Best idea: Don't get ink stains on leather.

But today I went to the bank drive up window and their pen leaked on my hand. Before I noticed, my mocha leather steering wheel had blue spots.

Before attempting the wheel, I tried every cleaner I had all the way up to paint thinner on my hand with no results. Even the "miracle" products from the detail shop people wouldn't touch it.

Then my friendly contact at the local Jag dealer gave me the least likely suggestion I've ever heard and it worked great.

Brake cleaner.

Gently and slowly and carefully of course. And then I followed up with some leather conditioner.

No sign of blue ink remains.

Maybe you've heard of this before but it sure surprised me!

 

I sure had not heard of using it and probably would not have dared so thanks for posting that!

 

That's nice , I am copying this thread into the Detailing Forums so that if anyone gets a same trsouble could sort it out

 

Great tip, Thanks! Sorry you had to have a frightful experience to learn the trick...

 

Just an FYI on brake cleaner.
brake cleaner and brake fluid are two very different products.
Do NOT use brake fluid to clean any painted or dyed surface unless you want to strip everything off.
Glad to hear the cleaner got rid of the ink.

 

Break cleaner also works great on garage floor stains or oil spots.