how to remove ballpoint pen stain form leather sofa

sheetal

hi all

i have a light color sofa, and couple of days back i was playing with ballpoint pen on my hand and by mistake a line was drwn on sofa.
now i dont know how to remove the stain of ballpenpoint ink. i am searching for leather cleaner or any type of cleaner which removes the satin from leather sofa.
if anyone of you have any idea of remover please let me know
thank you

DAZB · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 9:15 pm Post Subject:

Spray Hairspray on a cloth and rub carefully. You may be best trying it on an old leather garment first just to check but I am sure it was Hairspray I used once on mine.

sheetal · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2003 8:37 pm Post Subject:

thank you.
i will try with hairspray.

Gees · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2003 11:19 pm Post Subject:

isopropyle alcohol works a treat

Scoby_Beasley · Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2003 12:22 am Post Subject:

Is that with a twist of lemon ????

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sarahhhhhhhh · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 5:09 pm Post Subject: my leather sofa

I have the same problem but my biro marks are couple of years old recieved a cream leather sofa of friend who moved to spain, want the biro marks off tried white spirit didnt work bought leather cleaner no luck and fresh biro pen wipes can remove fresh biro stains but not old. Im considering hiring a leather cleaner running out of options

masona · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 8:16 pm Post Subject:

Have you tried hairspray ? works for me.

Scoby_Beasley · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 11:00 pm Post Subject:

masona wrote:

Have you tried hairspray ? works for me.

You've been on here that long masona, what do you use the hairspray for?

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RavenFire · Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 11:36 am Post Subject: Leather suite and biro

Thank Im off to try the hairspray. The cleaner I got with the suite did nothing!

Raven

masona · Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 2:47 pm Post Subject:

Scoby_Beasley wrote:

You've been on here that long masona, what do you use the hairspray for?

To stop my wife snoring

morag34 · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 11:20 am Post Subject:

any specific brand of hairspray?????????

masona · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 2:43 pm Post Subject:

morag34 wrote:

any specific brand of hairspray?????????

Yes,as long it got "Alcohol" in the ingredients,I think they all have.

morag34 · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 8:05 pm Post Subject:

went out and bought Tesco own brand and it worked!!!! Yipee you have saved my husband's life......as he was close to being murdered when he got home from work...Many thanks

Tefhel · Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 8:18 am Post Subject:

I used "Urban" deodorant, it works really fast and it comes off in a couple of scrubs!

happypaul · Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 10:06 am Post Subject:

After reading the above we tried Pantene Pro-V hairspray to remove blue biro pen that was a day or two old from a (recently brand new) cream leather sofa and it worked a treat. It took about a dozen sprays to fully remove and we found that leaving each spray for a short while worked much more effectively than spraying and wiping off straight away.

Prior to reading this thread we also tried the cleaner supplied with the sofa, domestos and nail varish remover. All did not work.

So thanks for the help, my daughter's no longer grounded for life!!