Ink on suede mat

evergreen

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I love this website... no one cares about sharing thier most intimate mistakes! Last week I was finishing a project and even though I knew better, I had a PEN in my hand. Yes, I ran the point of the pen right across a suede triple- matted piece of work. I thought I was gonna die. Years ago when I worked in a restaurant I saw someone use hairspray to remove pen off of a customer's shirt. I figured it was 1:00a.m. and I didn't have anything to loose plus I was too tired to think clearly, so I tried it. Spray and blot with a cotton white rag and I even rubbed. ;) IT WORKED! Not a trace of ink left. Maybe everyone knows this trick with suede mats (might possibly work with other material mats?) but it was new to me!
 
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evergreen,

Thanks for the hairspray tip!! Couldn't have come at a better time. I don't know what it was I got on the off-white suede mat but it came out with the hairspray.

I ended my day yesterday thinking I messed up that mat, and started today fixing it.

Glad I've got girls and plenty of hairspray.


Are there any c/p concerns with this technique?

Thanks,

Mark
 
hello this is my first time on the site my coworker has been on before.
I have very delicately removed puddy from suede mats by shaving the spot with a brand new single edge C&H razor blade but that ony works if the puddy doesn't stain.
the hairspry trick sounds great this website kicks butt!
 
In the far away past I actually saved a customers needlework with hairspray. A brand new employee had taken an order and had accidently run his pen across the needlework, it was as I remember at least 8 inches. One of my employees who was a stitchery fiend had brought a new needlework kit home in case she had to start stitching a new one.(desperate times and all) I sprayed it and washed it and it did totally remove the stain. I've only had to use it one time since. Now let me tell you about the time I had to reweave some linen fabric that had been touched by putty.............I wish I was kidding. :eek:

Before anybody gets their knickers in a twist(and rightly so)I only used the hairspray as an act of desparation. I would never recommend willy nilly spraying hair products all over peoples belongings.
 
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