Sometimes minor domestic problems create quite significant problems and permanently deprive us of peace of mind. For example, your favorite child painted a soft kitchen corner from a light leatherette with a ballpoint pen. The desire for creativity is, of course, commendable, but furniture as an easel .... Is it worth to panic and think about how to squeeze in the family budget the replacement of furniture for the kitchen? Or is it not all so critical, and the spots from the ballpoint pen with leatherette can be brought out with something? You do not have to worry. The remedies that remove stains from the handle on leatherette exist.
How to wipe the ball pen from leatherette?
Since this problem exists as much as there are ballpoint pens, enterprising manufacturers of various stain remover products naturally also developed means for removing ink stains. But, as a rule, such funds are not at hand at the right time, and they are not always available at a price. What to do, you need to clean some stains anyway? Try to use some folk remedies. The very first tool that can be recommended is an eraser. But not the one that erases the pencil, namely to remove ink. With minor dirt, simply rub the ink marks, like rubbing them on a piece of paper.
In some cases it helps, oddly enough, hair spray. It is sprayed onto the area to be cleaned, and then wiped with a dry wipe along with traces of ink. Another option is to rub the contaminated spot with a slice of lemon.
All these tools are applicable to not very old spots. And what if the ink traces have already caught up, than in this case, to wash the ballpoint pen from leatherette? And for such difficult spots you can find a means to remove them. Some "seasoned stain remover", which have tried many different means, recommend using an agent for removing varnish without the content of acetone.
From the products of light leatherette, ink stains can be washed off with a mixture of ammonia and glycerin (in equal proportions), and for dark leatherette it is better to prepare a solution of soda (1 tsp), ammonia (1 tsp) and water (1 st.). But before proceeding to the laundering of contamination, it should be limited by a contour of paraffin. If this is not done, then the washable ink, mixing with the solution and acquiring a liquid form, spreads over all surfaces, again contaminating it.
You can try to wash the ink stains with a mixture of a few drops of dishwashing detergent and 1 tsp. cooking salt, stirring them in 0.5 tbsp. water.