Re: Ball Point Pen Ink on Leather!!
Don't panic!
You need the Leather Magic ink remover and nothing else. Using the wrong chemical will smear the ink and set it, so be patient and lets get you the right product. Some of the Leather Magic kits have the Ink Remover in them, if you don't have that in you kit you can order some from me and I can ship it out. More importantly is how you use it once it arrives. You have to go slow and be VERY CAREFUL or it will pull the color pigment out of the hide.
1) Get a fine line artist's brush, the one that comes in the Ink Removal bottle is too coarse and too large - not precise enough.
2) Using that fine line brush, apply the ink remover to the areas on the leather trying not to get onto the non-marked leather as much as possible. Keep it on the ink. Similar as if you were pin-striping something.
3) Let the remover dissolve the ink, it takes about a minute.
4) The most important step is next. You must BLOT the ink remover and residue up with a clean cotton rag. Do not rub. I repeat, DO NOT RUB, because that will swirl the remover and you'll wind up with color loss on the hide the size of a Nickel. Blot only, up and down - no side to side movement.
5) You may have to repeat the above steps, its slow and steady work, but highly successful if you are patient and go easy. I almost never get it off in one application but usually two, or sometimes three.
Duane Collie
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