Eli5: Why does alcohol remove ink?
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I assume you’re asking why alcohol removes permanent ink? Because it won’t work very well on water based inks.
The reason is because, like water dilutes water based inks, permanent markers are solvent based which can be diluted by alcohol or other solvents.
You can also remove permanent marker with white board pens for the same reason, the additives in white board pens mix with the ink and you can just rub it off.
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