kids and cars

[davej]

so i love my kids, and my cars, but sometimes the two shouldn't mix. we were having a fun day of cleaning out scooby and audi, little ones were helping vacuum and wipe stuff down. at one point i'm in the back of the audi with my head under the passenger seat digging out a small fortune in loose change and i hear my two year old keeps saying 'color, color, color' from the drivers seat. i get up to see he's found a blue pen in the armrest and was having a blast drawing on the white alcantara inserts. i can't even begin to describe the amount of rage being suppressed at the time....

so any way, my question is any ideas on if/how this could be cleaned up? (dan, i'm looking in your general direction and praying for a miracle....)



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[ViPER1313]

Go buy a bottle of Everclear at the liquor store and blot it out. I took a full sharpie pen worth of ink out of my couch that way, can't even tell it was there.

[premiershine9]

Go buy a bottle of Everclear at the liquor store and blot it out. I took a full sharpie pen worth of ink out of my couch that way, can't even tell it was there.

Could be a good idea- although some forms of Alcantara are sensitive and can only be cleaned gently- good thing your inserts are white so if you do get any discoloration it won't be too noticeable.

The GT2 RS I take care of along with some Cayennes are littered with alcantara in the interior- for them I use Leather Masters Foam Suede/ Alcantara cleaner.

Working on a project right now for a speech tomorrow- after I will research a little harder and call a couple other pros I know and ask around- hope I can help!
-D

[premiershine9]

After a little digging-
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[JPolen01]

Go buy a bottle of Everclear at the liquor store and blot it out. I took a full sharpie pen worth of ink out of my couch that way, can't even tell it was there.

Everclear is illegal (not sold at least) in VA. Have to bring it from MD when we throw parties. Straight shots always catch people a little off guard :lol:

[davej]

Go buy a bottle of Everclear at the liquor store and blot it out. I took a full sharpie pen worth of ink out of my couch that way, can't even tell it was there.

Everclear is illegal (not sold at least) in VA. Have to bring it from MD when we throw parties. Straight shots always catch people a little off guard :lol:

nice find, thanks dan!
yeah, we'd have to drive down to md from pa to get it as well. somebody around here has to have a gran-pappy that makes moonshine....

[ViPER1313]

My couch is brown microfiber - there was no discoloration from the alcohol. Isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol should work as well, but it's not quite a effective as eythol alcohol...

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