How to erase a pen from a paper?

If you have your own Pablo Picasso at home, do not rush to sound the alarm. In our time to wipe the markers or pens from the wallpaper - not such a big problem, and in your child to kill the talent of the artist is bad. It's clear that it's fashionable to paste other wallpapers, but you can do everything and less. In this article we have prepared the most effective methods, how to erase a felt pen from paper and how to remove its traces from the wallpaper.

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Nuances of materials

And felt-tip pens are different, and wallpaper. The choice of a suitable means depends on the types of both. So let's figure this out.

Wallpaper in our time there are very different: non-woven, paper, liquid, vinyl. Each type needs its own approach:

1. Non-woven, vinyl coverings are washed much better than other types, since they have an artificial surface layer made of plastic. Therefore, removing from them markers is not particularly difficult.
2. Paper - it all depends on the quality, as well as the percentage content of the pulp itself. The choice of cleaning will be very limited.
3. Liquid - also easy to clean and, as a rule, are washable. To them you can use different means.

Also much depends on the types of felt-tip pen. They are on an oil, water and alcohol basis.

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Water-based

If you have purchased water-based markers, consider that you are lucky. It is much easier to scratch this type of pen from the wallpaper than scrawls from any other marker.

See what exactly you have on hand and how it can be applied to remove the felt pen from the paper wallpaper:

1. You can help conventional hydrogen peroxide or peroxide everyday use. Wet the cotton pad well in it and start gently with movements, lightly pressing, to remove children's creativity. Repeat this simple operation until the colored traces disappear. For greater efficiency, change the cotton pads more often. This will help to easily wipe the felt-tip from the wallpaper.

Important! Try not to touch clean wallpaper.

1. You can also buy an oxygen stain remover in the household chemistry department. Treat them with the art of the child and leave for 20-25 minutes, and after - gently rinse everything with a damp cloth.
2. If you have pasted vinyl wallpaper, just make a soapy solution and walk with a cloth over the contaminated area.
3. You can help and stain remover wipes. The alcohol contained in them easily removes traces of water markers.

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Alcohol based

Creativity performed with alcohol markers requires a different approach:

1. A wedge kills the wedge, so let's take medical alcohol as a helper. You will also need as many wadded disks as possible. Properly moisten them with alcohol and begin to erase children's art, as often as possible changing cotton wool discs to clean ones.
2. You will also be able to help wipe the felt-tip pen from the wallpaper with freshly squeezed lemon juice. Mix it in equal quantities with medical alcohol, dab a cotton swab in the solution and begin to work on the traces. Then take a dry cloth and wipe it off thoroughly. Repeat this operation until you completely get rid of unnecessary drawings on the wall cloth.
3. In addition, you can try to use toothpaste white. Apply a sufficient amount on the cotton wool disc, process the patterns and leave for 2-3 minutes. Then wipe the tracks with a dry cotton pad.

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On an oil-based

Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to deduce this type of markers, so be prepared for the fact that all the painting will remain on the canvas. But before you lose heart, try the tools and methods suggested below, perhaps you will be able to erase the felt pen from the wallpaper:

1. If you have vinyl wallpaper, try applying normal sunflower oil on the picture, then wipe it off with a soap solution and a sponge.
2. If the coating is paper, attach a blank sheet of paper to the place with a pattern from the marker and walk several times over it with a slightly hot iron. The oil base will go over to clean paper and the track on the wallpaper will come off or become, at least, less bright.

Important! When choosing any of the above methods, try first to try it on a piece of wallpaper, which remained after the repair. This will help to avoid unpleasant embarrassment.

We hope you can remove the felt pen from the wallpaper. Encourage children's creativity and buy them more albums for drawing, so that your child is not in a hurry to show his imagination on the walls.