Agggghhhh littlun has managed to colour his hands pink with a felt tip pen

What's the best way to get it off? It has only faded slightly with copious washing with soap

(I need these hands clean before his mother get home )

thanks

Mick

 

axe to wrist

 

Is this another of those "my friend" threads?

 

lol.


try nitromorse

 

white spirit? don't leave it on his hands for long though.. wipe with a cloth and then wash with soapy water..

failing that colour the rest of him and claim it must be a rash?!

 

ps: be cautious with white spirit as it is harmfull if swallowed.

 

Hmmm... thanks guys I'm sure you are trying to be helpful.


Good thinking on the 'my friend' type thread!

Should have used that I guess...

'My friend wasn't watching his child as attentively as he should have been. The child is now covered from head to toe in pink felt tip. His wife will kill him if she finds out. Please help get this child clean and save a mans life! '

Is that more like it?
Mick

 

i'm sure i read somewhere that lemon juice or vinegar can get stuff off your hands as its acidic??

 

Thanks JGM - I'll give it a go...

 

Swarfega - preferably the one for removing paint.
Washing up liquid - better than soap (I use fairy to clean my brushes when I run out of brush cleaner )

otherwise.

White spirits
Turpentine
Meths

But use very little rub it in and wash off immmediately with washing up liquid and water to avoid irritation.

 

Dry hands, then use washing up liquid with a tea spoon of sugar. (mildly abrasive).

D (Old enough to remember Swarfega before it had polygrains in it)

 

You can still get Swarfega without the grains in

....especially for those nostalgic types

 

Combined with a whiff of Castrol R & I'll be set for a trip down memory lane (hopefully without breaking down)



D

 

Sulphuric acid?

 

be careful with meths, after coating my hands with contact adhesive and it drying into a rubber coating, i scrubbed my hands with meths, pouring it all over and scrubbing with a green scourer. My hands were numb and stung for a good 6 hours after i twated my brother for suggesting the meths in the first place.

 

LOL, i'm saying nothing..!!

 

lol yeah just re read that, im not well :P leave me alone, was having a really bad day at the time, when the bucket containing the glue split and i had to carry it outside, lol went horribly horribly wrong

 

Failing that, Fairy plus salt - it's more abrasive than sugar, but not abrasive enough to flail the skin from his hands.

On the other hand, just let your wife see. Children will be inquisitive and it's not harmful or illegal, so I wouldn't worry.

 

as Ali B said, give the kid some Metz.

 

shouldnt be drinking at his age

 

Nail varnish remover, but I don't know what the effect might be on a childs skin.

Or try Johnsons baby oil and/or baby lotion. At least they won't harm the skin.

Cheers
MTR

 

Going to be a good idea to use some of that after all this scrubbing of his skin!

 

So what time does mum get home?

Just wondering

 

I daren't risk anything in the slightest dodgey...

She'll know & I'll be in MORE trouble LOL

I'll just have to confess... err he did at 'mums & tots'... err the childminders..., I ran out of gas... I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake! A terrible flood! Locusts!I wasn't my fault!!!

Wish me luck

Mick

 

Good luck!!!!!!!!

 

Washing powder Mick; old stylee, that will move anything and its safe. The idea of washing small child's hands with petrochemicals is ridiculous. Pumis stone will do it too but you need to be careful.

 

Blow Torch ?

Mine occasionally still do it, dont worry about it, we were getting ready for a flight to Ireland for a wedding and all three came out looking sheepish covered in black felt claiming to be 'Lions', they were a right mess, if you scrub hard enough they get the idea.

At least we have grown out of the Harry Potter lightning style scars done with a biro.

 

Aaah c'mon Mick .... what was the result ?????

 

Maybe Mick's been banned from SN