On May 13, 11:32*am, Judy Zappacosta zappajNOS...@Use-Author-Supplied-
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The kids scribbled on a plastic outdoor item and I'm amazed the permanent
marker hasn't been removed by the alcohol nor by the gasoline soaked rag.

What's a good solvent to remove permanent marker on outdoor plastic?

I actually come across this situation fairly often at work (customers
marking product with Sharpie and then finding out that they are NFG
and need warranty replacements, then I need to clean them so we get
credit from supplier who will not accept parts with any writing/
marking on them) and what i've found to work the best is getting the
marker wet with isopropyl alcohol and then scrubbing of what doesn't
come off with alcohol alone with one of those white plastic
draftsman's erasers (the ones that are little white rectangles about
the size of a typical Pink Pearl, but pure white plastic. Staedtler
is the brand name that comes to mind, but there's likely a generic
knockoff available at Staples, Office Depot, etc. A Pink Pearl might
work, but I can only recommend the white ones, because that's what I
have in my desk drawer.)

I have run across parts that will not come clean by anything I've
tried, I guess there must be some new kind of really, really permanent
marker out there (but it's rare that I get those) I just send 'em back
and hope that we get credit for them, not worth my time to try
anything more involved to clean up a $40 part.

nate