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Help! Biro on leather furniture...

owsaboutthatthen
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My daughter was bored this afternoon so decided to draw on my settee! :mad: She's so good to me. Can anybody tell me how I get rid of biro off my furniture, without it lifting the dye. :confused:

Thanks in advance, and apologies if this has been posted before.
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  • Butterfly_Brain
    Butterfly_Brain Posts: 8,862 Forumite
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    Try Baby Wipes They usually get ink off of leather
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  • LilacPixie
    LilacPixie Posts: 8,052 Forumite
    baby wipes took biro off my brown leather sofa.
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  • shjo558
    shjo558 Posts: 1,550 Forumite
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    If the ink is oil based you could try a tiny bit of vaseline or moisturiser,face cream on leather. Any residue will be absorbed by the leather so no horrible marks will be left.
  • jackieglasgow
    jackieglasgow Posts: 9,436 Forumite
    My son did this when he was about 2 on my cream leather sofa. Picasso. Hairspray worked for me, with no bad after effects.

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  • owsaboutthatthen
    owsaboutthatthen Posts: 1,052 Forumite
    jackieglasgow wrote: »
    My son did this when he was about 2 on my cream leather sofa. Picasso. Hairspray worked for me, with no bad after effects.

    Jackie

    Hairspray of all things? Who knew! :confused: Was it any particular brand :rotfl:That is amazing.
    Hindsight is a wonderful thing
  • jackieglasgow
    jackieglasgow Posts: 9,436 Forumite
    edited 9 August 2009 at 6:04PM
    No, any hairspray will take off biro and even some permanent pen marks, too (think graffiti - even works on this!) I think it's something to do with the solvents they use in it. I even used it recently on some black mastic sealant stuff that I got on my clothes from some DIY my husband was doing, cleaned it right off. Obviously do a test spot first, but in my experience it's taken everything off that I tried it on, and never caused damage. Magic stuff(never use it on my hair though.......;))

    Let me know if your try it, if it works.
    Jackie X
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  • Trinny
    Trinny Posts: 625 Forumite
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    Hi There

    I think that milk is supposed to be good for removing ink/ biro stains - otherwise - pretty sure the hairspray tip works

    Dont have a leather sofa - so no experience with this

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  • flippin36
    flippin36 Posts: 1,980 Forumite
    I would try baby oil
  • madnessandmayhem
    madnessandmayhem Posts: 329 Forumite
    My 2 yr old drew on my leather sofa the other day with biro, and i just used some warm, vey slightly soapy water on a flannel (cos of the more abrasive texture-but not too much) and it got it off no problem!
  • xnatalie81x
    xnatalie81x Posts: 941 Forumite
    3 kids, eldest just 5 in my house so it's tesco hairspray for the sofas (find value on does not work....) and toothpaste/magic erasers for walls/fridges/floors - you name it, they draw on it!
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