Removing permanent marker from paintwork?

MikeHunt79 · 28 Jun 2007 at 10:09

I've got some permanent marker on my bonnet (don't ask),

and I was wondering if there was a way of getting it off without ruining the paintwork?

Would white spirit or something similar work? It's metallic with clearcoat if that makes any difference.

MikeHunt79 · 28 Jun 2007 at 14:50

leaskovski said:
Does it look like this...

Not quite.

I thought it was a dry-wipe marker, so I did a few doodles on the bonnet over the weekend. I only realized it was permanent until afterwards.

Anyway, I used loads on Lynx and a tissue, and it worked a treat!

I think the alcohol in the lynx must break it down.

MikeHunt79 · 28 Jun 2007 at 17:10

I just went for the thing that looked the least aggressive... I don't think deodorant would be very harmful to paint as you spray it on yourself anyhow.

It's my car, so if I make it any worse, it's no one's fault but my own.

MikeHunt79 · 28 Jun 2007 at 23:23

MikeHunt79 said:
Anyway, I used loads on Lynx and a tissue, and it worked a treat!

Thanks for the suggestions - as you can see I managed to sort it.

Here is a small bit, before I cleaned it.

MikeHunt79 · 28 Jun 2007 at 23:46

paradigm said:
You couldn't have made that paintwork much worse even if you had tried to brillo pad the permanent ink off!

Lol, it's a 23 year old bonnet, so it's seen a fair few miles! It's a spare one, which I've got on there while I repaint my normal bonnet. I didn't really want to drive round with "MikeHunt79" and various obscenities and my bonnet thank you!