Ball Point Ink On Leather

[Normow]

OK, only a few people viewed this under the other title I gave it, so I'm getting tricky and re-posting it another way. Maybe someone knows, or maybe the ominous silence means this trail is a dead end. Anyhow...

Don't know where else to ask this question, but from time to time I get a request for help with cleaning a leather article. In this case, it's an expensive purse that was marked with ballpoint ink. Does anyone have a recipe for getting ink off? I was thinking of trying Deglazer, but wanted to ask the question first

[celticleather]

Take a look here . . . http://laundry.about.com/od/stainremoval/a/leatherinkremov.htm. No guarantees, but it's worth trying!

[Randy Cornelius]

It depends of how "set in" the ink is. If it has been there for sometime and the customer has tried you remove it with seveal products before bringing it to you. I would try the deglazer of leather stripper may work with some success, try a q-tip and try not to smear.

[Normow]

  On 1/15/2011 at 3:51 PM, Randy Cornelius said:

It depends of how "set in" the ink is. If it has been there for sometime and the customer has tried you remove it with seveal products before bringing it to you. I would try the deglazer of leather stripper may work with some success, try a q-tip and try not to smear.

Thanks to both of you. I'll go for it.

Edited January 15, 2011 by Normow

[BIGGUNDOCTOR]

I have used the perchlorethylene solvent at work to remove ink , and oils from other items. This is used by many dry cleaners. It needs really good ventilation to use-outside would be best.

After using a solvent you will probably need to retouch the color some.

How big of an area are you talking about? Could it be camouflaged somehow?