Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Dry Erase Marker Miracle

In August I found some awesome deals at clearance and bought Chris two shirts for $3...brand new, button down types that are exactly what he likes (he's a bit picky on clothes). Yesterday, he was using a dry erase marker and made a huge blue dot on his newest white shirt. Grrr! I was so ticked! We can barely afford to keep this weed boy clothed and then he goes and ruins his best shirt.

Thank goodness for the Internet! I quickly looked up how to get dry erase out of clothing and found that Murphy's Oil Soap works miracles. Take a look at these...


Grrr!


Murphy's Oil Soap to the rescue! Safely cleans wood (and dry erase marker).


It leaches into the cloth behind it, so use something you don't care about.


After about 30 scrubs with the soap and a toohbrush.


After about 60 scrubs with the soap and a toothbrush. I just kept dipping the toothbrush into the soap.
I rinsed it twice during this process to see if it was getting enough out.


After about 100 scrubs...mostly gone! Once I washed it again with other white clothes it looks fine dry.

1 comment:

  1. Wow! Good to know -- Thanks for passing along that tip!!

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