As soon as the child goes to school, the question arises before the parents - how to remove the ink from the pen from the clothes? After all, even the most careful use of pens will certainly lead to the appearance of random ink spots. Worst of all, if the pen accidentally “leaks” and causes large stains to appear, which are washed off with some difficulty. If your family has a problem with ink stains on clothes, then this review is for you.
By the way, if you think that you can remove ink stains from clothes only with the help of specialized expensive products, then you are deeply mistaken - in our review we will use products that can be found in every home.
Removing stains from ballpoint pens with detergents
If ink stains are found on the clothes, then we can use the most common washing powders, which include stain removers. We throw clothes into the washing machine, fill in the powder, turn on the appropriate program and wait for the results. If necessary, use a pre-soak.
If you can’t remove ink from a pen from clothes, you can use auxiliary stain removers sold in household chemical stores. We will not cite any specific brands as an example, but even the most simple and inexpensive stain removers can remove ink stains. You can find information about their use in the annotations printed on the labels.
Removing ink stains with improvised means
Oddly enough, but to remove ink from printing from clothes, as well as ink from ballpoint pens, the most ordinary low-fat milk will help. It needs to be heated and poured over pollution.We wait half an hour, rinse in clean water, send it to the washing machine with washing powder - traces of ink will definitely disappear.
A good effect on removing traces of ballpoint pens is the use of alcohol.. They need to treat the place of contamination and allow the stains to move away. After that, you should rinse the clothes in cold water and send them to the wash. If necessary, the soaking procedure in alcohol can be repeated until the stain is completely gone.
By the way, alcohol will also help with rubbing large stainsarising from leakage of ballpoint and ink pens in pockets. In this case, you need to soak a cotton pad with alcohol and start rubbing the stain from the edges inward (as far as possible). Some advise mixing alcohol with acetone, which also gives good results. The same method is great for removing green stains from clothes.
Ammonia and hydrogen peroxide are able to cope with even the most persistent pollution. And their mixture is well suited for removing traces of ink from white clothes.We mix the liquids in the same proportions, dilute in the proportion of one spoon per glass of heated water, soak the clothes for half an hour, rinse and send to the wash.
How to remove ink stains from colored fabrics that are afraid of aggressive solvents? For this we can use mixture of glycerin and alcohol. We prepare the mixture - we take 5 parts of alcohol and 2 parts of glycerin, apply on ink stains. We wait half an hour, after which we send things to the laundry. By the way, glycerin is also good for removing dried blood stains from clothes.
In addition to liquids, we can use ink stain remover and powder products. To do this, we will use starch, chalk or talc (some of these can be found in every home).We apply the powder on a fresh ink stain, cover with a paper towel and wait. These substances have absorbent properties and absorb dyes well. After that, we can remove residual stains in any of the above ways. Recall that starch will help remove iodine stain from fabric, mainly with denim.
To remove pen stains from rough fabrics such as soiled jeans, we can use the most ordinary laundry soap - its use gives excellent results. We treat the contaminated places with soap, intensively rub with a brush, leave to soak overnight. In the morning we send clothes to the washing machine - this way we can get rid of most of the stains. Laundry soap is a safe way remove gouache from clothes from chiffon or natural silk.
Another all-purpose product that can be used to remove ballpoint pen and ink stains, as well as stains from office seals, is dish detergent. It confidently penetrates deep into the tissues and literally eats out the ink from there - this method gives an excellent result.
Removing ink stains from delicate fabrics
To remove ink from delicate fabrics, we will use a fairly dangerous solution of alcohol, laundry soap and gasoline. We dissolve the soap in alcohol, heating it all over low heat (soap should be grated), then turn off the gas, add a teaspoon of dish detergent and a glass of gasoline.
As soon as the mixture has cooled, you can begin to remove ink stains - apply the solution to the stains, wait for them to dissolve, and then send the clothes to the wash.
How to remove a gel pen mark
To remove gel pen marks, you should use lemon juice, hydrogen peroxide, citric acid or ordinary laundry soap. We apply the selected component to the stain, wait 30-40 minutes, send things to the wash.As practice shows, the use of these preparations and substances gives excellent results not only for removing the paste from the pen, but also for removing rust from clothes.
