# How do we get ballpoint ink off leather?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-we-get-ballpoint-ink-off-leather/27808>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [March 15, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-we-get-ballpoint-ink-off-leather/27808 "2009-03-15T18:32:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Seacliff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Seacliff](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Seacliff)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-we-get-ballpoint-ink-off-leather/27808/1 "2009-03-15T18:32:34Z")

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One of the kids was doodling and wrote on the leather portion of the car door with a ballpoint pen. How do we get it off?

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**Author:** ![mshugna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@mshugna](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mshugna)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-we-get-ballpoint-ink-off-leather/27808/2 "2009-03-15T18:44:42Z")

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answer on this web page…[http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf848619.tip.html](http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf848619.tip.html)