How to remove black permanent marker stain from sofa, anyone?
Unfortunately, I don't think you can, hence permanent marker. Don't mean to sound snide, but that is just what it is Permanent.. Sorry :( I reference to Elle, Yes, permanent marker does come off your skin, HOWEVER, skin is a living organ that breathes, sweats etc, which eventually washes off the marker, and a sofa does NOT, so therefore since the question was asked of the sofa, I answered it as such. :)
Might help... might make it worse... Model aircraft glow fuel. It DOES remove permanent inks from nonporous materials. (takes permanent marker right off of corrugated plastic) However it might cause the ink to bleed into a larger but duller spot... ********** If the sofa is worth the cost... call a professional... they will be able to get better results than anything you can do. They have the expensive equipment needed to deal with such things.
You didn't say what kind of sofa. I had this happen on a leather lounge so in my case I got a damp cloth and rubbed until it got lighter and lighter and wasn't noticable anymore.It took ages and i was worried it would ruin the lounge but it was okay. Also, in regards to the first answer I can see her point that permanent means permanent but if you think about it further, you can also get permanent marker on your skin but it eventually washes off right? Otherwise when someone wanted a tattoo they would just use a permanent marker rather than a needle with ink. It is just called permanent because there are also white board markers which can be wiped off. Also, if the sofa is material then you could call a cleaning company and find out what the chances are of that coming off and how much they charge. Or a cheaper option could be a cleaning product available out there in the supermarket, like a carpet cleaner. Some actually can be used for sofas as well if you read the back. Or call a furniture store and ask them about it and see if they sell any special products.
