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Linoleum and Sharpies


  >   name        Eleanor
 >   status      educator
 >   age         30s

 >   Question -  How would I remove a black sharpie marker, permanent, from
 > linoleum. it got water in it and then dripped all over our kitchen. any
 > help would be greatly appreciated.we tried bleach with no results

Your best bet is rubbing alcohol.

Richard E. Barrans Jr., Ph.D.
Assistant Director
PG Research Foundation, Darien, Illinois
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