Removing permanent marker on Leather seats

Rubbing alcohol works too, make sure to use a leather conditioner after because the rubbing alcohol also removes some natural oils in the leather.
 
A friend of mine uses another permanent marker to remove permanent maker stains.



A bit risky, but Ive seen it work. Get another pen and light draw over the mark and remove immediately.
 
dazzerjp said:
A friend of mine uses another permanent marker to remove permanent maker stains.



A bit risky, but Ive seen it work. Get another pen and light draw over the mark and remove immediately.
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I've done that on hard surfaces with a dry erase marker (write over permanent marker line with a dry erase marker and wipe off), but i'd be *very* hesitant to try that on leather seats.
 
The hair spray (White Rain) trick does work sometimes. It can also remove the color from the leather. it may be worth a try. Get yourself some QTips and work quickly.
 
The key here is the word permanent. Generally speaking these will have redyed the leather so removal is a technical problem.

Anything that will remove the marker will also remove the finish on the leather and possibly the pigment so this will need replacing. The area can be recoloured if you have a colour mixed to match your leather.



qwertydude - there are no natural oils in leather once it is tanned so they cannot be removed. Nothing that has been put in leather during the tanning process is removed by cleaning methods and adding 'conditioner' is a pointless and sometimes damaging excercise.



Hope this helps
 
judyb said:
qwertydude - there are no natural oils in leather once it is tanned so they cannot be removed. Nothing that has been put in leather during the tanning process is removed by cleaning methods and adding 'conditioner' is a pointless and sometimes damaging excercise.



Hope this helps
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Jeff at Refinish Coatings and I were talking once and I joked that as much proccessing that the hide goes through there isn't much left to call leather.:) I still don't think people understand that they are not actually touching the leather in their car, but the coating on top of the leather.
 
ADS sells a pen ink removing pen. I haven't tried it on full blown permanent marker yet, but it worked like magic on unidentified pen markings recently where APC+ didn't even touch it.
 
For the leather techs or anyone else who has access to waterbase topcoat and cross-linker:



One thing I finally figured out is if you use something stronger than normal to remove a stain or mark on leather, follow it up with clear topcoat rather than just a conditioner. Then you probably will have it back to the state it was originally in.
 
Here is a pic of hair dye on a leather couch. It is a fully finished coated leather. No amount of scrubbing or solvents was going to remove this. If I would have removed the stain with solvents, then I would have removed part of the coating as well. At that point it would need to be recoated like Jay said. Since there is a thick coat on car seats, you can sometimes get away with removing a little coating, but it would affect the longevity of the leather.







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On this couch, I had to use my computer for a color match and refinish it. I used a Preval (I was in a high rise), so the finish wasn't up to my usual standards. Here is the after pic. My battery went dead, so I had to settle for a sub par pic.







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judyb said:
The key here is the word permanent. Generally speaking these will have redyed the leather so removal is a technical problem.

Anything that will remove the marker will also remove the finish on the leather and possibly the pigment so this will need replacing. The area can be recoloured if you have a colour mixed to match your leather.



qwertydude - there are no natural oils in leather once it is tanned so they cannot be removed. Nothing that has been put in leather during the tanning process is removed by cleaning methods and adding 'conditioner' is a pointless and sometimes damaging excercise.



Hope this helps
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you're saying that using leather conditioner serves no purpose at all? (not calling you out...just curious). would this just be for coated leather (the "shiny" type in some vehicles) vs. the "plush" soft dull looking leather?
 
Lumadar said:
ADS sells a pen ink removing pen. I haven't tried it on full blown permanent marker yet, but it worked like magic on unidentified pen markings recently where APC+ didn't even touch it.
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Who is ADS?
 
Try a Magic Eraser with a dab of apc. DO NOT RUB HARD! the erase will remove the dye or color in leather. But it should work. Only rub on the stain.
 
If it is a permanent marker and you scrub it off you will have removed the finish on the leather which will now be left as a weaker area more prone to dirt and wear.

MCWD grease is a very different problem to this one.
 
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