ball point pen on car fabric

[Boca Jan]

Does anyone know how to remove ball point pen on a car seat? I haven't tried
cleaning it yet because I don't want it to smear. Waiting for your help....

[DrClean]

"Boca Jan" <poo_de_doo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:O_mJc.8751$yi3.7128@bignews6.bellsouth.net...
> Does anyone know how to remove ball point pen on a car seat? I haven't
tried
> cleaning it yet because I don't want it to smear. Waiting for your
help....
>
>
Hi Jan,

Try using nail varnish remover - often work a treat - but test an area of
the fabric first in case there's a reaction.

Methylated Spirits is another good remedy. Take a look at
www.DrClean.co.uk/surgery_stains/stains_techniques2.asp where there's an
example of a biro stain being removed from a t-shirt.


--
DrClean
www.DrClean.co.uk
The Best Fabric Cleaning Resource on the Web

[jamie]

Boca Jan <poo_de_doo@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know how to remove ball point pen on a car seat? I haven't tried
> cleaning it yet because I don't want it to smear. Waiting for your help....

Rubbing alcohol

--
jamie (jamiemck@newsguy.com)

"There's a seeker born every minute."

[Suzie-Q]

In article <5jrJc.84$w36.79@newsfe6-win.ntli.net>,
"DrClean" <drclean@ntlworld.com> wrote:

-> "Boca Jan" <poo_de_doo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
-> news:O_mJc.8751$yi3.7128@bignews6.bellsouth.net...
-> > Does anyone know how to remove ball point pen on a car seat? I haven't
-> tried
-> > cleaning it yet because I don't want it to smear. Waiting for your
-> help....
-> >
-> >
-> Hi Jan,
->
-> Try using nail varnish remover - often work a treat - but test an area of
-> the fabric first in case there's a reaction.
->
-> Methylated Spirits is another good remedy. Take a look at
-> www.DrClean.co.uk/surgery_stains/stains_techniques2.asp where there's an
-> example of a biro stain being removed from a t-shirt.


For those who don't know, biro=ball point pen.
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~~~~~~
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today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson

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[jamie]

Suzie-Q <sme617x@earthlink.net> wrote:
> "DrClean" <drclean@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> ->
> -> Methylated Spirits is another good remedy. Take a look at
> -> www.DrClean.co.uk/surgery_stains/stains_techniques2.asp where there's an
> -> example of a biro stain being removed from a t-shirt.
>
>
> For those who don't know, biro=ball point pen.

That was a timely post for me. I was just reading a UK author who
mentioned "biro" and "hoover" as words frowned upon by editors, for
being brand names that should be capitalized. We're familiar with
Hoover vacuums in the US, but Biro didn't ring a bell. Now that I
know they're pens, I think I might have seen the brand here, but
I don't think it's very common.

--
jamie (jamiemck@newsguy.com)

"There's a seeker born every minute."

[sijka]

Only thing I have found to be 100% successful (and you may have to redo
the process a few times) is "Ink Away", a product made by the same folks a
"Goo-Gone"

Sijka


"Boca Jan" <poo_de_doo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:O_mJc.8751$yi3.7128@bignews6.bellsouth.net...
> Does anyone know how to remove ball point pen on a car seat? I haven't
tried
> cleaning it yet because I don't want it to smear. Waiting for your
help....
>
>

[john cline ii]

"jamie" <jamie@spam-me-silly.net> wrote in message
news:slrncfg7mg.tdi.jamie@bozo2.local.net...
| Suzie-Q <sme617x@earthlink.net> wrote:
| > "DrClean" <drclean@ntlworld.com> wrote:
| > ->
| > -> Methylated Spirits is another good remedy. Take a look at
| > -> www.DrClean.co.uk/surgery_stains/stains_techniques2.asp where
there's an
| > -> example of a biro stain being removed from a t-shirt.
| >
| >
| > For those who don't know, biro=ball point pen.
|
| That was a timely post for me. I was just reading a UK author who
| mentioned "biro" and "hoover" as words frowned upon by editors, for
| being brand names that should be capitalized. We're familiar with
| Hoover vacuums in the US, but Biro didn't ring a bell. Now that I
| know they're pens, I think I might have seen the brand here, but
| I don't think it's very common.

BIC, owner of the trademark, used it for a while on Round Stic Bic
Pens, but eventually quit doing so in the USA.

john cline ii, who hopes that helps