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
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Soaking the stuffed animal in water
- 2Rubbing the stain
- 3Using Amodex
- 4Using dd7
- 5Stitching a square of white plush over the spot
- 6Covering the spot with cute earmuffs or headphones
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“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 ↗
Where this came up
People with this problem also raised
- 7How to get chalk paint out of a cat's fur
- 5How to get cat pee smell out of plush toys without ruining them
- 5How to clean highlighter ink out of a fabric bag without ruining it
- 5How to get stubborn pet hair and smell out of blankets
- 12How to get marinara sauce stains out of rubber mats
- 23How to get stubborn makeup out of white clothes