- How can I erase an ordinary ballpoint pen from paper or vinyl paper?
- Less popular, but also effective ways:
For sure, in the life of every housewife it happened that her little child took a pen, felt-tip pen and the like and drew on wallpaper. In this case, if you did not manage to prevent this, the question arises, what to erase the pen from the wallpaper? In this review we will open for you the popular methods in the fight with a ballpoint pen on the wallpaper.
to Contents ↑How can I erase a regular ballpoint pen from paper or vinyl paper?
Before removing the handle from the wallpaper on a vinyl or paper basis, think, maybe you need to frame the work of a very young artist? But if you decide to remove such spots after all, then we will help you with this. The methods we offer you will suit both paper and vinyl wallpapers. The most effective ways to combat ink ballpoint pens are as follows.
Vinegar essence
To remove the handle from the wallpaper so that there are no signs of the previous artistic experience of your child, you can, if you act like this:
- Mix 70 percent acetic essence with potassium permanganate, and carefully dissolve the pink crystals.
- Use a soft sponge or a napkin to apply this mixture to wallpaper, which is contaminated with ink from a ballpoint pen.
- Wait for 15 minutes.
- Under the influence of this tool, the ink stains become pale for a start, and then disappear completely.
But after that there will be a pink stain from potassium permanganate. Such pollution can be easily removed with hydrogen peroxide:
- moisten a cotton swab abundantly;
- a little wipe the desired areas on the walls.
Important! With those wallpapers that are made of paper, you need to do this as quickly and delicately as possible. Carefully follow their structure, and also that they do not change their color. In the event that the stain from the ballpoint pen paste is very old, then this procedure must be repeated.
Household soap
Classic soap saves from various unpleasant situations with dirt. In this case it will also help. To wipe the handle off the wallpaper:
- Rub on a small grater with a little 72 percent soap.
- Place the shavings in warm water, dissolve it completely there.
- Use a soft sponge to apply the solution to the places where your vinyl wallpaper is dirty and easy to rub.
- After you have done this, wash off any soap residue with a clean, damp sponge.
- Gently wipe the surface to dryness.
Important! If the pen is not washed during the first procedure, then repeat this procedure the next day. Despite the fact that the structure of vinyl paintings is much stronger than paper, they do not like excessive water procedures. The only exception is special washable coatings - these can be sufficiently intensively cleaned by different means and aqueous solutions.
Special wet wipes
These wipes are impregnated with a special solution, which excellently displays a variety of impurities. Their number includes the paste of their ballpoint pens. Simply wipe this area of the wallpaper with an ink-stained area of the wallpaper - and you will notice that after a short while, the contamination will gradually disappear.
Important! This method is suitable in case you want to quickly and easily erase the handle from the wallpaper or if the "picture" of a small amount.
Hydrochloric acid, as well as rock salt:
- Dissolve hydrochloric acid and salt in water - take 1 part acid and salt powder for 3-4 parts water.
- Treat the resulting solution of the work of your young artist with a brush, wait a few minutes.
- After that, wipe with a clean damp cloth and wipe dry.
Important! This procedure should be carried out exclusively with rubber gloves, because you will work with acid, and it can corrode the skin.
Eraser or universal sponge
In case when the paste is not very greasy or you managed to stop the painting of your baby in time and now only a few small dashes adorn the walls, arm yourself with a melamine sponge or a usual clerical eraser. With their help, simply wiping carefully the necessary areas of the cover, you can easily remove the handle from the wallpaper.
to content ↑Less popular but also effective ways:
- Take 10 g or 2 teaspoons of detergent, mix it in 100 milliliters of water. Moisten the resulting solution with a clean sponge, and wipe it with a place on which there are traces of a ballpoint pen. Rub until the handle is completely removed from the wallpaper.
- Take 1 egg, cook it hardboiled, peel it from the shell. Cut into 2 halves, put it with protein to the wall patterns and wait until it absorbs all the paint.
- 1 lemon cut in half. Squeeze the juice of one half on a cotton pad or on cotton wool and wipe it with a place that is contaminated. If this was not enough, repeat this procedure, use the second half of the lemon.
- Mix in 100 ml of water and 20 g of whiteness. Take a dry sponge, soak it in this solution, wipe it with wallpaper.
Important! Do not forget that this option is absolutely not suitable for colored wallpapers, as well as for wallpaper with a picture.
- To get rid of unwanted drawings on the walls, you can use a nail polish remover that does not include acetone. Apply this tool to the cotton pad and wipe the ink marks on the wallpaper.
Important! This method is suitable only for fresh spots. This method will perfectly help you quickly and qualitatively cope with patterns from a ballpoint pen, a marker, and a marker.
- ARENAS exet 2 is a special chemistry designed to erase the handle from the wallpaper. Carefully process this tool all the unwanted patterns on the wallpaper, leave for 5-10 minutes, and after - dry with a dry cloth.
Important! Do not allow this product to dry out and use it only on waterproof wallpaper.
The main recommendations and tips from this article will perfectly help you effectively remove stains from the ballpoint pen from vinyl and paper wallpapers. But if you do not want to expose wallpaper to a variety of solutions, and also fear for keeping fresh repairs, hide as much as possible all the art tools from your child or accustom it to art experiments in the places designated for this purpose.
