Best idea: Don't get ink stains on leather.

But today I went to the bank drive up window and their pen leaked on my hand. Before I noticed, my mocha leather steering wheel had blue spots.

Before attempting the wheel, I tried every cleaner I had all the way up to paint thinner on my hand with no results. Even the "miracle" products from the detail shop people wouldn't touch it.

Then my friendly contact at the local Jag dealer gave me the least likely suggestion I've ever heard and it worked great.

Brake cleaner.

Gently and slowly and carefully of course. And then I followed up with some leather conditioner.

No sign of blue ink remains.

Maybe you've heard of this before but it sure surprised me!

 

I sure had not heard of using it and probably would not have dared so thanks for posting that!

 

That's nice , I am copying this thread into the Detailing Forums so that if anyone gets a same trsouble could sort it out

 

My two year old daughter went through my '05 VDP the other day with a blue ink pen. She now rides in the trunk where ever we go. Brake cleaner... that's scary. I'm gonna try the brake cleaner trick with extreme caution. Doesn't that stuff remove the paint from cars as well? I'll post with my results.

 

The brake cleaner thing scared me too much. I used 70% Isopropyl alcohol and it got all of the ink off without hurting my leather. I followed with some Hide Food to condition it. I now let my daughter in the cabin of the car. If she's good, I'll take the straight jacket off.

 

Revisiting.

Just to be clear: Brake CLEANER worked.

Brake FLUID would be incredibly destructive.

They are not at all, in any way, in the least bit, the same.

 

Wow, good catch. I had stored it in my brain as brake fluid!