Good Questions: Dry Shampoo?

Gary writes:
Hello AT, I've been looking for something that can remove a ball point pen mark on some upholstery. I really don't want to get the stain wet, as I'm sure it will make it worse. A friend of mine suggested I use some "dry shampoo", which seems almost like an eraser. I found this on "rubgum" dry cleaning puff on the Restoration Hardware website, and was wondering if any of the AT readers have ever used it or anything similar?

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We've found something similar at the local drugstore, but couldn't find a link to it. Does anyone have any experience with this sort of dry shampoo/eraser/puff?

Comments (5)

Hairspray removes ball point ink like a miracle. I use aquanet. Spray the area to dissolve the ink and blot with a damp cloth. Repeat until the stain is gone.

Or rubbing alcohol?

try the mr clean magic eraser
has worked wonders for me

I have used the dry eraser and, no it didn't remove the stain.

check that whatever you use won't remove colour/bleach the stained item (eg. contains hydrogen peroxide) - depending what colour it is. if the stained item is white, then probably nevermind.