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whitelegg2



Joined: 08 Jan 2006
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 06 10:49 pm    Post subject: Helpful children with biros.......... Reply with quote
    

Can anyone tell me please the best way to remove biro marks from a leather sofa?

Unfortunately the sofa is dark brown which seems to come off to reveal the lighter brown beneath as soon as you wipe it - scrubbing hard at the biro marks would not be a good plan!

Any suggestions? Please..............

marigold



Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 12458
Location: West Sussex
PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 06 8:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Ask the manufacturer? You may need to remove by rubbing, then restore the finish? Just guessing though

Try googling "care of leather furniture"......

Bugs



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 06 8:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I had a look on the MSE Old Style boards for you because there were quite a few things on there about biro and leather (no, it's not *that* kind of a site) but there were at least two people with brown leather furniture who said just the same thing about the colour coming off. So not much help. Does the manufacturer have a helpline?

Stacey



Joined: 18 Jul 2005
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Location: Kernow
PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 06 9:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Get them to colur in the rest of the sofa and call it 'designer'.

hils



Joined: 08 Mar 2005
Posts: 568
Location: Nottingham
PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 06 9:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

You could use a biro eraser - but this could make the leather dye lighter though- you would have to do a test patch somewhere discreet and see if you can re-dye the lighter patch. A cotton wool bud is good for re-dyeing patches (used to do this for my mum whos a saddler). you start from the middle but don't go over the edge of the lighter patch. Just let the dye seep in to the edge. Its very trial and error tho and redyeing does sometimes go wrong but over time as sofa is used it does eventually blend in. good luck

whitelegg1



Joined: 05 Apr 2005
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Location: Woodford Green
PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 06 9:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Thanks for the replies, you will have rejuvented whitelegg2's faith in this site!

Northern_Lad



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 06 9:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

WhiteLegg1, is WhiteLegg2 your clone, assistant, or future replacement?

Bugs



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 06 9:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

whitelegg1 wrote:
Thanks for the replies, you will have rejuvented whitelegg2's faith in this site!


When did she lose her faith?

NL, W2=W1's SO

whitelegg1



Joined: 05 Apr 2005
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Location: Woodford Green
PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 06 9:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Whitelegg2 is my Personal Organiser and 'The boss' when the kids don't want to listen to 'The Boss'

She gets mad when she posts...sees that loads have viewed....but there is no response..........

Worth the wait though.

jamsam



Joined: 21 Oct 2005
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Location: erm....i dont know, its dark.
PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 06 12:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

use the genius that is...dum dum dum.....wet wipes!!!!!

whitelegg1



Joined: 05 Apr 2005
Posts: 409
Location: Woodford Green
PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 06 1:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

whitelegg2 is on her way to the lounge to draw on a discrete part of the sofa.


Later we shall use 'Look I'm wiping my bottom' !!!

pink bouncy



Joined: 14 May 2005
Posts: 174

PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 06 2:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

try rubbing a little oil on the mark, letting it sit for a few minutes then wiping it off. You might have to do it a few times but it does work and it feeds the leather at the same time. I have an oxblood coloured suite and three clumsy kids so I know how you feel.
A way of restoring some of the colour after your previous efforts to clean it is with some shoe polish.

tawny owl



Joined: 29 Apr 2005
Posts: 563
Location: Hampshire
PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 06 9:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I got the name of a company that DFS in Banbury use for their sofas - chap was brilliant; got rid of biro, ink stains from jeans, and even repaired a damaged patch so I couldn't see the place, AND left me a bottle of the colour he'd used to repair it! Fantastic service, and they do mail-order bottles of their cleaning and restoring solution as well. Unfortunately, I just can't remember the name of the company as I don't have a leather sofa any more, but I'm sure a quick ring to DFS would sort it out - I think the guy was actually based in Somerset.

culpepper



Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 638
Location: Kent
PostPosted: Sun Jan 29, 06 3:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Probably too late to be useful but when I used to work in photography,we used carbon tetrachloride to clean photographs that had been hand retouched.It would remove biro but not the retouching dye's and is used in the dry cleaning industry.Later when it became harder to get hold of,we used tricloethylene which worked the same way.No guarantee it wont hurt the leather but at least it is a name to enquire about.
A shoe menders might know what you could use safely.

dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes
PostPosted: Sun Jan 29, 06 4:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

c cl4 vile horrid stuff , please be careful . tri chlor better . brake fluid might work (test a hidden bit ).

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