rb4580

What should I use, it's killin' me!

fdl

What color interior? And what part of the seat ... is it the perforated leather..or the vynol?

miner

Get some stuff called Goof-off. It comes in a yellor squirt can. Apply to rag & rub. May take some elbow grease to remove. Follow up with some leather cleaner/conditioner.

moreace_RENAMED

Search seatcovers on the forum and talk to our resident expert about getting some sheepskin to cover that bad boy up


That or there are always interesting cleaning methods. I hear hairspray works on getting pen out of leather, but double check that before you try it. Leather cleaner would be a good start as well.

Since the pen is darker you could just color the rest of teh seat to match, then u wont have to worry about marking it up

donutchow

duct tape should work, haha

rb4580

It's the tan interior that's why it shows so bad... it's on the backseat but not on the perforated

moreace_RENAMED

U can always cut it out

dnb

First try any of the leather cleaners on the market. If those don't work, try rubbing (isopropyl) alcohol. As a last resort use an acetone-based nail polish remover.

Note that the latter two solutions may also remove some of the finish/wax on the leather.

Santacruz

Anyone of the suggestions moreace has made should work. But if a more aggresive treatment is required consider using any over-the-counter acid based paint remover. Strip tha' mutha down to the final fibers using a heavy guage steel putty knive. Then travel on down to Wal-Mart and find a matching spraypaint from rustoleum. I'm recommend rustoleum because of it's weather-resistant properties, it'll come in handy should you leave your sunroof open during a rainstorm. Which is probably going to happen to you since you were dumb enough to scribble ink on your parchment leather seats.

dnb

Whoever said "the pen is mightier than the sword" had obviously never encountered this problem.

chrisalberts

dye the leather black. It'll look better anyway.

C. <-- sorry to not be more helpful, but I hate tan leather

GRAYTSX

Hairspray gets ink out of clothes. Don't know if it'll work on leather but its worth a try.

rb4580

I love black leather.. the only reason I got tan is because it's all the the dealer had

YBA

That's why I waited 2 extra weeks to get black interior!!!

As for the mark, anything you will try that has solvent may hurt your leather... I would use some cream to rehidrate the leather afterwards...

Good luck my friend, I know how it feels, someone drop a blue felt pen on my camel color leather couch (even after getting a pro to remove the mark, it still shows a bit)... Even after 2 years, it still hurts...

MotownTSX

Use the rest of the black marker to color your seats the black you had originally wanted in the first place....

Yui

We use ethanol at our lab to remove labels from glassware that we've made using sharpies... I dunno how good that is for your leather tho... probably *not* good for your leather... it might leave a discolored area.

satoshi801

I used Goof-Off on my leather seats, and it f*cked them up. That stuff is like an acid, and it eats away the leather. Don't use Goof-Off! Acetone had a similar effect on my seats. I noticed the leather starting to peel, so I stopped using it.

If anyone has mod privileges, maybe they can delete the posts where Goof-Off and acetone (nail polish remover) are recommended. No offense to the people who suggested it, but I have firsthand knowledge that it's an incredibly bad idea.

TheDuke

If you want to fix it the best way it will cost you a little $. For probably about $100 you could get an upholsterer to come and replace the affected section and they would match the grain and color.

Just my

TSX=XTC

Im gonna put my .02cs

Just stick a newspaper on top of it

Cause if you try any of the above suggestions....Your going to make a bigger mess

Bananaairsoft

Guys! Guys! Be nice!
We are missing one critical info. What kind of black pen? And what make? A picture would be really helpful too!

CGFebTSX04

i had some on my quartz leather by accident too. i took it off with some good old soap and a lot of rubbing. it took a while but its gone now and no damage to the color of the leather. also right after i got rid of it, i used some leather conditioner to make sure the rubbing didnt dry up the leather. dont know how itll work on tan leather tho?

forestsoft

Go-Joe

bob shiftright

I've posted about this before, Goof-Off will take the paint right off a Honda Odyssey dashboard! (Doesn't seem to happen on a BMW or a Volvo. Maybe it's the paint/dyes that Honda uses?) I've had some success in some cars using a small amount of isopropyl alcohol or ethyl alcohol on a Q-tip. Also, WD40 may be a crappy lubricant but it's a fairly safe and decent solvent.

I'd try anything suggested on a hidden part of the seat first.

This sort of stuff happens all the time. My wife's Honda dash was repaired by airbrushing by my friendly neighborhood itinerant interior repair guy. Look in the yellow pages for "Leather Repair" or "Vinyl Repair" or ask your dealer's service writer. These guys work out of their trucks and do a circuit of area car dealers. He did that and repaired the worn area on a side seat bolster of a Porsche for about $150. It remains invisible. It was a lot cheaper than a new dashboard and a lot better than sleeping in the garage!

Or try asking an automobile detail shop if they can do it.

BTW I think (hope?) some of the suggestions made here are tongue-in-cheek!

satoshi801

My dealer put me in touch with a mobile leather repair guy. He's coming out today to have a look and hopefully repair the damage. He quoted me $75-$100 to repair and re-dye the leather. Promised it would look good as new. Wish me luck.

TheDuke

As I posted above, this will be your best solution. I had a mustang with leather and sat down with a screwdriver in my pocket. It didn't punch through but scratched the hell out of it. I had a leather upholsterer come to my house and replaced that section of the seat. After he was done, you couldn't tell that there was a new piece of leather on the seat. It cost me $90 and it was well worth it when it came time to sell the car.

pantji

mail it to someone!