How to get permanent marker out of a white stuffed animal
Standard soaking methods fail to lift permanent marker from plush toys and risk spreading the ink or turning the fabric blue. This makes it difficult to restore a stained stuffed animal without ruining the delicate material.
What people tried
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How to get permanent marker out of a white stuffed animal
- 1Soaking the stuffed animal in waterDid this help you?
- 2Rubbing the stainDid this help you?
- 3Using AmodexDid this help you?
- 4Using dd7Did this help you?
- 5Stitching a square of white plush over the spotDid this help you?
- 6Covering the spot with cute earmuffs or headphonesDid this help you?
- 7Using a damp cloth to wipe down marksDid this help you?
- 8Applying Dawn power wash with a medium toothbrush and dabbing with a microfiber clothDid this help you?
In their words
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“I bought this miffy plushie for really cheap, it’s basically brand new but it has a really prominent stain. If I had to guess, I think it is a leather stain, it is quite sticky. Please help me get it off.”source ↗
“Do any of you know how to remove like sharpie from a stuffed animal a white stuffed animal because I’ve tried different ways me and my mom are currently soaking one and it’s not coming out.”source ↗
“I worry that washing it might spread it.”source ↗
“Please help, I recently moved my plushes from my parents house to my house and noticed these brown marks on a few of them. I think it must be damp marks/mold?”source ↗
“Please can someone confirm and tell me how to clean this? I really don’t want to have to get rid of these 😭”source ↗
“I did use a very lightly damp cloth to remove the marks on another and it seemed to work but I am paranoid about it being on the inside and infecting every other one I own. Do you know if there is a way to know how deep the mold goes without having to cut it open?”source ↗
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