Pen marks turn your leather sofa into a complete mess. They are one of the inevitable accidents that need to get handled immediately.
Check out the tutorial on how to remove pen marks on leather sofa for your reference below.
How to Remove Pen Marks on Leather Sofa
Prepare these supplies:
- Water
- Rubbing alcohol
- Dish soap
- Leather condition
- White microfiber cloth
- Hair dryer
- Commercial leather cleaner (optional)
Follow these steps:
Check your leather type
Before you start anything, you have to determine the type of your leather that you have, whether it’s finished or unfinished. You can do this with a small experiment.
Here’s what you can do:
- Drop some water in the hidden spot of your leather sofa.
- If the water is absorbed as you drop it, then your leather type is the unfinished one. If the water is rolled around, then you have unfinished leather.
You can continue to the next step and use home supplies to remove the pen marks on the finished leather sofa. For those who have the unfinished one, hiring a professional is a wiser idea since the ink may have been embedded within this type of leather.
You may also want to test the cleaning supplies that are used in this tutorial in the hidden spot of your finished leather sofa. It’s to make sure that the materials won’t lead to any damage.
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Remove the pen marks
There are three methods that you may have to execute in removing the pen marks on your leather sofa. Each step involves a different cleaning agent in an attempt to deal with the issue.
Here’s what you can do:
Using dish soap
The first material that you can use is dish soap which is the most versatile cleaning agent above the others.
- Dip the white microfiber cloth and drop some liquid dish soap onto it.
- Blot the pen marks on your leather sofa gently and don’t rub it since it can worsen the stains.
- If you successfully remove the pen marks, dry up the cleaned spot with a hair dryer in the low setup.
Using rubbing alcohol
The dish soap may not be enough to remove the pen marks on your leather sofa, then rubbing alcohol should help.
- Dip a Q-tip or cotton ball in the rubbing alcohol.
- Bolt the pen marks with dampened cotton ball gently, avoid pressing too hard as alcohol may remove the finish instead.
- Once the pain mark has been removed, dry it up immediately with a hairdryer.
Using commercial leather cleaner
The last method is, eventually, using a commercial leather cleaner. You always need to follow the manufacturer’s instructions.
If it still doesn’t work, you need to hire a professional to deal with the problem at last. You might need to spend a lot but they will clean and treat the pen marks on your leather sofa effectively without worry.
Condition the sofa
The step doesn’t stop when you have successfully removed the pen marks with the home supplies above. The cleaning agents that you use above can be harsh to leather, so you still have to condition your leather sofa to protect it in the long run.
