A mum turned to the Mrs Hinch Cleaning Tips and Tricks Facebook group for advice after discovering that her four-year-old had drawn all over her white porcelain dining table with permanent marker
Kids always find new and surprising ways to let loose their creativity, with one mum discovering this the hard way when her dining table became a canvas for crayon creations.
One minute it’s all peace and tranquility, the next your offspring have doodled all over your spotless furniture or walls . Any parent will know the struggle of stain removal when your kids love to doodle on things – but a 85p hack could help.
Once you come across these unexpected artistic endeavours, you’re faced with the unenviable task of scrubbing away their handiwork. And for one parent, this was all too familiar a problem.
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Desperate for a solution, she turned to the Mrs Hinch Cleaning Tips and Tricks Facebook group, sharing a photo of her white porcelain table adorned with black, green, and blue marks from permanent pens. In her plea for help, she posted: “Can someone help me before I throw out my dining table? ” “Felt tip pen and permanent marker vs four year old.”
Fellow cleaning enthusiasts quickly chimed in with potential solutions, with someone suggesting, “Have you tried hair spray or hand sanitizer? ” To which the desperate mum responded that although the hair spray had faded the marks somewhat, they were still quite visible, saying: “I’ve tried hair spray, it lightened it a bit but it’s still very noticeable.”
Bargain hairspray, which you can grab from Bodycare for as little as 85p, has been hailed a miracle worker for tackling tough stains. Simply allow the formula to do its magic on the problematic spot for a few minutes before throwing the item in for a wash with some detergent and toasty warm water, reports The Sun.
Cleaning gurus are raving about how the humble hairspray can bid farewell to pesky ink, red wine, and even stubborn grease stains. Another savvy parent chimed in with a top tip of using nail varnish remover, snagging it for just £1 at Poundland, boasting: “That’s how I get most of the kids’ scribbles out.”
Another mum wrote: “Hair spray worked wonders for us when trying to get markers off my daughter’s white board.”
