Mix the cream of tartar and lemon juice in a small bowl, and use a cloth to apply the mixture to the stains. Let the solution sit on the marks for a few minutes, and then rinse the fabric. Repeat if needed. Use a Professional Stain Remover Sharpie stains don’t only occur on fabrics and hard surfaces, of course. You’ve probably given yourself a few semi-permanent tattoos by mistake with a mistaken gesture or two. When you wind up staining your skin, you’ll have to take a different approach than when you deal with fabric or surface stains. Always use only the force needed to take care of the issue. A super-strong cleaner might remove the stain, but that won’t help if it damages the fabric as it cleans.

This is another oddball acrylic paint pen, and the only thing that makes it stand out from the rest is that it takes forever to prime between uses. Hard pass. Prismacolor Premier Knowing how to get permanent marker out of clothes is a different skill than being able to clean hard surfaces. Fabrics are porous by nature, and they drink up any ink they encounter and allow it to spread through the fibers. Removing ink from clothes can be tough, but you can do it with a little effort. The final acrylic paint pen I reviewed, it only comes with a chisel tip that takes a while to prime, and the ink is semi-translucent, leaving you with less than desirable results. Hard Pass. What pen should I use on this item? What about on that item? That’s a question that frequently gets asked in the Star Wars Autograph Universe group and other autograph groups routinely, and a lot of times it boils down to personal preference which can vary widely based upon where people live, and how much money they are willing to spend on a single marker. When it comes to metallic paint pens, Decocolor, PenTouch, and Edding are all pretty much on a sure footing with each other, and the edge to which one would ‘win’ in your eyes boils down to either personal preferences, or your geographical location (Edding brand is pretty much exclusively found in Europe). Examples of personal preferences could be having a paint pen with a thin nib (PenTouch has a 1mm nib without being a metal ultrafine tip) or a little fuller one like Edding (1.5mm) or Decocolor (1.8mm), or a certain color tint.This section looks at how to get Sharpie off the skin. You’re sure to need this at some point in your life, and you don’t want to try caustic or harmful chemicals to do the job. We show you methods for getting your skin clean and inkless that won’t hurt you and will pull the ink right off. Clean Your Skin with Hand Sanitizer You may have heard of Staedtler before with their blue Lumocolor permanent markers, they're a German company, so this brand is more available and popular over in Europe. This marker is a lot like the Silver Sharpie, but the difference with this marker is the tip, which has a finer point, which is useful for when you want to get a signer to do a quote or are adding a lot of signatures on an item. In my tests, I'd say it is comparable when compared with the Silver Sharpie in both results and price point, but is more reliable. One thing of note, is that it will wipe off of highly smooth surfaces like plaques, statue bases, and glossy trading cards.. Sakura Permapaque Marker A careful pretreatment and thorough cleaning can often clean out stains that you thought were going to be there forever. Pretreat your stains with liquid detergent before running them through the wash. Use cold water to avoid baking in the dye. This is the BIC Intensity of the paint pens - comes in either an extra fine tip or a broad tip that doesn't allow for much detail work, but would yield nice and bold signatures on larger pieces. Liquitex Professional Acrylic

This is also an acrylic marker like the Molotow One4All, but the one thing that makes it unique from the rest of the metallic markers is that they tend to be more dull metal than metallic in appearance. Find a commercial cleaner that fits the profile for you and will clean your items without damaging them. Be sure to follow the manufacturer’s instructions at all times. How to Remove a Sharpie Mark from Skin To keep your home looking pristine, you need some reliable methods on how to remove permanent marker stains. In this section, we look at some time-tested techniques of how to remove permanent marker from wood and other hard surfaces. Spray the stain until wet, and allow it to sit for a minute. Then, wipe at the stain with a rag. If the stain remains, repeat the spray, and scrub with a brush until the stain lifts out. Repeat as needed. Use a Pencil Eraser to Clean Out Ink Since I had been using their 'basic' paint pen for awhile, I figured I should give their "premium" version a try and based upon my testing, I'm extremely disappointed with it. For an item that's double the price of their basic version, there's nothing premium about it other than a new label and it's a little more 'glittery' than the standard one. Hard pass. Edding 751 Paint MarkerI'm not going to waste time talking about this marker - avoid it at all costs, as it's by far the worst one I've tested of all of the markers. When used, it did not yield crisp signatures, rather it was more diffused and bubbly, and was more translucent and glittery than the other paint pens. Molotow One4All Acrylic It seems almost too perfect to use an eraser to clean up ink. And yet, a pencil eraser can often take care of the problem without requiring escalation. Erasers work by grabbing and pulling particles off the surface upon which they rub.