One "MUST' when buying our house was that I wanted hardwood floors throughout the house, if possible. Luckily, the house we chose only has carpet in the kids' bedrooms. Hardwood everywhere else.
A week or so ago, the kids were playing quietly in the living room. This is not unusual for them so I didn't pay much attention. I was getting dinner ready in the kitchen and asked the kids to pick up for dinner. As I went in to inspect their cleaning, I found that they had been coloring in their coloring books. But, they had gotten their hands on a blue sharpie marker...a BIG NO NO in our house. They colored on their coloring pages with the sharpie and it bled through to my hard wood floors. I immediately flipped out. Not my best moment, I assure you! I got a rag and sponge and began scrubbing. Nothing worked. So I investigated...GOOGLE of course. There were all sorts of people who were in the same predicament as I found myself in.
There were lots of suggestions out there but none seemed like I would like to try. One that I was willing to try was a magic eraser. I was skeptical, but after a little bit of scrubbing, IT WORKED! My floors were saved. After I got the marker up, I was so thrilled! I was thinking to myself, even if it messed my floors up for a few days, it came off and I wouldn't have been so lucky if I had had carpet!
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