Experiment #4 How Permanent Are Permanent Markers

What You Need:

5 solvents

5 brands of permanent markers

1 yard of white cotton fabric

1 piece of wood painted white

black fabric paint

yard stick
Optional : tooth brush, paper towels

Step 1:

Measure 5 columns with yard stick and mark with fabric paint.

Step 2:

Place markers on the left side of fabric.

Place the solvents in each of the 5 columns.

Using markers, make large marks going across in each column.

Each row contains a different marker.

Step 3:
Using tooth brush or paper towel, put solvent on marked fabric.
Does the solvent remover the marker?

Step 4:

Try to rub out the stained fabric before it dries.


Step 5:
Wait for the fabric to dry in order to see the end results.


Step 6:
Make columns with the fabric paint on the wood like the fabric.
Mark the columns with the permanent markers.

Step 7:
Use each of the solvents in each column to remove the markers.
How permanent are these permanent markers?