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Offline sadler

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Re: Removing ball point ink mark from leather
« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2017, 17:22:05 PM »
Just be very cautious of using cif. I have cream leather sofas! Blue denim is the enemy! Mine are very well worn and awaiting replacement, so ........I took cif to them and scrubbed. It was wonderful how much grot I took off until I realised that the parts I had cleaned felt slightly rough and the parts I hadn't yet scrubbed felt smooth. I had taken off the protective layer. They looked beautifully clean but I now have to wash every week as anything I.e. Newspaper print etc dirties the leather, although it does clean off easily enough! Time for new sofas I think.  :o ???  :)



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Re: Removing ball point ink mark from leather
« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2017, 17:23:13 PM »
Thanks Bernie (and others) - I read that also.

Scared rigid to try something and make it worse :( :( :(

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Re: Removing ball point ink mark from leather
« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2017, 17:43:34 PM »
By the way it's a short line not a spot  :(

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Re: Removing ball point ink mark from leather
« Reply #13 on: July 29, 2017, 17:45:35 PM »
Sadler - sofa is two months old -aggghhhhhhh :(

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Re: Removing ball point ink mark from leather
« Reply #14 on: July 29, 2017, 17:56:16 PM »
Just try one bit with tip of cotton bud..See how it goes..Wasn't there something about milk removing ball point Pen.

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Re: Removing ball point ink mark from leather
« Reply #15 on: July 29, 2017, 17:58:31 PM »
Have a sneaky look through Brenda's warpaint stash and see of she's got any nail polish remover. It'll either be alcohol or acetone based. Both will work.

Failing that, try petrol. But then you'll have to deal with the smoke damage and flooding.  ;)

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Re: Removing ball point ink mark from leather
« Reply #16 on: July 29, 2017, 17:59:44 PM »
Wasn't there something about milk removing ball point Pen.

Nah ! You're thinking of Rock, Paper, Scissors........

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Re: Removing ball point ink mark from leather
« Reply #17 on: July 29, 2017, 18:02:40 PM »
Ok..I've been on some momsnet site thing..One reckons sunscreen did it straight away the other hand sanitizer, the final one just left it and it wore away eventually!

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Re: Removing ball point ink mark from leather
« Reply #18 on: July 29, 2017, 18:03:52 PM »
No acetone based stuff takes the top off apparently

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Re: Removing ball point ink mark from leather
« Reply #19 on: July 29, 2017, 18:05:56 PM »
If it were me, I would use a tiny amount of gentle soap, I.e. Dreft, or fairy hand wash etc on a sponge and just give that a go. My sofas have been through the mill, believe me, and are now about 12 years old, and it was only me going at them with huge amounts of energy( not a common thing) which ruined them! I have removed numerous marks from them. They really are quite resilient.   ;)




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