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How do I get Sharpie ink off my fricken face?

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Jessbuff
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I could use a little help here guys. So I went out dressed as a Mexican last night and since my ability to grow facial hair is limited, I made the stupid decision to draw my mustache on with a Sharpie pen. Problem is, it's my uncle's Birthday today so I need to get this shit off of my face ASAP. Any magic solutions? I really don't feel like being ridiculed tonight! (PS soap is not working dammit!)
Oct 29 2006 12:32PM
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Mod
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Use dawn and really hot water and scrub really hard, I don't see why that wouldnt work eventually.
Oct 29 2006 12:34PM
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Black-Bandanna
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ummm.........shoot yourself in the face with a shotty. then it will be gone.
Oct 29 2006 12:36PM
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wAy2sTeEzY4u
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ahah good call using sharpie, it wont come out for a few days
Oct 29 2006 12:37PM
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Ryno
Posts: 31125 - Karma: 336
bahahahahahaahahhahahahah


oh shit...please....put up a pic
Oct 29 2006 12:39PM
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bobs
Posts: 4801 - Karma: 868
nail polish remover, a lil bit of bleach in water, or sometimes those stridex pads work
Oct 29 2006 12:45PM
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french_fry
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rub a tampon all over your face, it will absorb the ink. Please tape it if you do it.
Oct 29 2006 12:48PM
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Jessbuff
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The hunt begins.

Sounds like you speak from experience. What did you have to remove from your face?
Oct 29 2006 12:48PM
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user098123
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Anything with acetone in it will remove permanent marker, as well as many other substances. Nail Polish remover should do the trick, but some do not contain acetone anymore which would make it harder.

Hmm i'm trying to think of other common solvents that would take it off...Ethanol (drinking alcohol) might do the trick, as will Isopropanol (rubbing alcohol) I think...try those, if not soap and water is your best bet probably, or the tampon haha.

Oh ya, and if it was like the 'heavy-duty' sharpie (kinds they have in labs and stuff), chances are it isn't coming off.
Oct 29 2006 12:58PM
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bigwhite.steeze
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^^^bahahahahahahahahaha have a really long shower and scrub until the skin comes off your face :S
Oct 29 2006 1:07PM
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sexy_skier_babii
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that sucks sharpie always comes off me, people used to right all over my face, and it would always come off. maybe im just lucky. lots of soap and scrubbing?
Oct 29 2006 1:16PM
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japanada
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take a knife and carefully cut away the skin around the problem area.
Oct 29 2006 1:23PM
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cjgncjgn
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pumus stone or something liek that u rub it and it takes it away prob solved
Oct 29 2006 1:24PM
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Aenigma
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Didn't think that one through eh?
Oct 29 2006 1:25PM
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Jessbuff
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haha not really! It didn't help that my rents didn't tell me before this morning that I was going to be seen in public. I was banking on watching football.

Too bad I don't have pics. It was a pretty rediculous outfit to say the least. And my mexican buddy dressed up as a cowboy... oh the irony.
Oct 29 2006 1:31PM
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Jessbuff
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WOOOOOO! nail polish remover! But let me tell you, that's a last resort. That shit stung. Probably didn't help that I shaved and scrubbed just before, but fuck, that hurt.
Oct 29 2006 1:38PM
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Mat.
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haha priceless
Oct 29 2006 1:45PM
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dowalibeast
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hmm well i just got a shit load of sharpie off of my face and all i did was use face wash and scrubbed and then used my foamy soapy thing and the facewash and scrubbed and it came off.
Oct 29 2006 1:50PM
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Edward.
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if you scrape your face and press down really hard and keep scraping it for a long time then maybe the sharpie will come off, but your face might look all red after that
Oct 29 2006 1:54PM
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Jorgen.
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hahaha
Oct 29 2006 2:05PM
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Mezmerize19
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Yeah good luck with it. your gonna have it on for about 2 weeks. Itll fade after every shower. My arms are post it notes for girls and I had I love you written on my arm for a good 2 weeks
Oct 29 2006 2:09PM
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steevner
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get this stuff called "fast orange". it's soap/pumice with little grains inside of it, or if u can't find that, use sand and water, it'll get right off yo face
Oct 29 2006 2:13PM
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Mat.
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for everyone still posting saying he's gunna be stuck with it for 2 weeks, if you read a couple posts up he updates us telling us he got it off with nail polish remover.
Oct 29 2006 2:16PM
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skibunnie
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for future reference, you can get permanent marker off with sunscreen.

i found this out after a triathlon. i had my number written all over my arms and legs, and was going to the beach. i tried to scrub it off, which didn't work very well, decided i didnt care, and went out anyways. sooo when the time came to put on sunscreen, my writing magically disappeared!
Oct 29 2006 2:20PM
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*monsterskier*
Posts: 2671 - Karma: 61
scrub.. really freakin hard...
eventually, that'll rip off ur skin
OR
hide ur face
Oct 29 2006 3:09PM
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KingTaco
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take a shower and use lots of soap or shampoo
Oct 29 2006 3:10PM
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2+2=5
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your not suppose to drink the bleach! your suppose to apply it onto your face dummy!
Oct 29 2006 4:13PM
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FUUUCK
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a pint of virgin blood
Oct 29 2006 4:27PM
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dez22
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PICTURES OR GTFO
Oct 29 2006 4:28PM
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winterkid33
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sandpaper
Oct 29 2006 5:06PM
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leckett1
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if it wasnt so close to your mouth id say varsol.
Oct 29 2006 5:10PM
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soulskier
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yea, some kind of scrubber will be required, a towel wont cut it
Oct 29 2006 5:10PM
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twistedxfaith
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nail polish remover, which will probly burn but it should work, and if not try rubbing alcohol, that used to work for me
Oct 29 2006 5:20PM
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mind_Riot39
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bleach should do the trick. if not try battery acid
Oct 29 2006 5:23PM
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+[wall.e]+
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Rubbing alcohol...
Oct 29 2006 7:01PM
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Jessbuff
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That's that shit the cops use to get the ink off of your fingers after you get finger printed eh? not that I would know.
Oct 29 2006 7:06PM
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squawskier
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at High north i let all these kids write on my on the last day, and the sharpy didnt come off for a week
Oct 29 2006 7:06PM
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ECfreeski3
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my friends and i give each other sharpie mustaches all the time and they come right off, whats the deal?
Oct 29 2006 7:30PM
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Stan_Darsh
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haha there was so much all over your face
Oct 29 2006 7:44PM
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Mr.Bob_Dobalina
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a dabble of period juice on the effected area should do the trick.
Oct 29 2006 8:53PM
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skiWASHDC
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dumbasses, i always put sharpie on my skin. If you like dab the sharpie on your face to make it like more wet it takes it right out. Like it kinda dilutes it.


like try not to do it to much though like lightliy dots
Oct 29 2006 9:00PM
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shagalabagala
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i want a picture!
Oct 29 2006 9:01PM
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dubage
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just color in the rest of your facial hair line and say you had a grown spurt
Oct 29 2006 9:01PM
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PurpleSkier
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you shaved your face? ew. why use sharpie if you have to shave your stache anyways??
Oct 29 2006 9:03PM
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kabozo101
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haha nice man
Oct 29 2006 9:06PM
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720laxskier
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more soap. and habanero juice
Oct 29 2006 9:11PM
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SteezePatrol
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gasoline'll work

although I'm sure the crisis is resolved by now
Oct 29 2006 9:13PM
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Beamer12
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i passed out early at a party and people drew all over me with sharpie and i woke up at like 4 and noticed it and i was like fuck it ill deal with it in the morning..so i wake up like 6 hours later and it was gone..i was sleeping on a leather couch and it just rubbed off..it was wierd..heres a pic of when i first noticed it

Click for larger image
Oct 29 2006 9:18PM
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doritos
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i've been shamed twice since college started, just shower it.
Oct 29 2006 9:20PM
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bobs
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who hasnt passed out and been raped by a sharpie
Oct 29 2006 9:43PM
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PurpleSkier
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my bad man. i always think you're a chick because your name starts with jess.
Oct 29 2006 9:53PM
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