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Are permanent makers, like Sharpie, really permanent?
Are they removable by solvents?

Project Info
Team Members: Vanessa Chau and Shannon Lee
Grade Category: 10-12
Subject Area: Chemistry
Project Type: Experimental
Language: English
Summary: Discussion of the properties of permanent markers and an experiment to find out whether permanent markers are really permanent as they are named.
Software Tools: Microsoft Frontpage, FileZilla, Adobe Photoshop CS2
Hardware Tools: Digital Camera, Materials listed in experiment
Source of Idea: Many people, including us, sometimes play with permanent markers and accidentally mark our clothing. As a result we wanted to see if there was a way to remove these marks.
Special Skills:
HTML, Javascript, CSS