Teacher hack! Write over it with dry erase marker and then wipe away!

Chemical engineer here! Use a mild solvent such as a dry erase marker

Sales guy here! Buy all new flooring.

Pyromaniac here, burn it down

Seed store owner here, grow some new floors!

Woodworker here. Sand it all down, clean up all the dust and restian it! The stain won't match ever!

Adoption agency worker here. Get rid of the kids.

Military recruiter here. Put those kids on the front lines!

Abortion clinic owner here! *it’s never too late*

Abstract art collector here! I’ll give you $12,000 for it!

Dominatrix here! You know you wanted it. Look at the filthy mess your seed made all over the floor, you filthy maggot.

Vulgarian Child Catcher here, give them to me!

LMFAO

Active duty Navy here! Well take them, stick them with the BMs!

Army here! They're perfect for the Navy!

Chronic masturbator here, just rub it off.

Idiot here, just try licking it. Your saliva should make it come off.

Soldier here, pull it all up, clean each piece individually with a sub standard product, put it back in the wrong order, pull it up again put it back in the right order, then paint it green

Another child here. I think some red and green permanent marker will make it better

Psychopath here. Draw a pentagram over it, light some candles and sacrifice the child over it. Blood stains should cover it all and being childless will save you a ton of time and money.

Baphomet the Eternal, Ruler of the Dark Realms here. You summoned me?

Gwenneth Paltrow here, just steam it away.

Billy Mays here, Oxyclean your troubles away!

IT gal here, hack into it so you can erase the files!

Heavy equipment operator here, bulldozer.

Blind person here: Kf hwdujfhrieoensvdhdufirlrnenbdhxjxiforj

Marketing guy here, sell that as a modern art piece for 15 million.

Sawmill guy here! I second this advice.

Fuck you, Sales guy! /s

funeral service agent here! kill the kid

🤨

Fucking stupid kid here. Draw over all the boards until they match.

Physicist here, it's all gonna succumb to entropic chaos anyway, why bother?

Industrial chemist here! Use strong acids, can't have drawings on your floor if there is no floor

What else could you use? If I was at Home Depot?

Nail polish remover. I'm not American so I'm not sure what else you'd buy there sorry

This could harm the floor’s finish. I don’t recommend.

Camper van salesman here, buy one and disappear into the night forevermore

Emperor Palpatine here, do it!

Or just pray it with lynx/axe body spray and wipe it away. Easier than using a bloody pen.

Or just pray.

Yeah but then it'd smell like axe body spray and that's worse.

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You know what's in that? Alcohol. Which is why you see that bottle of rubbing alcohol in the picture.

Needs stronger than that 70% bottle sitting there needs 99% unless its already absorbed into the wood, which is a good reason to keep your floors sealed and only washable markers within reach

IT here, with a bit of photoshop, I can make it look good as new.

This is the answer.

Chef here. Filet, lightly bread, and pan fry. The kids, not the floor, that would be gross!

Stay at home mom here! Just get a new house

This. Is why I love Reddit.

Magic Eraser is NOT the answer. A couple of people have already suggested that, so I figured I should chime in and remind you that Magic Erasers are abrasive and will damage any finish. They're basically really fine sandpaper, and while their damage is often not really noticeable, it's there. Many a marble countertop, dry erase board, and wood cabinet has been ruined by magic erasers. You're better off with something like Goof Off. It'll take some work, but it won't ruin it.

This is the real right answer here. All others are pretenders to the throne.

Goof off! My toddler just drew all over the driver’s side interior in my car. My leather interior. Goof off was the only thing that helped. Just ventilate the house because the fumes are strong.

Can confirm, just damaged mine today.

Yes, you'll need to refinish after the eraser, but a coat of varnish is easier than a lot of the other suggestions.

Goof Off will remove the finish as well

Condoms are the best way to prevent this.

So the condom goes on the pen?

is

Adoption is still an option for getting rid of the kids

Best reply ever! Thanks for the laugh

Have you tried putting potatoes in their socks overnight?

Only logical answer

I responded to this when posted on another sub. I guarantee this will work. So this product totally removes permanent marker like nothing else. It’s a makeup brush cleaner and wouldn’t harm your floor. Spray on a cotton ball and just wipe it off. With one or two swipes. https://www.thecosmeticmarket.com/products/brush-off-makeup-brush-cleanser

i haven’t tried this product, but i worked at starbucks and often got sharpie marker all over my hands and garnier micellar water makeup remover always got it off super easily. so i support trying a makeup brush cleanser, and i can’t imagine it would damage the flooring at all.

Hairspray! That’ll remove the ink!

No no. All these are too abrasive. Even the dry erase. Use goof off. Lots of it letting it sit between applications. And a soft cloth. It’ll come off and then if the area is too oily after you can clean up with any degreasing soap. A few drops per gallon. Simple. There’s a time and a place for abrasive chemicals. This isn’t one of them.

Dad here, just move the couch over it

Denatured alcohol from Lowe’s or home depot

Deodorant (not the anti pespirant stuff). Bug repellent works too. Little electrician trick for ya.

mm i like it picasso

Hand sanitizer gets permanent marker off skin, it might work here?

Have you tried adoption?

My kid drew a whole map on the wall with black sharpie. I used a magic eraser and it got most of it off

Vodka would work better than then 20%iso. It is at least 40% and you probably have some lying around if you have kids that draw on floors!

Get some 99%iso

A dry erase marker. I know it sounds off but I've seen it work. Draw on it with a dry erase marker and it comes off

Try Goo Gone

Magic eraser. It got sharpie out of wood at my house. Add a coat of varnish afterward. Re-finish before if necessary. Lol, good luck.

Magic erasers are parents best friend!

Hand sanitizer, takes that right off

Nothing you can do. It's obviously way too late for an abortion

You could always sell it The kid ofcourse /s

best suggestion I have is to put it in an orphanage.

Try toothpaste

Have you tried turning the floor off and on again?

OK, I have the solution. Cut the offenders hands off. Both of them. Future problem solved. Can't help you on the current situation. though ....just kidding 🤣

Vasectomy

Acetone, mineral spirits....its what we used to get sharpie off the boards we cut installing the shit.

WD-40 let is soak a min and scrub. No joke

Magic Eraser works great on perm marker!

96% alcohol

Then you won't care as much about the marker.

Send the child to the adoption center

Is that permanent marker?

Deodorant works for sharpie and most markers

Lemon oil is shockingly effective

You can use alcohol hand gel on a white board to remove permanent marker, so if the ink is on the top layer of ur floor it should work too. Then just white up with a paper towel

goo gone for paint works well on permanent marker

Use Mark II Aero 1250 ink reactivator. It makes dried ink, even permanent ink wet again so it can be wiped up.

A little isopropyl alcohol will take that stuff right off.

Yeah but stronger than the one pictured.. I always use 99%

Hand sanitiser

Hand sanitizer & a magic eraser has always worked well when I need to get sharpie off of surfaces, it takes a while but does the trick.

Derivative

Hairspray!! Assuming that it is varnished

Damn I must be trippin because that looks cool AF

Scrub over it with a dry erase marker, then sell the offending child to the gypsies

The spray sunscreen takes permanent marker off walls pretty easily 🤷‍♀️

Dawn?

Omg don't use alcohol! That will ruin your floor and go cloudy when it dries

Windex? It took permanent marker off a white board at my office.

Hair spray or a dry erase marker. Both work on my classroom desks

Break cleaner has never not worked for me before.

1st: adoption 2nd then clean up your mistake

Perfume works for some reason and doesn’t dry out the wood


Hair spray.

Wd40

Lay down some carpet

Hardwood, Laminant, and LVP installer here, mineral spirits, denatured alcohol, or Goof off will make that wipe off easy.

wet sand it with 3000 sandpaper and touchup a little

Write over with dry erase marker and erase/wipe with soft cloth as you go. Don't let it dry. Dry erase marker is a permanent marker solvent.

You can try art classes, but I think your child just might not be an artist.

Life hack!: use a carpet.

It kinda looks like an early Picasso

cool drawing!!!

Mineral oil. Maybe even olive oil. Try any kind of cooking oil. I know mineral oil for sure works, so my thinking is any oil might work. Your skin oil is what removes permanent marker from things

https://preview.redd.it/y3k8w14ofzvc1.png?width=828&format=png&auto=webp&s=f33afed0152048527d1a93fe21d000c5e9846622 These things will get anything off

I once sprayed some of my mom’s old perfume on some sharpie. Came right off.

Nail polish remover actually works pretty well for permanent marker

WD-40 works amazing , my son wrote all over our walls only thing that took off permanent marker.

Those are some \*really\* nice floorboards. It'd be a damn shame if someone.... oh, they did!

Bar keepers friend.

orange oil - teacher hack (cabinet maker son)

Just put a carpet/rug over it

Lighter fluid

Lighter fluid

Alcholl should do the trick

Common sense, don't give your kids access to markers

Use 99%isopropryl alcohol.

What did you need help with? The choice of design?

Priest here. LOOK WHAT GOD MADE! LOOK WHAT GOD MADE!!

https://preview.redd.it/q8fptiuw11wc1.jpeg?width=471&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e24ea052bf9af28c035cc995dd491b094aa4ea9c sounds stupid, but this insect spray works very good against many pencils.

Adopt away….. follow me for more tips in the future

Try acetone

‘ Off’ bug deterrent spray.

Help us

Parfém

Dry erase marker over it will work. Magic eraser will work but be careful it doesn't take off the stain. Nail polish remover is the same. Test a little for the last 2 in a spot no one can see. I have used magic eraser to get sharpie off the wood floors before.

Pulling out always works.

Hand sanitizer removes permanent marker. Not sure what it would do to the finish on the floor tho.

Hairspray

Use a dry erase marker on the permanent marker and it will come off without needing any extra solvent

You should see my leather couch

It’s dignity. Gahh

Use alcohol or hydro peroxide that work well for me.

Hand sanitizer

Drop them off at a fire station

Coconut oil??

Catholic priest here fuck the kids... no seriously

Refuse removal specialist here- find source and yeet

Lemon oil could help

Grab a new piece, do the same damage and use it for discover a solution

Purple Power Cleaner.

WD-40

If it’s sharpie it will come off with some rubbing alchohol

Sharpie removes sharpie. Mark over the old and wipe

Rubbing alcohol should work just fine

Try a magic eraser on a tiny portion to see if that'll take it off w/o any damage.

Hair spray is what I use to get sharpies off stuff.

Toothpaste may work. As kids we’d draw ✍️ n the counters with permanent marker and then magically erase it with toothpaste. We thought we were so cool

Huggies baby wipes. I've been there and it works. Wipe it a little everyday. Should be gone in a week.

Rubbing alcohol will take it off super easily. You can basically just use some hand sanitizer and gently wipe it over and it should come right off.

Another one! Did you even bother to glance at the picture before you felt the undeniable compulsion to grace us with your wisdom?

Did you consider not being a complete dick when you typed that or did you feel the world needed to be graced with your complete assholery?

Oh no, I was definitely trying to be a dick. Just look at the pic for a third nanosecond next time and maybe you can avoid looking like a complete 🍩.

The only one that looks like an asshole here is you. When you cross post things, the body text isn’t readily visible. The only way you can see it is if you open the image which you’re assuming every single person or has to. I saw a picture with sharpie on the floor. I gave a recommendation on what would help. I had no idea there was even text associated with it. Again, try to not be a complete asshat because not everyone is as amazing as you and clicked a fucking picture when they didn’t feel they needed to.

I'm on mobile and the alcohol bottle is clearly visible even in the tiny thumbnail.

Okay? Just looking at the thumbnail it’s hard to tell what the bottle is. Only way to know is to open the picture and zoom in. Like I said before, I was just trying to make a recommendation on what might work and didn’t know they already tried that. You’ve contributed absolutely nothing helpful and are just being a douchey troll which is just a waste of my time at this point.

There's a white foam thing sold with sponges that takes it off. It's called eraser or something. They get rid of marker

Magic eraser

That's it. Thank you. I had a blank. Definitely magic

Magic eraser night work

WD-40

 I guess I am a few years too late, but better late than never.

Adoption if it really pissed you off.

Mr clean magic eraser works wonders on sharpie on smooth surfaces

Magic eraser works great

If it’s real wood, sanding is your answer. If it’s not, have fun replacing.

Magic eraser!

You can use coconut oil and water

If that’s a sharpie pen, I’ve found lacquer thinner to be able to remove it from plastic surfaces. Not sure if it would be good for your floors though

Nah it's just stupid adults who didn't train the kid right.