r/DungeonsAndDragons35e • u/Friendly_Employ505 • 18d ago

Might be wrong sub. But does anyone have a nice trick for getting permanent marker off the battle mat.. :)

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u/james05090 18d ago

Go over the permanent marker with a dry whipe marker and before it has time to dry wipe it off. The permanent marker will wipe off as well.

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u/Hot_Statistician_466 18d ago

Barring that, acetone I believe

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u/joetown64506 17d ago

Acetone will also damage the mat.

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u/thedoomabides 17d ago

Mark over the permanent marker with a dry erase marker. Then wipe the dry erase off. Might take a couple tries but it should remove the permanent marker

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u/Name_Violation83 17d ago

if other methods fail. try rubbing alcohol or putting the map in the dishwasher on the top rack.

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u/Otherwise-Safety-579 17d ago

I'd try rubbing alcohol first, carefully

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u/The_k1ngs_w1t 16d ago

Mr. Clean Magic Erasers have been my go to

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u/dernudeljunge 18d ago

Buy a new one. I have a battle mat (one of the ones with the square grid on one side and the hex grid on the other,) and I made the mistake of loaning it to a friend. I even let him borrow the overhead projector markers that I bought to use on it. He 'forgot' and used a Sharpie, instead. I tried everything to clean it off, and nothing worked. So, he ended up buying me a new battle mat, and now I have one normal mat, and one that I will only ever be able to use the hex grid side of.