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painting over black marker pen

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Mattk | 18:02 Fri 25th Apr 2008 | DIY
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my son graffiti'd his bedrrom door with black marker pen. i have tried to paint over it using white silk but it is still visible after several coats.

switching to another, darker colour is one option but if I used a different type of white paint eg gloss would this work better than silk?
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Silk will never cover it, as youve found out lol

Couldnt you have removed the pen marks or used tipp-ex over it first? hairspray mightve removed some of it as would vanish you can still try this through the silk that hasnt worked anyway !

Gloss covers more but black will still possibly shine thro a single coat. Giving it a light sanding first on the dark bits before painting would also help.
I agree with weeal.
Use lots of hairspray. That will remove it.
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thanks guys.
shame i didnt know about the hairspray trick as i have already painted several coats!
hairspray is brill on any ink, even on clothing if caught before its laundered it disintegrates the ink then washes out
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your name is so apt.

thanks everyone apart from numbnuts.
pmsl
naughty - noknowledge
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