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Using Milk for Ink Stains

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Date: 07/26/2006 Topic: Cleaning > Stains  
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Ink stain on shirt? Use milk, pour the milk on the ink stain and wait for a minute or two then wash and hang up to dry (don't dry in dryer as it will set the stain. If ink stain is still there pour more milk on and wash again.

By Shirley Vinch from Fulton, NY

Editor's Note: We would love to hear some feedback about this tip. It seems funny that milk would get ink. Has anyone else tried this?
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By robyn230 (1) Profile Contact
Crazy to imagine it would work but I have used this method many times with success.

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By Cathy (Guest Post)
I had a pen leak in a pocket of a white shirt. I tried soaking it in milk repeatedly, and although the stain was not as dark, I still had to thrown the shirt out. From my experience, I will not do this again as it doesn't work.

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By anna12. (Guest Post)
I think that it works because milk is an emulsion--that is, it works because milk has some elements that attract both water and oil componants. Egg yolk is the same thing...will mix with both oil and water. Some inks have an oil-soluble base; therefore they would dissolve and be removed in milk, which could then be rinsed with water!!

Just a chemist weighing in on the situation...hope that makes sense. :)

Editor's Note: Thanks Anna, that makes sense.

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By Paula from Portugal (Guest Post)
Yes!! It works. I've done it several times and works every time... :)

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By cailifouhnofthemist (36) Profile Contact
this is a very old tip, i can remember when we used fountain pens in school, with bottled ink, if we got this on our dresses, my mother would soak them in milk, got the stain out everytime ... easier to spray the stain with hairspray INMO

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By wallflower (14) Contact

Wonder if the enzymens in the milk have anything to do with it?

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