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Trainers biro mark

ravenlooney
ravenlooney Posts: 135 Forumite
in Old style MoneySaving
My darling 2 y/o tonight decided to decorate my daughters baseball boots. There's biro all over the rubber bits at the front of them :mad:. Anyone got any ideas to shift it? Oh and while im here, how can I shift it from emulsioned walls and glossed woodwork?

Thanks
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  • squeaky
    squeaky Posts: 14,129 Forumite
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    You try either:-

    hairspray - spray on wipe off

    vaseline - leave on overnight and then wipe off

    There are others but these ideas both come well reccommended.

    For the walls, try bread as an eraser.
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  • LearningToSave.
    LearningToSave. Posts: 1,428 Forumite
    hehehe squeaky do you watch how clean is your house??
    i watched it this afternoon (am shamelessley addicted to discovery health-or home and health as it is now called! :o )and they did the hairspray trick.....was just about to suggest it but you beat me to it!!! :rotfl:
  • squeaky
    squeaky Posts: 14,129 Forumite
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    This is Old Style remember? We were here first :):):)
    Hi, I'm a Board Guide on the Old Style and the Consumer Rights boards which means I'm a volunteer to help the boards run smoothly and can move and merge posts there. Board guides are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an inappropriate or illegal post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. It is not part of my role to deal with reportable posts. Any views are mine and are not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
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  • LearningToSave.
    LearningToSave. Posts: 1,428 Forumite
    ahhhhhhh of course!! please excuse my newbieness :D
    fab indexes from you and galtizz by the way......oh so helpful in getting my lazy backside motivated again :T
  • squeaky
    squeaky Posts: 14,129 Forumite
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    You're welcome :)
    Hi, I'm a Board Guide on the Old Style and the Consumer Rights boards which means I'm a volunteer to help the boards run smoothly and can move and merge posts there. Board guides are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an inappropriate or illegal post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. It is not part of my role to deal with reportable posts. Any views are mine and are not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
    Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.
    DTFAC: Y.T.D = £5.20 Apr £0.50
  • foreverskint
    foreverskint Posts: 1,009 Forumite
    500 Posts
    flash erasers


    £1.49 for two in savers.

    I have a 23 month old who uses her artistic talents regularly. I currently have chalk crayon and feltpen on the living room walls and felt pen all over the storage heaters. I ran out of my little flash life savers, cleaning the last lot off, and have just bought some more today. So tomorrow it's clean up time.

    but as Arnie says
    I'll be back:mad:
  • catznine
    catznine Posts: 3,192 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    I have used shaving foam to remove biro from dralon suite. Might be worth a try.
    Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind.

    Jan grocery challenge £35.77/£120
  • apprentice_tycoon
    apprentice_tycoon Posts: 3,300 Forumite
    Meths is worth a try too
  • ravenlooney
    ravenlooney Posts: 135 Forumite
    Well, I have no hairspray and the vaseline was just not going to work, so I looked around for something with alcohol in it. The only thing I could find was a bottle of rather iffy perfume that MIL bought me for christmas and I havent had the heart to chuck. Spray some on a cloth and the biro came off the rubber on the shoes no problem!! The pens still on the walls and door though cos I couldnt bear to have that stink all over the house!!!
  • penny_less_7
    penny_less_7 Posts: 3 Newbie
    if you have a gentle nail polish remover i find this works well with biro, but do a small test area first!!!
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