How to remove sharpie?

Question

So, I got bored the other day and wrote "REDRUM" all over my walls in bright red sharpie. Some of it's in wet erase, but the rest is in hardcore permenant marker. How do your remove it???

Answer 1

Use white bored markers ( dry erase markers ) works for me ! oh and also the magic eraser works really well !

Answer 2

Well if the Sharpie was on your skin i was gonna say Hairspray works. but since its on the walls, i'm not sure how well that will work. you can always try it though..

Answer 3

It takes two steps. First use rubbing alcohol to remove the solids from the ink that is on the wall. It take quite a bit, get it as wet as you can, then wipe it off. Repeat until it won't get any lighter. Next you have to bleach the spot.

Use as strong of a bleach solution that you can stand. If  you truly have it all over your room, you might wish to use a sponge mop and a bucket to clean it. If that doesn't work, repaint the room, after priming the walls so the sharpie won't bleed through.

I have three very active kids and have used the above method to remove sharpie from almost any surface you can name.

Answer 4

When I get sharpie on my clothes, I use nail polish remover, and it comes off. Maybe it would work on the walls too!

Answer 5

You could wait for it to dry and chip it off or use magic eraser

Answer 6

You could scrub it all off, but it will take a lot of time, and will probably leave scrub marks on the walls.  You are better off at this point to just repaint the walls.  You may need to prime first to cover the red marker, too.