How to wipe a felt-tip pen from a wallpaper?

When a family has small children, it is necessary to solve many problems. And if felt-tip pens and markers fall into the hands of a young artist, the question on how to wipe a felt-tip pen from the wallpaper appears on the agenda in large letters. Moreover, the faster you solve this issue, the greater the chance of success. Of course, then you explain to your young talent that it is more convenient to draw on paper, in an album or with crayons on the street. But first, you will have to work hard and peel the fruits of your child’s imagination until they finally eat the wall coverings. And our tips from this article will help you with this.

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We deal with the problem

First of all, you need to find out on what basis this very felt-tip pen or marker. There are three options:

• it may be water based;
• on alcohol;
• in oil.

Depending on the basis, the cleaning method also changes.

Important! The easiest way to remove stains from a water marker.

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Wash off traces of a water-based marker

How can I wipe the water marker from the wallpaper?

• Hydrogen peroxide will help us cope with such pollution. Moisten a cotton pad in it and gently wipe the marks from the marker, being careful not to touch the clean areas of the wall coating, if possible. Change discs to blank discs as needed.
• A sufficiently effective tool is a stain remover - best oxygen. Of course, it is intended for fabrics, but it can help in solving this problem. Treat them with a stain and leave for 15-20 minutes. Then rinse off with a damp cloth.
• If the vinyl wallpaper has suffered, you can simply wash it with a soapy solution with a cloth.
• Stain-removing wipes based on alcohol may also come in handy.
• You can try to remove traces with toothpaste. Squeeze a little paste onto the swab and wipe the stain several times. Then, remove the remaining paste from the surface of the wall decor with a clean cloth or sponge.
• The traces of markers can be handled by a melamine sponge, which can be purchased at the household department.
• If you have vinyl wallpapers, and the paintings on the walls are very large, then you can try using Domestos. Put a little on dirt and then wipe the place with soap and water.

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Wash off traces of an alcohol-based marker

There are several ways to clean the wallpaper from a felt-tip pen with an alcohol base:

• If you have alcohol stains on your walls, removing them is much more difficult. To do this, you will need meth or alcohol and many, many tampons. Wet the swab in alcohol, wipe the stains. Change the swab to clean as it gets dirty. The process is quite laborious, but cleanliness requires sacrifice.
• Lemon juice will help you to display the results of children's art. Mix it with alcohol in a 1 to 1 ratio and treat this contamination mixture. After that, clean these places with a dry rag, if necessary - repeat the procedure.
• You can try to remove traces with an eraser designed to erase a ballpoint pen.
• You can buy a special stain remover to remove traces of the marker. Most often they are in the form of a pencil. You must act according to the instructions that are on the package.

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Can the marks from an oil-based marker be washed off?

Unfortunately, traces of such a marker are almost not washed off. You have a chance only if you have vinyl wallpapers.Put a little sunflower oil on the drawing, then rinse with soapy water and dry.

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Now you have an idea of ​​how to cope with the traces of the creativity of your young talent, and we hope that the problem was not so global that you could not get rid of it.