How to remove pen ink from clothes?

A pen is a necessary item at home, at school or at work. But many schoolchildren or office workers are familiar with the situation when this thing, left in the pocket, flows, soiling clothes with ink. The logical question arises, how to get rid of the stain quickly and effectively. And this can be done in many ways.

Removing a stain that formed a couple of minutes ago is easier than an old one:

• First you need to make sure that the pollution does not increase, spreading over the fabric. It is necessary to immediately sprinkle talc or baby powder on the affected area, you can also use starch (they will prevent the ink from eating into the fabric structure). After a couple of minutes, blot the stain with a napkin or towel.
• If you have a stain remover at home, it is better to use it. To do this, apply the product to the contamination, wait about fifteen minutes, then dip the item in cold water and wash it with a regular powder. Now in stores you can buy a stain remover in the form of an eraser that effectively removes ink from clothes. To do this, rub the contaminated and pre-wetted area with a pencil until foam forms.After fifteen minutes, the solution is washed off with water.

• Many people have ammonia or medical alcohol at home, which will turn out to be a worthy alternative to stain removers. You need to wet a cotton pad with an alcohol solution, apply it to the ink stain and wait about two minutes, then change the cotton and repeat the same. No need to rub the pollution, it will turn pale anyway under the action of the applied cotton wool with alcohol. After that, the item must be washed in the usual way.
• To remove marks from a fountain pen, you can use food. Milk or lemon is not difficult to find in the refrigerator. You just need to pour warm milk or lemon juice on the contamination. Then you should wait about ten to fifteen minutes, after which you should start washing the thing.

• You can remove ink stains with warm glycerine. It is necessary to apply it to the pollution, the fabric under it will soften, after which the clothes must be washed. To prevent glycerin from leaving a mark on things, ammonia can be added to it.
• In addition to the pen, printing ink can stain clothes. The important thing here is to get rid of stains while they are fresh. You can use hairspray. The agent is sprayed onto the contamination, then a cloth is applied to it. The procedure is repeated until the ink is completely gone. And only then the thing can be washed.

It is more difficult to clean an old stain than a fresh one, but still there are ways:

• For colored clothes, turpentine and ammonia are suitable. A mixture is prepared from these components, to which glycerin is added. This solution removes an old stain within two hours. The item must be washed after the procedure.
• Hydrogen peroxide can be mixed with ammonia instead of turpentine (in equal proportions). This solution is added to warm water, into which the contaminated item is immersed for several hours. Then the clothes are washed with the addition of powder and (if necessary) bleach.
• To quickly remove an old ink stain from a synthetic or silk fabric, ordinary kefir, which is easy to find in the refrigerator, will help. It must be warm. Either it is applied to the stain, or the whole thing is soaked in it. Such a tool works for three hours, after which the clothes are rinsed and washed in a typewriter or by hand.

Pen ink can be wiped off clothes not only with the help of professional stain removers, but also using home remedies. So, you should not immediately run to the dry cleaners, but you should try to cope on your own. It is important to know the type of fabric on which the stain has appeared in order to choose the right cleaning agent:

• For cotton (for example, T-shirts), an alcohol solution is suitable, which is gently soaked in the fabric until the stain brightens. After that, the thing must be washed. To remove a stain from a denser cotton fabric (for example, from a men's shirt), hydrogen peroxide and ammonia will help. They are mixed in equal proportions.
• Remove pollution with silk a suit blouse or sweater can be done with kefir or sour milk. They must be preheated and applied to the stain. Milk can also remove stains from velvet fabrics. Another option for silk is baking soda. She carefully handles the tissue structure without destroying it.

• Remove stains with jeans or with a denim jacket is quite problematic, one wash is not limited here. To do this, you need a brush with laundry soap. Its foam is applied to the contaminated area, then carefully rubbed with a brush. This method is suitable for complex spots. If it is small, then you can try to get by with a cotton pad dipped in alcohol.
• Get rid of the ink from a leather thing (such as pants or bags) can be salted. It is poured in a thick layer on the pollution and left for forty-eight hours, then shaken off with a sponge soaked in turpentine.
• If the fabric is not colored, but white, then the method with acetic acid is suitable here, which must be applied to a cotton swab and wipe the stain for five minutes. You can use soda with water, as well as peroxide with alcohol.

To wash the paste from a ballpoint pen, you can use improvised means:

• Well, in this case, toothpaste works. It is applied to the stain, then removed after a few minutes. It is only desirable that the toothpaste be white, otherwise the color will be more difficult to wash off.
• For any fabric (but not white), the method of removing ink with lemon juice is suitable. It is applied to pollution, then the thing is erased.
• You can use shaving cream. He is great at fighting ink blots on clothes.You just need to apply it to the contaminated area, wait a while, then rinse the item.
• A good way is to use alcohol with acetone. These two ingredients are mixed in equal amounts. The mixture must be heated and applied to a gauze cloth. Through it, a place with an ink blot needs to be ironed thoroughly.

Removing stains from a gel pen is more difficult than from a ballpoint pen, especially if the stain has appeared for a long time:

• You can use citric acid. It is poured on contamination from a leaky colored or blue pen and is valid for thirty to forty minutes, after which the clothes are washed in a machine or by hand.
• In the arsenal of every girl there is definitely a nail polish remover. This useful tool can not only remove nail polish, but also eliminate the ink stain that has formed due to the gel pen. To do this, you need to apply liquid to the contaminated area, only the clothes must first lie on a damp cloth so that the stain subsequently passes to it. Then the clothes are washed in lukewarm water.

• If the stain is small and not too deep, then you can try to scrub it with laundry soap, and then wash the item with cold water.

If you do not want to resort to dry cleaning services, you should arrange dry cleaning of things at home. With this procedure, you can remove any stains, including ink, without resorting to the use of water. The fabric is not deformed, which is a significant advantage of this type of cleaning. Means for this procedure can be both chemical and natural. It all depends on personal preference:

• One of the most popular dry cleaning stain removers is the Minutka gel stain remover. It is applied to the contaminated area, dries, and the powder is removed. It is inexpensive.
• Another Woolite gel that removes stains on woolen, knitted and even delicate fabrics. It does not have an aggressive composition, so the thing after using this gel will not shed. This tool is suitable for both colored and white things.
• The next tool is an aerosol and is called "K2r". It is sprayed on the fabric, and with its help all stains, including ink, will dissolve.
• As for natural dry cleaning products, here you can use tape. It's great for removing stains from leather. Soda or starch is also suitable.
• If ink stains have appeared on fur things, then you can try to wipe them off with heated sand. It must be poured into places of contamination.
• If the stain is firmly ingrained, gasoline will come to the rescue. But before using it, you need to protect your hands with rubber gloves and move away from places of ignition. But still, this is a radical method of dry cleaning, and it is needed only when other methods have not helped.

So that your favorite thing does not deteriorate, and the work of wiping ink is not in vain, some recommendations should be taken into account:

• You need to take into account the type of handle, because cleaning methods will vary. Ink from ordinary fountain pens is the easiest to remove (there is enough soap here), but contamination from ballpoint and gel counterparts requires more effort. Removing blue ink will take less time than cleaning black or red.
• Before you begin to clean the stain, you first need to blot it with a napkin or toilet paper so that excess moisture is absorbed into them, and not smeared when cleaning on the fabric. Wiping off the dirt without first removing the moisture will cause it to become even larger than it was originally.
• Also, so that the ink does not spread, you can use an ordinary melted candle. The area around the stain is circled with a cotton swab, the paraffin is absorbed into the fabric, and the ink subsequently does not spread over the product.
• Many housewives, at the sight of a fresh stain from a pen on clothes, immediately begin to wash the product, and then are surprised that the pollution has not disappeared.

• Bleach can be added to light-colored items, but it can discolor colored items, so use this product with caution. If the selected bleach contains acids, then you need to carefully monitor the exposure time and read the instructions, otherwise a hole will form at the site of the stain.
• If water is needed to prepare the product, then it should not be hot, otherwise you can not only spoil the structure of the fabric, but also aggravate the situation with the stain (it will eat into the material even stronger and deeper).
• After choosing a product, you should not use it immediately, you should first test it on a separate section of the product or a fabric flap (usually they are attached to clothes upon purchase). This is necessary so that the thing does not deteriorate under the influence of the cleaning solution. Some of them are quite aggressive and can damage the fabric.

• Solvents must be handled carefully, they can change color and negatively affect the structure of the fabric, for this a few drops of the solvent are tested on a separate small area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe fabric and only then applied to the entire area of ​​​​contamination.
• If after removing the ink stains on the clothes there are traces of stains, then they can be washed off with a simple soap.
• In extreme cases, you can turn to dry cleaning services, where professionals can remove even the most difficult ink stains. Just before that, you should not try to treat the stains yourself, otherwise the dry cleaner may not accept this item.

For information on how to remove ink from white clothes, see the following video.