is there anyway you can get permanent marker stains of Ivory piano keys??????????????????

Question

is there anyway you can get permanent marker stains of ivroy piano keys. bassicly i wrote in blue marker on these perices of masking tape and i stuck them on the keys so i new which ones were A, b, c, d etc. (im learning by the way) and the other day i peeled them off and there this sort of blue marker tinge to the keys now. What can i do this piano is 150yrs and a old family heriloom?

thx

Answer 1

try a magic eraser

Answer 2

Rubbing alchol is the answer, although with 150yo ivory keys it can be touchy. The last thing you want to happen is for the rubbing alchol to overly clean the keys so that the cleaned section of the keys look cleaner than the rest of the 88 keys.

What I would recommend you do is to test on an inconspicous key. You could try rubbing alchol on the lowest or highest key. Try rubbing with rubbing alchol on a paper towel and see if that will take any of the 'age' colour of the key off. If it doesn't clean the key off the key so much that you can notice it from other keys then you can rub the keys with the permanent marker without too much fear of overcleaning the keys.

If it does take too much colour off, then what you have to do is to then soak a piece of WHITE cloth or paper towel, and press it onto the key with the marker. Hold it for as long as you can wait and eventually the inks and dyes in the key will sublimate into the paper towel. The dyes will follow a concentration gradient into the paper towel, so be sure to change the paper towel often to encourage as much dye to transfer. You may not get the marker out totally, and it will take some work.

Answer 3

To clean the piano keys try using a lemon cut in half and rub it on the keys this should take off the stain and even whiten the keys a little more. Thats what my dad used and he was an antique dealer so it should not do any damage to the keys.

Answer 4

Test one or both of these methods on a small area first. Try Goo-Gone. It doesn't appear to damage anything and works very well. I bought it at Ace Hardware.

A NON-acetone with oil or moisturizer nail polish remover will work. Make sure you clean off the excess. Then I applied a small amount of mineral oil, let it soak in and buffed dry. I used it many years ago (before Goo-Gone) with success on my keys. It DID remove some of the patina but did not damage them. Therefore I lightly wiped them all down so they matched.

Answer 5

Mr Clean Magic Eraser should work and be safe if the keys look cleaner than the others just clean them all

Answer 6

There is a product out called
awesome, it truly works on everything, you can find it in Dollar General or Dollar Tree.

Answer 7

WD-40 will take out ink stains,

Answer 8

try rubbing alcohol.