http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/how-to-remove-permanent-marker-stains-from-oilcloth-vinyl/ How to clean anything and everything! Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:15:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/how-to-remove-permanent-marker-stains-from-oilcloth-vinyl/#comment-64821 Mum driven mad by graphite pencil stains Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:22:59 +0000 http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/?p=2260#comment-64821 My son sharpened a pencil that left dust from the sharpenings completely ingrained in our oil cloth table cloth... I scrubbed with hot soapy water to no avail (probably making it go even deeper?) The magic marker had no impact and as the WD-40 was in the garage I tried some plain vegetable oil which lifted the stain completely and quickly... Amazing! - Not something I would have thought to try! He also got the same grubby smears all over a plastic table mat - I even used neat bleach on that to get the stain off and there was no difference - vegetable oil rose to the challenge again - we were amazed! My son sharpened a pencil that left dust from the sharpenings completely ingrained in our oil cloth table cloth… I scrubbed with hot soapy water to no avail (probably making it go even deeper?) The magic marker had no impact and as the WD-40 was in the garage I tried some plain vegetable oil which lifted the stain completely and quickly… Amazing! – Not something I would have thought to try! He also got the same grubby smears all over a plastic table mat – I even used neat bleach on that to get the stain off and there was no difference – vegetable oil rose to the challenge again – we were amazed!

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