Ink Stains in Clothing

The best way to take ink stains out of clothing, believe it or not, is to use hair spray! Have a paper towel handy and spray the spot with hair spray and blot with the paper towel. As the ink starts to "thin out" it may spread a little, but keep spraying and blotting as much as you can, then put it in the washing machine. This works best on cotton and cotton and polyester -- it would depend on the fabric as to how it responds. I wouldn't recommend doing this on acrylic or silk, for instance, as it makes the fabric stiff and would take the shine off.

Try rubbing alcohol. You might even soak the cloth in it. I use rubbing alcohol a lot for problem spots. Get the strongest kind...
It is good on carpet because it does not leave the film that soap does which picks up dirt.
B. v. O.

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Try rubbing alcohol.
It gets out lots of stuff and even paint on clothing or other things... marks on walls from the kids etc.
I've used it myself for all kinds of things and it works. But don't use it on varnished furniture or anything precious without doing a test spot first.

If not, try a Google search on it.
Here's one link on it for example:
http://housekeeping.about.com/od/stainremoval/a/inkstains...

Good luck!

I usually get out ink stains with hair spray. It may take a few times. I lay the clothing on an old clean white towel and spray it every time I walk by all day and it usually vanishes. Sometimes I use an old toothbrush to rub it around and just keep spraying. I did once get out green marker ink on one of my son's comforters. Good luck!!! :)

Hi, I know for ink stains I have used hair spray. Just spray it and if it is not to delicate of material try using a soft brush (like a toothbrush) and rub it a little. I was told this and it worked, hope it does for you. Good Luck. M.

C. S
Congratulations on your returning to college, I have done this to get my psychology degree. I currently have my AAB, BS, and working on my masters. Anyway, I have used GoJo hand cleaner to remove everything from grease to blood, even some ink spots from clothes. It can work for ink as well, but it may take a little bit of rubbing it in to loosen up the components of the ink. My 70+ yr old mother told me about using GoJo as a spot remover. You may also want to check out this website: http://www.ehow.com/video_###-###-####_get-ink-out-silk-c.... I checked it out and it has some very good ideas for ink removal from fabrics. Good Luck

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Hairspray. It has to be in pump form. Just spray and wipe.

blot it out with isopropyl alcohol...my mom was a nurse and always had ink pens in her pocket...have to do it before you dry it...but could still work....

Our preschool teacher swears by Oxyclean.

My brother uses Clorox Bleach Pens with success.

Spray hair spray on them and wash the clothing again. Hope this helps.

Best wishes,
J.

Aerosol Hairspray! Put a paper towel behind the clothing to absorb the ink. Hope that works for you, it always has for me

C.

carpet cleaner. dab a bit on, wait a few minutes then wash as normal. I had this great pink suit once, my permanent marker expolded ALL over it. I cried of course. My husband tried everything...then carpet cleaner. We decided it was already ruined what could it hurt...it came out, every last bit. Now we use carpet cleaner on all our ink, lipstick or marker stains.

Hi C., I know hairspray works if you do it right away, but give it a try, if the clothes have not gone through a dryer it may still work, rub the hairspary on the stain then was as normal. Hope it works. J. L.

C.
Hairspray works and so does alcohol (rubbing)-I have used both. One day my son decided to write on our fabric couch while I was on the phone-hairspray and zout did it that time-but I have alcohol on clothing many times-GOOD LUCK!

Spray hairspray on the ink spots it works best when the stain is fresh but I have gotten it out of carpet after the ink had dried...... hope it helps

Buy a can of cheap hairspray, saturate, let it sit a few minutes and wash. Repeat until stain is gone.