It turns out that the Magic Eraser did not work so well on our graffiti. Neither did Spray & Wash or WD-40 (other things suggested to me). Someone suggested using "Goo-Gone" but when I looked up where to find it, it looked like it was made to clean up sticky messes.
However a little research online this past weekend suggested using baking soda toothpaste to clean up permanent marker. After forgetting to get some at the store yesterday, I remembered to pick some up today.
It took a bit of scrubbing, but we no longer have graffiti on our house!
Cleaning the toothpaste off the house afterward was pretty easy - we just sprayed it with water. It would probably not be the best for cleaning marker off inside walls, since you would later have to clean all the toothpaste up as well - but when all else fails, this method works!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
The miraculous cleaner
Posted by Julie at 8:08 PM
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3 comments:
That's great news! Bet you are so glad to have that off your house. Guess you haven't heard anything from the sheriff's office.
Mom
Good to know what works - hopefully we will never have to use that trick on our home.
It works great for crayon, too, provided the surface to be cleaned can handle the treatment.
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