Whiteboard ruined - please help before Mrs Rusk awakes!

[FarleyRusk]

I'm going bowling with the lads tomorrow and drew set of skittles and bowls on the family whiteboard. It helps our oldest understand what's going on in his world as he is otherwise a tad over-active. Of course I realised after I had delivered my masterpiece, that I used a CD marker pen.

The board cost more than 100 notes 3 months ago and Mrs. Rusk is probably going to freak tomorrow morning that I've ruined it already.
This one: http://www.bizzyboard.com/en/home/

I've made this mistake at work before and simply used a whiteboard marker pen to draw over the letters and just wiped it off.
o Tried that - all it did was smudge the original pen ink to a larger area.
o WD40 didn't work at all
o White spirit didn't improve the problem
o Washing-up liquid made no difference

If this was PF thread I'd be on the phone to the Wolf to help me out here. Unfortunately this isn't and even Google wasn't my friend today - can PH do any better? Tomorrow I shall borrow some whiteboard cleaner from the office if everything else fails, but then the Mrs will be in the know and my post-bowling session drunken behaviour will be even more unacceptable!

Thanks in advance guys!

[Parrot of Doom]

Try lighter fluid.

[DrTre]

colour the rest of the board in and buy a load of chalk.

[Vixpy1]

C4 ?

[FarleyRusk]

Parrot of Doom said:

Try lighter fluid.

I'm on it. Maybe if everything fails I'll set the thing alight and claim spontaneous combustion

[anonymous-user]

Nail varnish remover?

[Shaw Tarse]

DrTre said:

colour the rest of the board in and buy a load of chalk.

Don't call it a blackboard!

[martin thomas]

Parrot of Doom said:

Try lighter fluid.

And a match!! Leave no evidence.lol

[missdiane]

try cream cleaner, gets perm marker pen off ours, takes a few mins thuough

[TomE]

try spraying de-oderant on it?

[jaf01uk]

We just use glass cleaner on ours, or you could try alcohol wipes?
Gary

[Astacus]

Try:

Meths
Petrol
Nail varnish remover (best bet)
Parafin
Vodka
Paint thinners


check a small bit first in case it damages the board
Other than that you can get board cleaner from a stationers.....

But this IS Pistonheads......

[King Herald]

WD40 gets it off. Spray it, soak a second, rub with rag.

[spikeyhead]

Use a 12 bore, nothing better to remove stubborn stains, will shift anything.

[RobDickinson]

Tipex?

[mattley]

What make is the CD marker, the manufacturer may have a suitable solvent.

Whatever you do don't try anything abrasive as this will kill the surface dead. (as a colleague of mine found out just the other day)

[Neil_H]

White paint?

[DAVEVO9]

Brake cleaner

will come straight off.

[tankerman24]

Try "sticky stuff remover" gets most things of most stuff
Or try nail varnish remover

good luck

[mybrainhurts]

I'd say you're, err, what's the word?...oh, yes....dead