Ball Point Pen Remover

Application

Pigmented leather: Pigmented smooth leather is leather with a protective layer of paint on the surface. A drop of water rubbed in does not sink into the leather but rolls off. Pigmented leathers generally have a satin finish and a grained surface.
Aniline leather is porous, smooth leather. A drop of water rubbed in will penetrate and darken the surface.
Suede is the reverse side of a smooth leather or both sides of split leather.
Nubuck is the sanded grain side of a smooth leather to create a soft, velvety effect.
PU-Leather / Bycast leather / Bicast leather is a split leather (suede) with a grained film of polyurethane applied to the surface. Such leather is usually shiny with a plastic-like appearance.

STROKES FROM BALLPOINT PENS

STROKES FROM BALLPOINT PENS ON PIGMENTED LEATHER

Ballpoint pen lines on furniture and car leather occur quite often. Unfortunately, these are not always easily removable.

Please note the following:

• The fresher a ballpoint pen mark is, the easier it is to remove. When the ballpoint pen mark is older than three days, it is rarely possible to just clean and remove the mark. In most cases, this will have to be coloured.
• Whole drawings by children are much more difficult to remove than short lines.
• Cleaning attempts with the wrong products often increase the damage.

Procedure:

• Always test first on a hidden area. Ideally, draw a line on this hidden area and clean vigorously, to give you an idea how effective it would be on the visible area. If it’s easy to clean, there should be no cause for concern.
• Some pens lose a lot of ink. To avoid spreading the ink, absorb the excess using masking tape.
• Next apply the Ballpoint Pen Remover. Press and hold the tip until it gets wet.
• Remove the ink stains with light circular movements, across a small radius and with little pressure. The liquid softens the area and dissolves the ink.
• Always remove dissolved ink with a cloth to avoid the stain spreading and clean the tip if necessary. The tip of the pen is designed to work on both sides so you can turn it upside down and re-insert, as required.
• Repeat the process and, if necessary, slightly increase the pressure.
• Older stains cannot be removed without damaging the leather’s colour so you will need to re-colour the affected area. Old ink stains tend to penetrate back out even after the leather is re-coloured. It is therefore essential to clean as thoroughly as possible prior to re-colouring.