How to remove pen ink from white clothing?
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Almost everyone has faced such a problem in their life as ink from a pen on white clothes. Not everyone knows how to properly wash them - ordinary products do not help in such situations. However, there is nothing complicated in this, you just need to take into account some recommendations.
Removing stains by hand
Wash pen stains from white shirts, blouses, T-shirts, sweaters and other light-colored items as soon as possible. Better to do it right away. You can use a stain remover: recommendations for using such a product are usually indicated on the package. However, many do not have a stain remover in their apartment.
In such cases, you have to use the means at hand.
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Fresh
If the ink on the material is fresh, the following remedies may help:
- acetic acid;
- a mixture of water and soda;
- spoiled milk;
- a mixture of ammonia and hydrogen peroxide;
- ethanol;
- laundry soap;
- special handles;
- turpentine.
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To wipe off the paste with laundry soap, you need to do the following:
- Get Lather.
- Apply it to the fabric.
- Wait fifteen minutes.
- Wash your clothes.
This method is suitable if if the item is dirty recently. You can take warm sour milk and place a cloth in it for a while. The term depends on how long the clothes have been soiled. If the ink mark is old enough, it will take longer.
There is one subtlety: the more paste there is on the fabric, the less time it will take for the milk to darken. When this happens, you will have to replace it. In cases where there is no sour milk, you can use the usual one.
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If you get rid of the paste from the handle on the fabric using sour milk for this, you need to do this:
- Warm it up.
- Pour milk onto the stained cloth.
- Add lemon juice (a few drops will suffice).
- Wash your clothes.
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Using sour milk is a very mild ink disposal method. Turpentine can be used to remove these stains. The procedure should be as follows:
- Apply turpentine to the desired area.
- Leave it there for a while.
- Apply hydrogen peroxide to the dirt.
- Carry out a wash.
Another good way to get rid of fresh ink marks is to sprinkle some starch, toddler powder, or talcum powder on the fabric. Cover it with a napkin or paper towel. Once the paste is absorbed, you will need to wash your clothes.
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Well absorbed paste
All the methods that were listed above can only help if the ink is on the fabric for a few minutes, no more. However, sometimes you have to cope with stains that are more than a day old. In such cases, you can use vinegar, ethyl alcohol. If you want the pollution to disappear completely, here are some guidelines:
- Create a mixture of vinegar and ethyl alcohol.
- Apply it to the dirt.
- Leave the product on the fabric, wait a while.
- Rinse material with cold water. This should be done as carefully as possible.
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Of course, if a pen stain has appeared on the fabric for a long time, it will be much more difficult to deal with it. To make the ink disappear from clothes, you can use a slurry of liquid and soda. You need to do it like this:
- Apply the product for fifteen minutes.
- Rinse the fabric thoroughly with cold water.
At the present time, there are special pens on the market, they can be purchased to get rid of the paste. You just need to run it along the trail of ink - and it will disappear. When planning to get rid of stains, be sure to read the information that is on the label of your clothes. Otherwise, the product may deteriorate further.
Use only cold liquid to get rid of ink, otherwise the stain will fix.
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You can use ammonia and hydrogen peroxide to remove the paste from the pen. You need to do everything like this:
- Dip a cotton ball into the peroxide.
- Wipe off the soiled cloth.
- Take a glass of cold water, pour alcohol into it (one spoon is enough).
- Treat the contaminated area.
- Wash your clothes. The water should be cool.
It should be borne in mind that gel paste is more difficult to remove than roll-on, because it is absorbed into the fabric more quickly.
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If you want to remove ink from a blue, black pen, or a trace of a different color from the fabric, you can use acetic acid. In this case, you will also need to act in a specific order:
- Dampen a cotton ball with acetic acid.
- Apply it to the dirty area.
- Wait a little.
- Carry out a wash.
The ink from the blue pen can be removed quickly and easily. It is more difficult with red or black in this regard.
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Different fabrics
When trying to remove a stain from a fabric, consider the type of stain. For different types of materials, the most suitable are usually specific methods of getting rid of such contaminants.
The following options work very well for linen and cotton clothing:
- Getting rid of the paste from the pen by using hydrogen peroxide (mix with ammonia and water, soak a cotton ball in the resulting liquid and treat the contaminated area with it).
- Removal of ink with ammonia solution (5 ml per glass of water).
- Get rid of pen marks by using a stain remover.
- The use of warm sour milk.
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If a velvet robe gets dirty, the procedure should be as follows:
- Place the product in warm milk and leave it there for thirty minutes.
- Using detergents that are suitable for velvet fabrics, wash the stained item.
To remove ink from a wool sweatshirt or silk blouse, use a slurry of water and baking soda. You need to handle and wash such things as carefully as possible, otherwise they may be damaged.
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If you need to clean your denim at home, use salt, alcohol and laundry soap. You need to do this:
- Apply alcohol to the contaminated surface.
- Sprinkle salt on the surface.
- Wait fifteen minutes.
- Carry out a wash.
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You can get rid of ink by using vinegar essence. The recipe is as follows:
- Mix vinegar essence with water.
- Do not heat very much.
- Treat contamination with the resulting liquid.
- Wash the product.
If you need to remove traces of the paste from the handle from leather clothing, you should prepare the following products:
- hairspray (apply it to the dirty area and rinse it off);
- any means with alcohol (treat the contamination, wipe it off right away - these steps will need to be repeated until the result suits you);
- cosmetic cream (process the material, wait a few minutes, wash the contaminated area using soapy water).
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To clean the suede material from the traces of a gel or ballpoint pen, mix water and ammonia. Treat the product with this mixture, wipe the fabric using a napkin.
Remove ink stains from synthetics as carefully as possible. The structure of these fabrics can be damaged by solvents. If you are going to use such tools, you need to make sure that they do not harm the material. To do this, first treat an inconspicuous place and evaluate the result.
Laundry soap cannot harm synthetic materials. Such a tool is very suitable for getting rid of handle marks when it comes to synthetics.
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Each product has a specific effect on ink stains on fabric:
- Hydrogen peroxide helps to get rid of traces on white products as quickly and easily as possible.
- Whey and milk remove fresh dirt.
- Alcohol also works well with fresh ink.
- With bleach, stubborn dirt can be quickly removed.
- Hairspray dissolves the paste from the handle.
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Using the washing machine
You are unlikely to be able to remove ink with a washing machine by doing your regular wash. It is better to opt for the methods given above. After processing the fabric by hand, it will already be possible to use the washing machine. Washing should be done in cold or cool water.
Be sure to pay attention to the type of material. Check the information on the label - usually it indicates the optimal washing conditions for a particular fabric. For materials that are delicate (for example, knitwear, polyester, lycra, fleece, viscose), only certain modes are suitable.
Woolen garments are best hand washed for a few minutes and then machine washed.
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There are fabrics that cannot be machine washed: velor, cashmere, silk. Usually they are washed at a temperature of thirty to forty degrees, but it is better to first study the information indicated on the label.
There are a lot of methods for getting rid of ink stains on white things. There is no need to get upset and immediately throw out your favorite clothes - you can almost certainly save them. The main thing is to opt for the most suitable means and methods. Consider also the type of fabric, this nuance can be attributed to one of the most important.
You will learn more about how to remove ink from a pen from white clothes in the following video.