Your charming toddler may be a budding Picasso practicing on the blank wall of your home.
Find out how to make his works and all traces disappear.
Remove marks on a painted wall
How to remove ink, pencil, ballpoint pen or felt tip stains from a painted wall?
If you have a washable paint, the pencil marks should come off very easily.
For pencil, think of simply using an eraser or a sponge lightly impregnated with hot water.
If the mark is made with a felt-tip pen or a ballpoint pen, rub more vigorously with a cotton ball or a clean cloth soaked in 70° alcohol or pure white vinegar, which is very effective in detaching the wall.
Bleach or white spirit are not recommended: they could leave rings on the wall.
Baking soda can also be an ally to remove a pencil stain on a painted wall: use water and make a paste of baking soda.
With a microfiber cloth, apply the mixture by dabbing the stain to remove traces.
Leave to act and clean gently with a clean cloth.
How to clean an ink or pencil stain on a non-washable painted wall?
Be more careful.
If the mark does not come off with a sponge moistened with a few drops of washing-up liquid, why not use an effective grandmother's tip?
This involves rubbing the stain with half a raw potato on the pencil marks with small circular movements.
Erasing marker or pencil marks on wallpaper
Maintaining wallpaper is not easy.
Just like paint, wallpaper can be washable or non-washable.
To remove pencil or marker marks from washable or spongeable paper, such as non-woven wallpaper or vinyl wallpaper, all you need is a little water with a few drops of white vinegar, lemon juice or soap. Marseille or washing-up liquid on a clean cloth.
Rub the stain gently until it disappears.
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On the other hand, on a non-washable wallpaper, cleaning must be careful and with suitable products.
Do it dry, so as not to embed the stain.
Soak a cotton swab in pure acetone.
Dab the stain onto the wallpaper gently.
This combo is effective on a ballpoint pen stain.
For pencil, try erasing lightly with a clean white eraser.
You can also try to clean the traces of marker or ink with a cotton or absorbent paper moistened with hydrogen peroxide or ammonia.
Repeat the operation as many times as necessary, and let the wallpaper dry between two operations.
Either way, be careful not to soak your wallpaper.
The most effective products to clean a pencil mark on a wall
Here is a list of effective smudge-removal essentials that can help you get rid of a pencil stain on a white wall:
Recommended stain removers:
Soapy water.
White vinegar.
Household alcohol at 70°C.
Pure acetone.
Hydrogen peroxide.
To be avoided: bleach, white spirit.
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The accessories :
A clean, white school eraser (or if you don't have one, a little breadcrumbs can do the trick!).
A clean rag.
A cotton.
A normal sponge or magic sponge.
A cotton swab.
We hope these tips will help you find a clean wall, whatever your coating.