Removing permanent marker from paintwork?

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.

paradigm · 28 Jun 2007 at 23:29

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

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!

Abyss · 28 Jun 2007 at 23:58

jimblowscash said:
good old fasioned t cut, wont damage the paint and will remove safely the marker

dont use things like white spirit, nail varnish remover or any other cocking stupid suggestion from the morons that post first and think later

Excuse me, personal attack? Both white spirit and acetone are fine to use on paintwork if used carefully. In fact you are just as likely to damage your paintwork using t-cut and burning through it. All you are doing with t-cut is stripping back the clearcoat that the marker is attached to, not exactly an ideal solution. I personally would have used either alcohol (as was used) or claybar as you are almost guaranteed to do no damage using it.