Dry Erase Help?

If no one has told you this already, permanent marker is alcohol based, so you can take it off with alcohol. It's actually a great thing to write with on a dry-erase board. In college, I had a big one, and we used a ruler and permanent markers to give each roommate a section. Then we'd write messages for each other with the dry-erase markers. Just watch out, because the other thing that takes off permanent marker is a dry-erase marker. If you draw with a dry-erase marker across the permanent marker line, then erase it, the permanent marker will be gone.
Hope that helps!

Write over the premanent marks with the dry erase marker and then wipe it off with a wet towel. You may have to do it a couple times but I have used this trick several times and it works well.

The only thing that I have found to get out Permanent marker is finger nail polish remover. Never tried it from a dry erase board. Hope it works.
L.

R.!

Try WD-40 on the dry erase board.

Other fun things for 5 year olds to do. Glue and macaroni. Glitter glue and other pastas. Um, my daughter loved to paint. Buy some water color paints at the store, and some heavy duty construction paper. Colored is fun for painting too. Oh, somehow I've seen teachers glue popcorn to paper! Not sure what glue they used, but it was a fun project. Use paper cups and beans to make shakers. You'll need something to cover up the bottom. Oh, or you could make a tambourine type, with using two paper plates. Have your son color/decorate the plates (on what we'd NOT eat on side) and then add in the beans, or rice, or old noodles, and glue the edges together! Can also double as a light duty drum.

Have fun!!

V.

Nail polish remover works great! Also, if you catch it right after, a baby wipe works well to get most of it off - I used that when my son colored to whole dry-erase board with a permanant marker, and it worked pretty well, then I went over it with a paper towel and nail polish remover.

Hi R. this is a similar problem at church. I put the permanent marker on the dry erase board. So this teenager took the dry erase marker and put over top of each letter that I had wrote and then erased the letters and it came off. Hope it works for you.

I just had this problem! Use a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser! My daughter has a dry erase board in her room...she has a "school" themed room. I left a Sharpie in the next room and my 3 year old got to it and colored all over the dry erase board. I didn't try anything else...went straight for the Mr. Clean and of course hid the Sharpie(I know, a little late)! Anyhow...try that...hope it works!

rubbing alcohol or solumel they both work.

hi, sorry i cant help with the marker, but what i have always done for crafts is having them paint a picture on the bottom side of a papper plate. also coffee filter flowers is real easy. you can also go on the net and just look up preschool crafts, i found lots of ideas that way.

I have done the same thing. Try nail polish remover, it should work for ya.

Good luck!

S.

Alcohol or fingernail polish remover, followed by a good conditioning of the dry erase board. :)

Try the spray bleach, (clorox clean up)or comet. When my kids were little they got hold of a permanent marker and colored on my oven, that was the only things that worked for me.

Denatured alcohol works very well.

Here is a suggestion for you. Go over the perment marker with the dry erase marker and just wipe it off. You may have to go over it a couple of times but it should work. Or get some of the cleaner for dry erase boards. That also works. Hope this helps.

this sounds wierd but try the insect repellent wipes. I hear that works wonders. I would of course wash the surface afterwards.

go over it with the dry erase marker it comes right off. If you get permanent marker on the walls use hand sanitizer. It works like a charm.

dry erase over it--it really works. Mr Clean magic eraser does too, but it can leave tiny scratches that show in the right light. Good Luck!

I'm a teacher, happens all the time! Try hairspray!

I see you have a lot of replys, but my vote is for the magic eraser. I had used that to clean the marker off my boards. Takes some elbow grease tho. Maybe try the combo of thing in different areas and see whick works best for you. Good luck!!!!

nail polish remover takes permanant marker of of almost any hard surface.

Try a magic eraser. They work so well.

Hi,
It's really easy....Take a dry erase marker and completely cover the permanent marker, then erase with a dry erase marker. It should come off completely with the first time...sometimes twice. (an old teacher trick)

Rubbing alcohol will do it! Good luck!

try WD40 put it on a rag, then wipe dont rub hard!!! worked for me!!!

Use a regular dry erase marker and write over the permanent marker then try to erase, you might have to do it several times but it shoudl all come off!

Rubbing alcohol is good for getting permanent marker off stuff. I've used it to get perm. marker off of cds/dvds & plastic storage bins. As for crafts, stop by a Hobby lobby or Walmart and just browse through the craft stuff. When my daughter was little she liked to glue stuff on paper to make pictures- feathers, popsicle sticks, pom-poms, wiggly-eyes, etc. Or she would mix it in a bowl to make a soup or potion. Give them some stuff and see what they come up with. You could also try foam shape crafts. Most of them are sticky so you don't have to deal with the glue mess.

Good luck & have fun!
~K.

Try rubbing alcohol or an alcohol swab. My mom learned this trick as a new nurse about 28 years ago when nurses still wore white. They used rubbing alcohol to get pen off thier uniforms and anything else it came in contact with. Hope this helps.

I learned this from a co-worker...

Wake a dry-erase marker and scribble over the top of the permanent mark. Make sure you cover it completely and go over it several times. It make take several times to get it completely, but it will wipe off.

It sounds weird, but hairspray actually worked when this happened to me. Just spray it directly on the dry erase board, let set for a minute, and wipe off. Good luck.

My son's teacher uses rubbing alcohol when a student uses the wrong kind of markers.

All you need to do is write over it with the dry erase marker then erase it. I have had to do this before and it works well.
J.

I am a teacher, this happens all of the time in my classroom. It may sound crazy but trace back over the permanent marker with a dry erase marker and then wipe away. It comes off every time!! Good Luck- I didn't read all of the other responses, sorry if this was a duplicate idea.

You might try rubbing alcohol. :0)

a great time consuming art project would be to use scissors to cut out of magazines or sunday ads and make a collage of things they like or things they want or even flowers . cutting is great physical therapy for their little hands. playdough is also a great long time craft and is as simple as pulling out your rolling pin and cookie cutters to let them get carried away.making snakes and pizza or cookies. my kids love it ages 14,10,7,3 it keeps them all pretty entertained for i would say a good 2 hours. and i just go around them and sweep any dropping under them. and the rule is to stay in your seat so that it does not get in the carpet or tracked around the house. good luck and god bless**

I know that this sounds counter-intuitive, but mark over the permanent marker area with an appropriate dry erase marker. Do it heavily, so that the dry erase is "thick" and then you should be able to wipe EVERYTHING away with the dry erase eraser.

Hi R.,

I had that same exact problem with the permanent marker on my dry erase board. Go over the marks on the dry erase board with the perm marker again, only WIPE it off immediately (before it has time to dry again). Worked for me! Good luck

A fun kid friendly craft is to take lunch size paper sacks (colored ones if you have em are great), and have the little ones decorate them as animals. You can pre-cut shapes for ears, noses, horns, tails etc. from construction paper, then the kids can use stick glue to attach them. Use the bottom (flap) as the front for face....they can use the bags then as puppets. (Hope that made sense! LOL)

Try rubbing alcohol. Otherwise you may need a new dry-erase board.

Hi,

Rubbing alcohol works pretty well.

J. - mom of 4 children

Trace over the permanent marker marks using a dry-erase marker...the dry-erase marker will "erase" the permanent marker.

I got a sample dry erase marker once that took it off and as I am looking to find it online, I can't find it. But I'm finding a lot of the same answers on how to remove it:

Take a dry erase marker, any color, and color over the permanent marker, let it dry and erase away.

Hi R.,

I'm pretty sure I had this problem once. I think I used Alcohol. The 91% Rubbing alcohol worked good.

M.E.

Try a pencil eraser.

Try rubbing alcohol. My daughter used a sharpie on her face, and the rubbing alcohol got it off.

R.,
Try rubbing alcohol, it has worked for me in the past.
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Just color over the areas that he wrote on with a Dry Erase marker and wipe it off, I use a sharpie on my dry erase board for the grid lines and if I write on them by accident they come off.

S.

I had a mean roommate in college who did that to my board with a nasty note. I used finger nail polish remover (Acetone) and worked well. there wasa bit of a halo of the note so I took the permanent marker and scribbled it out and then remoed again and one could barely tell after that.

Nail polish remover has always worked great for me when black sharpies have mysteriously ended up on any dry erase board!

I"ve heard that lotion gets permanent marker off. It works on skin and is worth a try!

As a teacher, I used to use Expo brand dry erase board cleaner to get permanent marker off of laminated calendars and stuff. I don't know if it would take it off of dry erase boards, but you could try it! Good luck!

Hi R.,
We have this happen all the time at work with adult professional engineers -- so don't be too upset with yourself or your little one!! Its actually very simple to get the perm marker off. Using a Dry Erase marker, scribble over the lines and cover them up. Then rub with the dry erase marker or a paper towel. When you erase, it will all come off. Good luck!!

R., have you tried rubbing alcohol?

Try hairspray to get the permanent marker off.

Try rubbing alcohol or those alcohol wipes that come in first aide kits. I know it worked for me. =)

My son and oldest daughter said that you can write over the permenent marker with the dry erase marker and it will pull the permenant marker off, or try rubbing alcohol and that should help.

Easy answer- just take the dry marker, go over the permanent mark, and voila! it should come off after a couple of times! If not, there is a product that will remove permanent marker. You can get it at Office Max or Staples. It's called REMARLABLE remover by Hubert. It lasts forever! Good luck, and keep the permanent markers in a separate container!
For good Craft ideas, go on Ebay and get a subscription to FAmily Fun. You can get a 2 year sub. for only $4.00. It takes a while to get the first issue, but it is a fantastic magazine with great ideas. While you're waiting, go to www.familyfun.com and get ideas from there!!
Good lluck with your stain!

409 & elbow grease

or - if it's a common problem - office supply stores do sell dry-erase board cleaning wipes &/or fluid

When I was in College, we put contact paper on our doors with a dry erase marker. Well you know college kids, sometimes the marker disappeared and a permanent marker would get used. We would use either fingernail polish remover or alcohal to remove it.
I would try these in a small corner just to be safe.

To remove the marker...just color over the top of it with dry erase marker, then it will wipe off.

Try rubbing alcohol. It worked for me!

DON'T use rubbing alcohol. It will take the finish off the board. DO use the dry erase marker. It does the trick.

I use soft scrub with bleach. It works like a charm!

I worked for a bar at one point and this happened on our dry erase board, and we used gin to get it off. I was surprised at the effectiveness of it. Strange thing to use, but it worked.