How to erase felt-tip pen from paper?

If you have your own Pablo Picasso at home, do not rush to sound the alarm. Nowadays, wiping felt-tip pens or pens from the wallpaper is not such a big problem, and in your child it’s bad to kill the artist’s talent. It is clear that it is fashionable to paste other wallpapers, but you can do everything less costly. In this article, we have prepared the most effective methods on how to wipe a felt-tip pen from paper and how to remove traces of it from wallpaper.

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Material Nuances

And markers are different, and wallpaper. The choice of a suitable product depends on the types of both. So let's figure it out.

Wallpaper in our time is very different: non-woven, paper, liquid, vinyl. Each species needs its own approach:

1. Non-woven, vinyl coatings are washed much better than other types, as they have an artificial surface layer of plastic. Therefore, it is not difficult to remove felt-tip pens from them.
2. Paper - it all depends on the quality, as well as the percentage of pulp itself. The choice of scouring agent will be very limited.
3. Liquid - also easy to care for and, as a rule, are washable. Various means can be applied to them.

Also, much depends on the types of felt-tip pen. They are oil, water and alcohol based.

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Water based

If you purchased water-based markers, consider yourself lucky. To wipe a felt-tip pen of this type from the wallpaper is much easier than scribbles from any other marker.

We look specifically at what you have at hand and how it can be applied to remove a felt-tip pen from wallpaper paper:

1. Ordinary hydrogen peroxide or peroxide in everyday life can help you. Well moisten a cotton pad in it and begin with gentle movements, slightly pressing, to remove children's creativity. Repeat this simple operation until the multi-colored traces disappear. For better performance, change your cotton pads often. This will help to easily wipe the felt-tip pen from the wallpaper.

Important! Try not to touch clean wallpapers.

2. You can also buy oxygen stain remover in the departments of household chemicals. Process the art of the child with it and leave it for 20-25 minutes, and then gently wash it off with a damp cloth.
3. If you have vinyl wallpaper pasted, just make a soap solution and go with a cloth over the contaminated area.
4. Stain-removing wipes can help you. The alcohol contained in them will easily remove traces of a water marker.

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Alcohol based

Creativity done with alcohol markers requires a different approach:

1. The wedge kicks out with a wedge, therefore we will take medical alcohol as assistants. You will also need as many cotton pads as possible. Moisten them thoroughly with alcohol and start washing children's art, as often as possible changing cotton pads to clean ones.
2. Also, you can help wipe the felt-tip pen from the wallpaper with freshly squeezed lemon juice. Mix it in equal amounts with medical alcohol, dip a cotton swab in the solution and start processing the traces. Then take a dry cloth and wipe it thoroughly. Repeat this operation until you completely get rid of unnecessary drawings on the wall canvas.
3. In addition, you can try using white toothpaste. Put a sufficient amount on a cotton pad, process the drawings and leave for 2-3 minutes. Then erase the marks with a dry cotton pad.

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Oil based

Unfortunately, it’s almost impossible to get markers of this type, so be prepared for the fact that all painting will remain on the canvas. But before you lose heart, nevertheless try the means and methods suggested below, you may be able to erase the felt-tip pen from the wallpaper:

1. If you have a vinyl wallpaper, try applying ordinary sunflower oil to the drawing, then wipe off with a soap solution and a sponge.
2. If the coating is paper, attach a blank sheet of paper to a place with a pattern from the marker and walk several times on it with a slightly hot iron. The oil base will switch to clean paper and the trace on the wallpaper will be displayed or become at least less bright.

Important! When choosing any of these methods, try first to try it on a piece of wallpaper, which remained after the repair. This will help to avoid unpleasant embarrassment.

 

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Stock footage

We hope you can remove the felt-tip pen or select text from the wallpaper and photo. Encourage children's creativity and buy them more albums for drawing, so that your child is in no hurry to show his imagination on the walls. And if the child wrote on the wallpaper, do not scold him, but simply use our tips.