Clever Trick to Remove Permanent Marker from Hard Surfaces

[@tabp8448]

My granddaughter decided to write all over my freezer, she thought she was using a dry erase marker.... it wasn't. I hadn't yet researched how to clean it, but now I don't have to. Thank you!!

[@CANADIANDRUMMER-j-u2x]

Wow!! This is awesome to know! Thanks so much for passing along this tip, Great Lakes! I had never seen this done before.

[@belv13]

You solved the problem, with magic markings on my video slate. Much thanks, for sharing this knowledge and saving me time.

[@GreatLakesPrepping]

Great, glad it helped!

[@jreberanlc]

My randaughter wrote all over my white desk with a black permanent marker - this hack cleaned it right off. Thank you!

[@GreatLakesPrepping]

That's great, so glad it worked!

[@traceyshomestead1938]

Another way is to use isopropyl alcohol wipes. I sometimes label my jars on the glass instead of on the metal lid, an alcohol wipe takes it right off. It also gets a lot of the market off the lid as well.

[@drojf]

Pretty much anything containing isopropyl alcohol works, including hand sanitizer (...which is easy to find these days)

[@traceyshomestead1938]

@@drojf most baby wipes too!

[@missychan63]

Or just a bottle of rubbing alcohol- why does everything have to be so complicated? You don't need baby wipes or hand sanitizer or any of that.... Just get a bottle of rubbing alcohol. The higher the concentrate the better but good old 70% usually does the job just fine.

[@GeorgiasGarden]

Thanks!!!

[@judipepper6066]

Good info

[@GiGiGoesShopping]

That's a WOW 🎯

[@Cash-bb8di]

Does this work on action figures?

[@jamos2tuff]

thank uou

[@jeffcashdollar7788]

I can't find any video of showing how to remove permanent marker from a metal mailbox. See everything from whiteboards, tiles, etc, but nothing on metal. Mailboxes on my street have been defaced by a postal carrier, writing the numbers of each house mailbox...looks terrible. I have tried a graffiti remover, it reduce it a little, but not full removal. I have tried isopropyl, didn't do anything. Tried w-40, did nothing. This has to be a common problem happening to metal mailboxes...why can't I find anything or videos of what works on metal.

[@landofevolution9757]

Wet Mr clean magic eraser or paint over it?