How do I get ball point pen ink off leather furniture?
Old wives tales are a major cause of most repairs that leather technicians go out to fix and hairspray and solvents are the most common. Taking notice of these untested/unproved old wives tales could cost you a great deal of money if it goes wrong. Just repaired a very expensive jacket that had been virtually ruined by using hairspray to remove ink. It did not remove the ink and left a far worse problem to solve. Successful ink removal will depend on the type of leather you have, please see the following: http://www.lttsolutions.net/whatkindofle… For ink removal: Ink Removal Removing ink from leather is not a cleaning problem. Most ink removal products will not work simply because of the length of time the ink has been on the leather. Ink is a dye and has re-coloured the leather (this is what it is meant to do) The longer the ink has been on the leather the harder it is to remove because it soaks
