Battlemat stains :(

[Hellefire]

wax

OK, first of all...yes, Mr. Clean Magic Eraser is the best invention since sliced or non-sliced bread. I was in the states last summer, in a 2 bedroom house, so my baby had her own room. So I let her get colorful, figuring I'd just repain when we left. She's pretty expressive with her crayons. Few weeks left, getting things ready to go, my father (who owns the house) tells me about the magic eraser. Took it all off. All of it. And no paint. No clue how it works, don't care, I absolutely Love those things. Ofcourse, am back in Poland now and haven't found them around.

Now, onto my suggestion...I think I picked this up from my post about battle mats (should still be near this post). Or maybe it was this other post I saw while doing an Internet search for battle mats. Whatever, hope whoever gets proper credit . They said that someone spilled wax on their battle mat. It came off ok, and took all the marker under it with it. Not sure if they removed the wax while it was hot or let it cool first. Anyway, worth a shot. They have wax in the UK right? (I jest - see my posts about buying things in Poland in my Battle Mat thread).

Aaron

 

[werk]

What helps on whiteboards is the counterintuitive method of writing over it thickly with a real whiteboard marker (i.e. pen with removable ink) and then wipe it away. The solution in the ink of the whiteboard marker dissolves the ink of the non-washable. Needs to be repeated a bit sometimes....

This is a bastardized (no offense) verison of the advice that I'm going to offer.

Alcohol! Simple rubbing alcohol will do. After you dissolve and wipe away anything you don't want, be sure to armor-all the mat before use as it'll be fairly porous after cleaning.

 

[Emirikol]

Oh, THAT kind of stain. I thought you'd have a good story from a hotel room at GenCon or something.

Try Oxyclean.

Jay H

 

[Gilladian]

OK, first of all...yes, Mr. Clean Magic Eraser is the best invention since sliced or non-sliced bread. I was in the states last summer, in a 2 bedroom house, so my baby had her own room. So I let her get colorful, figuring I'd just repain when we left. She's pretty expressive with her crayons. Few weeks left, getting things ready to go, my father (who owns the house) tells me about the magic eraser. Took it all off. All of it. And no paint. No clue how it works, don't care, I absolutely Love those things. Ofcourse, am back in Poland now and haven't found them around.

Now, onto my suggestion...I think I picked this up from my post about battle mats (should still be near this post). Or maybe it was this other post I saw while doing an Internet search for battle mats. Whatever, hope whoever gets proper credit . They said that someone spilled wax on their battle mat. It came off ok, and took all the marker under it with it. Not sure if they removed the wax while it was hot or let it cool first. Anyway, worth a shot. They have wax in the UK right? (I jest - see my posts about buying things in Poland in my Battle Mat thread).

Aaron

Mr. Clean pads are a fine abrasive. They work by taking a thin layer of the surface material off, exposing a new clean surface. NOT what you want to do to your battlemat. The only thing I ever found that worked (never tried brake cleaner) was acetone. But it also takes off the grid lines if you're too generous with the application.

 

[KaosDevice]

I've got to say, I've gone the brake cleaner route as well and it worked like a charm. Just:

A. Be careful how much you use, a little goes a loooooong way.

B. Wipe it off quick and not over vigourously or it will erase the lines on your mat!

 

[Goldmoon]

Mr. Clean pads are a fine abrasive. They work by taking a thin layer of the surface material off, exposing a new clean surface. NOT what you want to do to your battlemat. The only thing I ever found that worked (never tried brake cleaner) was acetone. But it also takes off the grid lines if you're too generous with the application.

Ive been using the magic eraser since it came out pretty much and Ive never noticed any degridation in my lines. (I'm not saying youre wrong, just saying I've never noticed it on my mats.)

 

[Varianor Abroad]

Shoot. I wish I could remember the brand. There's some kind of "white pen" that you can get at military supply posts that (with patience) will eradicate dry erase, etc. on a battlemat.

(But try to talk your Significant Other into a set of Tact-Tiles and a Flip-Mat. You won't regret the upgrade!)

 

[Olaf the Stout]

Well you did want the lines to stand out more!

Seriously though I think that suggestions above should cover what you want to do. Good luck with it.

Olaf the Stout

 

[Brakkart]

A tiny bit of White Spirit is what I use to clean off the Chessex Battlemats that I've got. Cuts through any kind of marker pen markings like a hot knife through butter.

 

[FATDRAGONGAMES]

One of my friends used a product we have here in the States called GooGone to get some stains off of his map. The stuff is suppossed to remove adhesive residue but it also worked to get the marker stains off.