Erasing permanent marker from photo

[Lisa Chhea]

How do you guys do it? Are there various different ways? I never had to do it before, so this is my first time...any help is much appreciated. Thanks!

[jyosi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=nHVuYR_Kg78

[Lisa Chhea]

wow thanks so much! That video is worth 1000 words! :)
Do you know if that action can be done even if the sharpie has been on the photo for a week already? or does it have to be done IMMEDIATELY?

[jyosi]

It can be done years later.

[jake]

is that only for glossy photos or...

[jyosi]

That photo was matte.

[Lisa Chhea]

wait..so the youtube link...does not work for glossy?

[jyosi]

Works for glossy and matte.

[lizard-jd]

Works for glossy and matte.

Well, I just tried it on a "spare" glossy photo that I had - didn't work! Thank goodness it was just a throw away photo I had made on my HP PhotoSmart (309g). It was on Kodak (gloss) photo paper. I used a blue sharpie, let my writing dry and then rubbed a blue Expo dry eraser over the area. When I tried to wipe it I could still see the writing through what I had rubbed on and all I did was create a big blue smudge over the area. No way that stuff was coming off that photo. Did I use the wrong magic potion?

[jyosi]

It doesn't work on print at home stuff. That paper, no matter how good it says it is, isn't the same as photo lab paper. I'll make a video of me doing it on a photofile glossy later this week to show that it works on glossies, too.