongs in an art museum!

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    It's the alcohol in the hairspray that dissolves ink. Spray a small area, let it sit just a minute, then try blotting out the stain.

    I think you are stuck with the artwork unless you recover the couch.
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    Quote Originally Posted by presence View Post
    I'd think alternating H2O2 with some 90% isopropyl and some white tshirt material would get you down the line quite a ways.
    My wife suggested the same thing. Peroxide followed by rubbing alcohol...
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    I met an artist once that specialised in painting couches. Paint n/ sell or keep?

    and yeah, I thought of dying it too, if it won't blow your color scheme.

    If it was me - purple pokadots.

    @CC & @pres - rubbing alcohol is ethyl alcohol and should work a lot better than isopropyl.

    -t

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    You have to be careful with that stuff. I used it on my overhead cabinet (which was a plastic of sorts) and it bubbled up and ate right through it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Natural Citizen View Post
    You have to be careful with that stuff. I used it on my overhead cabinet (which was a plastic of sorts) and it bubbled up and ate right through it.
    Petroleum distillates on plastic is always iffy....

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    I'd try alcohol that usually doesn't do anything to fabrics but it's great at dissolving marker ink.

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    Slip cover.

    I know of nothing that will take permanent marker out of light colored fabric.

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    Get a some paint that is the same color as your couch Did you know Dr. Seuss's mom let him draw on the walls? We all know how talented and creative he was.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Working Poor View Post
    Get a some paint that is the same color as your couch Did you know Dr. Seuss's mom let him draw on the walls? We all know how talented and creative he was.
    I have a childrens book like that from my childhood somewhere around here. I think Harrold and Purple crayon might have been in the title...

    Just wait till they get a bit older and discover your stash of spray paint...

    <evil grin>

    -t

    ps: Uncle Shelbies ABZ book FTW!!!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Shelby%27s_ABZ_Book

    seems to b out there in pdf...

    A subversive comic book for 8 yo's....

    Or maybe more like a sabotage manual...

    -t

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    OK, stuff from the ABZ book and from memory. So probably slightly off.

    E is for Eggs. E is also for Ernie, the genie that lives in the ceiling. Ernie loves eggs. Go in the living room and throw a egg up to the ceiling and Ernie will reach down and catch it. Then tell your dad what you did and he will buy you a pony.

    H is for horsies. Horsies love sugar. Your dad's car runs on horsepower. Go get the bag of sugar from your moms kitchen and pour it in the gas tank. The cars horsie will be very happy.

    -t

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