How do you remove highlighter ink from papers?

Answer 1

There is no method or product which will remove highlighter marks undetectably. Like erasing strong pencil or ink marks from paper, the paper will show signs of having been treated. Highlighter marks can be bleached out. I use full strength Clorox type bleach and Q tips along with paper towels and a household iron. I try to minimize wrinkling the paper by limiting the time it is exposed to the liquid bleach which is why I don't dilute the bleach. With the iron on medium low I quickly iron the highlighted page so that when I apply the bleach to the highlighted paper with my wet but not drippy Q tip the paper dries quickly and with little wrinkling or distortion. The warmed paper also speeds up the reaction between bleach and the colored highlighter ink which vanishes almost instantly. I only allow the wet bleach to be on the paper for a second or two after which I quickly blot or wipe away any remaining liquid bleach. I put a dry paper towel over the page and run the iron over it. If I am faced with large highlighted areas it is necessary to break the job into smaller pieces to avoid getting the page too wet or leaving the liquid on too long. If I do get a wrinkly page I can often iron the wrinkles out with my trusty iron still using a paper towel to cover the page.