I remember wearing a new pair of khaki pants to work as an Activities Director of a Memory Care Unit. I placed a red marker in my pocket, and the lid fell off. You can imagine the big red mark in ended up having in the seat of my pants. I really liked the style of these pants, and you can imagine my disappointment. I went to the store and found out that they did not have another pair in my size. So I decided to see if it was possible to get all that bright red marker out of the seat of my pants and salvage them. 


I found to recommendations which sounded promising and it required both methods to make it completely work.


Step 1:

Place a paper towel on the counter space. Place item of clothing on top of the paper towel WITH THE SIDE WITH MARKER FACED DOWN. You want the marker side on the paper towel so that it is being absorbed by the paper towel. Pour rubbing alcohol or hand sanitizer on the clothing and rub it into the clothing. Replace the paper towels on the bottom frequently. (You do not want to take a chance of the marker being retransmitted into the clothing item) Then repeat the process until the marker has been removed.


Step 2:

Rub Murphy’s Oil Soap into the area you have been treating with the alcohol or hand sanitizer, than throw into the washer and wash as you normally would. Make sure the entire mark has been removed before throwing into the Drier. (Drying tends to set color in. I did find that my spot was completely removed.)