On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:16:46 -0700, martin_pentreath wrote:

It looks like the ink from a permanent felt-tip marker. If it is you
just need the right solvent. Try alcohol (some neat vodka would do),
WD40 or acetone (nail varnish remover). Be careful though, acetone in
particular might damage the surface of the table.

When you get permanent marker on a whiteboard, the best way to get it off
is to draw all over it with a whiteboard marker (yes really), let it set
a bit then wipe it off. The permanent ink comes off with the temporary.

Could work for this as well - it's basically the same situation AFAICS.

PCPaul wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:16:46 -0700, martin_pentreath wrote:

It looks like the ink from a permanent felt-tip marker. If it is you
just need the right solvent. Try alcohol (some neat vodka would do),
WD40 or acetone (nail varnish remover). Be careful though, acetone in
particular might damage the surface of the table.

When you get permanent marker on a whiteboard, the best way to get it off
is to draw all over it with a whiteboard marker (yes really), let it set
a bit then wipe it off. The permanent ink comes off with the temporary.

Could work for this as well - it's basically the same situation AFAICS.

The danger there is that on some surfaces the dry marker pen will also
permanently stain. You may end up with 2 layers of pen you can't remove!

(perhaps Tika source would shift it - seemed to work the first time!)

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Cheers,

John.

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On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:37:14 +0100, John Rumm wrote:

PCPaul wrote:

When you get permanent marker on a whiteboard, the best way to get it
off is to draw all over it with a whiteboard marker (yes really), let
it set a bit then wipe it off. The permanent ink comes off with the
temporary.

Could work for this as well - it's basically the same situation AFAICS.

The danger there is that on some surfaces the dry marker pen will also
permanently stain. You may end up with 2 layers of pen you can't remove!

That's why tables have an underneath to test it first ;-)