Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for May 28, 2024

Be careful what you wish for cause you just might get it, you just might get it, you just might get it…

Zoe’s being a real paint in the …

All’s well that ends well.

Oooo. Time for a new paint color in the house. It’s been yellow. Time for blue?

If the door is painted in enamel paint, alcohol might remove it if it hasn’t had enough time to really set in. Otherwise, it’s probably gonna take sandpaper, primer, and more than one coat of paint.

Fun thing I learned from, IIRC, Hints from Heloise, years ago: for permanent marker, you can use whiteboard markers to remove the marks. Scribble over the permanent ones, then use the whiteboard marker eraser. The alcohol in the whiteboard marker dilutes the permanent stuff. Of course, if you have alcohol (the cleaning stuff, not the drinking stuff) in the house, just use that instead.

Permanent markers? That adds up.

Keep it. Years from now when she’s a famous artist it’ll be worth a fortune.

Time for Daryl to dump the soap water and get the paint.

Wren was a very busy little girl!

Oopsie

Paint the house time.

It’s not like the kids went out and bought those permanent markers.

Get the WD40 out.

Oh, good. The fun doesn’t have to stop lol

Ask and you shall receive my lady

That’s why, whenever one of our girls did something particularly artistic, we took photos.

Cue Wanda walking into the bathroom, locking the door, turning on the shower, getting into a fetal position, and start crying and screaming.

Oh.

Been there, done that, got the tee shirt.Yeah, some painting is going to be needed but try removing as much as you can with some hairspray first.And even with doing that, that black permanent marker is going to need more layers of paint to cover it than you think it will.

Nothing a coat of paint and new furniture can’t take care of. Although, Graffiti Remover works pretty good on most everything.

Good grief, did you people never get around to reading the owners manual that came with Zoe?

Rule 23: Never keep permanent markers in the house unless they are kept under lock and key?

Manuals people, they come in handy!!!

Permanent markers aren’t actually permanent at all

Who let a permanent marker in the house?!

That’s why man created cameras..

When will these people learn? They put markers where Wren can get at them, tools where Hammie can get to them, cell phones where any of the kids can put their hands on them…

Oops.

Here’s a household hint, it it ever happens to you: Use an erasable marker as the antidote:

Take an erasable marker and work it on top of that writing, or picture, in very small batches, like one or two letters at a time, and wipe it off immediately using a soft, dry cloth, so as not to scratch the paint underneath. Use a clean patch of cloth for every batch of letters or section of a drawing.

My son drew on his bedroom furniture with permanent marker when he was 4. I tried everything and couldn’t remove it. Fifteen years later my 3 year old grandson crayoned all over my dining room wall. My daughter bought me a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser which made short work of the crayon. I decided to try it on my son’s furniture. All the marks came off without any damage to the finish of the furniture. I heartily recommend that product for all parents of young artists, and no, I don’t have any ties to the company.

Rubbing alcohol Works to remove permanent marker from smooth surfaces but for porous try scrubbing it with equal parts of hydrogen peroxide and blue Dawn

Rubbing alcohol.

The word just is unnecessary and weakens your point.

Doh!

Magic eraser might work…

Toothpaste. Not the gel but paste. Works great in removing permanent marker. Just lightly wet down a paper towel and add a dollop of paste. Work into mark and wipe clean.