WendyT

cheers for all the suggestions folks - might try a little of the bleach, or if not the Devil stain remover. babywipes dont touch it!

btw - the culprit



and his handy work - part of the sofa (most the marks dont show up on the pic!)


Neil
(under wifes username)

[Edited by WendyT - 6/5/2003 8:26:36 PM]

NeilT

as the title says, my 18month old (Oliver) took a biro to our newish cream leather armchair a couple of days ago, and in less than 10 seconds had covered it!

he seemed quite proud of himself!

tried the cleaner that came with it but its worse than useless

Any ideas on how to remove it?

Neil

GU5

Give Mark 'Wax Wizard' a call, he'll have something

MattW

Neat washing up liquid

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

Stain Devils do a biro remover, available from supermarkets etc.
Alcazar

magnet

a good old rubber!
(eraser)

NeilT

mmm, good ideas, trying a rubber first...

Mice_Elf

Milk can help, believe it or not. Unfortunately it usually requires soaking, so will need a paper towel soaked in milk to rest on the area....

Stain Devils might have something that you can use...

lpski1

wouldnt the milk make it smell though eeeaarghhyuk

RoShamBo

iTrader: (1)

We have creme leather sofa's & 2 kids.....wife uses neat bleach & everything comes off a treat. has been using it for years on the sofa's & no ill effects

Ro.

Disclaimer : Any damage to your sofa's is not my fault.

CHRIS_D

tip-ex ?

sorry mate, joking aside theres a product available in wilko's, comes in a round 2ltr (i think) tub, cant remember what its called, but the stuff looks like green floor wax. My folks have got some and it's **** hot at removing stains etc

chris

[Edited by CHRIS_D - 05/06/2003 12:50:37]

barge

try some baby wipes

you know the crap removers that you use on very little babies

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

id ring the insurance company and let them see if they can get it out

andyd9577

iTrader: (1)

we have the same problem nearly everyday, 2 kids, one6 and one nearly 3, we use either perfume or hairspray on our cream leather suite seems to work a treat, also gets rid of the girlfriends dodgy perfume!

carl

What sort of idiot buys a cream leather sofa when they have pre-school kids?

WendyT

Had the sofa before the biro king!

Anyway its all gone now guys, elbow grease and some lovely bubbly stuff the sofa shop recommended!

Im just waiting now for the crayons on the walls!!

Wendy

andyd9577

iTrader: (1)

kids will be kids, they do learn to respect property sooner or later, we bought the suite before the second child was born, and most things just wipe off anyway,

you could also say why bother putting wallpaper on the walls with pre school kids? or are we all IDIOTS for trying to make our homes nice!

carl

Washable paint and dirt-coloured furniture are your friends