Hi all! I did my laundry and a blue ball point pen was left in one of the pant. It spread ink all over a blue polo shirt. I try shout, spray and wash and oxi clean and none of those make a different. Is there any way to remove the ink?
Thanks a million!
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Try rubbing alcohol.
Yup! I agree - Methylated Spirits.
-- DrClean
Rubbing alcohol, or plain hairspray (unscented). Failing that, Carbona stain devils have a product formulated for ink.
Nan
I've found hairspray to be best...but don't know how well it works after the garment was washed.
Dorothy
Hairspray is normally has amyl acetate (nail varnish remover as substitute) in it and does work on some kinds of ink very well.
-- DrClean
Try sitting the stain in a dish of alcohol, or pouring alcohol through it, rather than trying to dab it off.
Yep, this would be my suggestion.... soaking it in the alcohol.
Nan
The Sanford Ink Company used to have a big page of instructions for ballpoint-ink stains, depending on what kind of ballpoint ink it was. Now they skip (no pun intended) all that and recommend Amodex.
Amodex is a French soap sold in little bottles. It's on the web.
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