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Oxyclean to Remove Gel Ink Pen From Clothing

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Date: 10/26/2004 Topics: Cleaning > Clothing Stains | Old Categories > Cleaning  
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I accidently washed a blue gel pen in with a number of dark pieces of clothing. Not seeing the ink stains I even dried them in the dryer. Needless to say, I was ill when I saw 4 of my husbands favorite work shirts stained beyond repair, I thought. I tried alcohol, Goo gone, and Shout... nothing touched the stains.

I figured I'd get the ink out or die trying. I did it! With Oxyclean.... yep... I soaked them in hot water with double the amount of Oxyclean, overnight in the washer in HOT water. In the morning I finished filling the washer with hot water, and ran them through the cycle with detergent, as usual. AMAZING! There are NO stains left. I will be writing the company singing the praises of their product.

Vicki from OH
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Post By Laura Cleckler (Guest Post) (04/21/2008)
When my husband come home from work and he always got his clothes from printing ink all over his clothes and I have been tried on oxyclean with biz it still not work well. Can you feed back to me, If you do I'll appreciate that for all this feedback.

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Post by CamileGross (2) | (12/18/2007)
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My husband ran 2 new pairs of jeans, socks and a new shirt through the washer and the dryer when i went to unload the dryer I found the ink everywhere. We thought his clothes were ruined. I saw several people recommend Oxyclean. I washed the clothes in HOt water, I even heated 2 pots of water on the stove, not quite to boiling, with 1 cup of baking soda and 7 scoops of Oxyclean. I soaked and aggitated them for a bout 7 hours then washed them on hot water and everything came out clean. I couldn't believe it!

As for the dryer, I soaked 2 white cleaning towels in bleach water, then put them in the dryer on the hottest setting, the dryer looks new again. I tried the prefume ideas but didn't have any luck and it took too long. The towels were effective and easy I will do that to clean my dryer from now on every couple of months. Thank you to everyone's input.

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Post By Angela (Guest Post) (09/08/2007)
On the My Little Pony, try using the Mr. Clean Magic sponges. I've used on other vinyl type toys my daughter has and acquired. It worked quite well.

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Post By Sozan (Guest Post) (08/15/2007)
A gel ink pen accidentally got into the washer and of course I found ink stains on several items when I went to put them in the dryer. I made this mixture of Oxyclean, Era and Dawn dishwashing liquid in an old shout spray bottle. I soaked the spots thoroughly and let them sit for an hour or two, pre-washed then washed. Amazingly all have been saved BUT one. I have some ripstop pants that are 70% cotton/30% Nylon, they didn't come completely clean. They also had the worst staining. I have been repeating the treatment with them, so far three tries and it is still there, just a little less stain each time.

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Post By Terry in Illinois (Guest Post) (08/11/2007)
My son washed his jeans with a red Sharpie in his pocket. I was certain they were ruined; huge red blotches on the jeans. But I read this post and figured I had nothing to lose.

I soaked them in a small washer load of water and about 5-6 capfuls of Oxyclean for a couple hours, then ran the wash cycle. UNBELIEVABLE! The ink is completely gone. I am so totally amazed!

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Post By Lisa from Louisiana (Guest Post) (07/06/2007)
I thought this was me writing in. I am going to try this as soon as I get home! Thanks a bunch.

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Post by Abbi_Cakes (1) | (06/27/2007)
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I soaked my clothes for at least 6 hrs 2 nights in a row trying to get the ink out. I used 2 scoops of oxyclean in hot water- it didn't work. I'm using the oxyclean free (w/o the dyes and fragrance). I don't know if that has made the difference, or what, but i'm going to try the paste next. I'll let you know how that goes.

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Post By kk (Guest Post) (05/03/2007)
smart but how do i get a get a black stain out of my FAVORITE grey sweater i think its an ink stain!?

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Post by Julie Rowe (3) | (01/15/2007)
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Another great trick to get out "ink" from clothing or inside your dryer, carpet, etc., HAIRSPRAY! It works! Try it sometime, the ink will immediately break down and wash away.

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Post By Krista (Guest Post) (10/12/2006)
I accidentally left a gel pen in the back pocket of dark colored pants. At first I didn't notice anything, but when I pulled out some of the lighter colored clothes; at least one of them was ruined and several stained; or so I thought. I found this site and followed your directions of hot water/oxyclean soaking and washed the next next day in regular temperature water and every stain was gone!!! Thanks for the help.....

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Post By kerri (Guest Post) (10/11/2006)
i am gonna try this--hope it works- my daughter is soooooo mad that her dad left his pen in his pocket and ruined her pink camo jeans in the wash!! i will let you all know if it works!

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Post By Jo (Guest Post) (10/10/2006)
My son recently left a ball point pen in the pocket of his cargo pants. I didn't notice it until I took the clothes out of the dryer. There was ink on those pants as well as my daughter's nice jeans and my jeans. I thought they were ruined but used the Oxyclean and the ink is gone. I used 10 scoops of the Oxyclean in a half tank of hot water in my washer overnight. In the morning I ran hot water to fill the washer and added detergent. Everything came out!!!

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Post By (Guest Post) (09/19/2006)
I accidentally put white clothes in the dryer with a pen in my sons jeans pocket..there were pen marks on everything..I soaked all of the clothes in oxyclean and hot water for a couple of hours and all the pen marks came out...amazing!

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Post By melanie (Guest Post) (09/16/2006)
where do you get oxyclean??? HURRY my moms gonna kill me if she see's i got pen all over her new white shirt.

Editor's Note: It is available at most grocery stores in the laundry section. Also it's available at WalMart. There are some other oxygen cleaners also with slightly different names that should work.

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Post By Cliff (Guest Post) (08/28/2006)
I also accidently washed a black gel pen in with a number of pieces of clothing. Not seeing the ink stains I even dried them in the dryer.... I tried your suggestion to use Oxyclean and NO LUCK... Oxyclean DID NOT REMOVE the gel ink stains.

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Post By Denys (Guest Post) (07/29/2006)
I had gel ink all over a pair of rather expensive shorts The pen leaked in the pocket I thought they were ruined I soaked them in OxyClean Stain Remover and put a paste of a little extra right on the stain---overnight in a plastic wastebasket full of hot water OxyClean took ALL of the gel ink out I was amazed PS no more gel pens in pockets!

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Post By Rachel (Guest Post) (06/24/2006)
I heard someone say something about making a paste out of the Oxyclean and it worked. How might you come about making this paste?

Editor's Note: Take a small amount of oxyclean in a saucer and add a little water, mix into a paste. Apply the paste. This also works very well for cleaning spots from countertops.

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Post By Pony lover (Guest Post) (05/01/2006)
I recently acquired a My Little Pony that had been marked on with what is definitely gel ink. Nothing is taking it off, not even goo-gone. Will oxyclean work on plastic without damaging it further?

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Post By kristina (Guest Post) (03/24/2006)
i got gold gel pen on my brand new baby blue swin suit and i dont know if it is going to come out, wut do u think?

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Post By jackei (Guest Post) (01/27/2006)
you can buy oxyclean at linen n things and bed bath and beyond.

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Post By help..! (Guest Post) (11/20/2005)
i'm having a disaster with a black and white shirt and when i tried to soak it (just the white parts), but of course the black spread over to the white..! i'm trying to find out if oxyclean will work on it.. but i have no idea if i should soak the whole thing, or just the white parts, or scrub it as a paste.. if anyone knows anything about this, please help!! Million thx!!!

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Post By jim Hartig (Guest Post) (11/19/2005)
Nope, didn't remove ink from my shirt! Soaked it overnight even!

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Post By Phil (Guest Post) (10/23/2005)
I NEED HELP! MY CLOTHES ARE RUINED!:'( INK ALL OVER MY CLOTHES!!!

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Post By Bill Moody (Guest Post) (10/08/2005)
I had a gel pen leak on a new pair of Dockers and tried the Oxyclean suggestion. After soaking over night and washing the next morning the stain was faded but still there. My wife then made a paste out of the oxyclean and left on the Dockers for a short while and bingo the stain was completely gone.

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Post By Jamie (Guest Post) (10/08/2005)
Does it work in the dryer too?

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Post By Brandi Pettit (Guest Post) (09/21/2005)
My mother recently passed down to me her thirty year- old glass bread tubes with metal racks. Anyone who bakes homemade bread knows that these tubes are nearly impossible to find. The glass tubes were brown, and covered in thirty years worth of grease and baked- on grime. My mother had scrubbed these tubes with SOS pads, lucky boy scrubbers, everything. After soaking the tubes in very hot water and two scoops of Oxyclean, the tubes were completely spotless and shiny again! Thank you so much!!!

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Post By donielle (Guest Post) (08/25/2005)
are you using regular oxyclean? black gel pen and have dried the clothes. gonna give it a shot .

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Post By Chuck (Guest Post) (07/25/2005)
This worked 100 % I could hardly belive my eyes.

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Post By C.B. Frock (Guest Post) (05/04/2005)
I've see Oxyclean at most chain groceries and drug stores now.

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Post By Kathy (Guest Post) (04/29/2005)
Oh, I can not EVER say enough about Oxyclean - time and time again I have been able to get stains out that I thought werent going NOWHERE (even post-drying like the above post mentioned).

I don't use it in my laundry but I do use it for stain... two scoops in a sink of extremely hot water - let it soak about 4 hours - and wa-la!

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Post By Fratley (Guest Post) (04/12/2005)
Where is Oxyxlean sold? I reemember seeing it from an infomercial. Any stores that anyone can recommend?

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Post By Ariel McRobbie (Guest Post) (03/10/2005)
When me and my friends were doing our science project we purposely poured red wine on a washcloth.We got other cleaners and did the same. Oxyclean was the only cleaner that got the stain out. That same night I got sauce and mud all over me. My mom was mad as ever but, Oxyclean got it out. The washclothes I was telling you about were white too.

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Post By sarah (Guest Post) (01/06/2005)
Science fair project and I tried it and it didn't work. I sat all night and it work and it didn't even work. Then I tried oxyclean and then it came out instantly.

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Post By Carleen (Guest Post) (11/29/2004)
Wow,was that a great tip. I was carrying a printer and somehow,the ink had leaked an was all over the bottom of my green(brand new) tee shirt. I did just as was suggested and could see the ink literally pour out of the shirt. Thank you

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Post By Connie (Guest Post) (10/26/2004)
Oxyclean is great for many things but be sure to dilute it real well. I made a pasty mix and cleaned a spot on my husbands shirt pocket and put it immediately in the washer but it bleached the spot slightly. Great product but use with caution.

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