This weekend, I was tidying up the basement. I glanced
over at the cute bunny drawing on my daughter's dry erase
board, but then I noticed that it was drawn in a pink
marker--not one of her dry erase markers. Oh no. I went
to erase a small portion of it, and as I suspected, it
would not come off. Permanent marker!I tried to erase it with Magic Eraser. No luck. Goo gone? Nope? I never give up, however, without checking the multitude of information available on the Internet.
Lo and behold, with a Google search, I landed on The LifeHacker web site. It said that by tracing over the original image with a dry erase marker, and then erasing it, the the permanent marker image would vanish. Sounds odd, but after drawing over the bunny image once or twice with a dry erase marker, it worked!
Just goes to show you that with a little bit of patience to search for solutions, very often the answers are out there.
Maria, You can also remove permanent marker on dry erase boards with with the gel Hand Sanitizer solutions on a tissue. I use Germ-X but many would work.
Posted by: Konda Duncan | May 23, 2009 at 08:12 AM
Great job Maria! Wonderful tip!
Posted by: Tina | May 23, 2009 at 06:27 PM
Maria, When I was student teaching in a first grade class this happened to me,also. I used nail polish remover and it cleaned up beautifully. I usually think, "what's the worst that can happen?" before I try something like this. If it can't be used like it is, Imight as well try an unusual cure.
Posted by: Judy Michael | May 24, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Rubbing alcohol is another easy cleanup solution for permanent marker on dry erase boards, works to get perm marker off of CD's and DVD's as well.
Posted by: Brad | September 23, 2009 at 11:01 AM