Long story short, I bought my wife a brand new 2012 QX56 with light tan interior last month. Got a call today that my 2 year old took blue ink pen on the 3rd row seat bottom and back of the 2nd row upright. I know that in automotive usually leather is on the part that you sit in and vinyl is usually wrapped on the backs of the seat. Regardless my wife got the ink out on the seat fairly easily but whatever is left on the back of the 2nd row just under the headrest is not coming out for nothing.
She used a lot of crap she read online which most is just silly but include hand sanitizer, hair spray, various cleaners. She said she got out about 80% of the stain but you can still see every stroke. I got home several hours later and tried goof off, rubbing alcohol, something called tech stain which says it removes ballpoint pen from vinyl, zaino leather cleaner, white vinegar, and it does absolutely NOTHING.
Any ideas what really works? I'm guessing the stain penetrated deep into the vinyl/leather and colored it instead of resting on the surface. Really pisses me off considering this car is less than one month old. Grrr. Thanks for any advice.
She used a lot of crap she read online which most is just silly but include hand sanitizer, hair spray, various cleaners. She said she got out about 80% of the stain but you can still see every stroke. I got home several hours later and tried goof off, rubbing alcohol, something called tech stain which says it removes ballpoint pen from vinyl, zaino leather cleaner, white vinegar, and it does absolutely NOTHING.
Any ideas what really works? I'm guessing the stain penetrated deep into the vinyl/leather and colored it instead of resting on the surface. Really pisses me off considering this car is less than one month old. Grrr. Thanks for any advice.