Request: Ink on Clothes that Have Been Dried
Archived on 09/10/2009
I washed my husband's uniforms and I got green ink all over them. Then I dried them and forgot the pen was in there. So how do I get it out?
By shebes from Goodyear, AZ
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Use spray hairspray (not the pump type). Spray directly on the ink spots. The ink will bleed further (that means it is working). Rinse out with cool water. One time should work. Good luck. (08/06/2009)
By Andzie
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The hairspray you need to use is AquaNet. My sister left a pen in her lab pocket (which was washed and dried), and my mother and I tried the hairspray method only to find out that it is something that is in the AquaNet hair spray that is not in others we tried. There may be other hairsprays, but that's the one that worked for us.
Wet the stain, apply hair spray generously, work it in with your fingers and rinse. It may have to be repeated a couple of times, and it looks like it's spreading all over the place as it dissipates, but it does work. Then wash it with a little soap to get the hair spray out. Hope it works for green ink, ours was regular ball point pen blue. (08/11/2009)
By cremrnc
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Request: Ink on Clothes that Have Dried
Archived on 08/04/2009
My cleaning girl washed an entire load of laundry and dried it in the dryer missing the ink pen that broke all over the laundry. I need a soak of some sort to get the ink out of the load of laundry consisting of cotton dress shirts. I have tried to spot treat some of the stains with alcohol, toothpaste, Dawn dish detergent, and hairspray.
Nothing is working. And even if it did, it would take forever to spot treat each stain. Can someone give me a remedy to this dilemma? I really love these shirts.
By Gail from Coral Springs, FL
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I had that happen once to a white nursing uniform and Carbona formula for ink got it out with a lot of work. I find it in the dye section of the supermarket. It has worked for me 50% of the time so I guess it depends on the ink itself, but with the white uniform it took several applications. It looked brand new when I was done. (03/24/2009)
By momma2many
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Buy Goo Gone from Target, this is my life saver. My husband is a police officer and is always washing and drying his clothes with not only pens, but gum too. This has never failed for me. I spray on the Goo Gone and leave it for about 10 minutes, then I wash it. You may have to do this more than once.
This has even worked on washed and dried laundry with thick ink stains. Like I said, it may take more than once and a little scrubbing, but if I had not discovered Goo Gone my husband would have ruined hundreds of dollars of clothes by now. Oh, I forgot to mention Goo Gone also gets out the chap stick my husband washes in the laundry too. So it works for oil stains, chap stick, and washed and dried on ink stains. Good luck. (03/30/2009)
By rudolf13
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Wow, unbelievable. I tried everything to get out dried ink on my new cranberry, cotton red shortie jacket. It was expensive and I just about cried. The fingernail polish remover with acetone worked. It didn't even take any color out. Thanks.
From Polly (08/01/2009)
By leslie-caron
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Request: Ink on Clothes that Have Dried
Archived on 03/24/2009
I had washed some clothes and after they were put in the dryer and were dried, I noticed that a pen was in the dryer. Now my whites have ink stains set in. Is there anything that I can do to get the ink out?
Misty from Ohio
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I just started using this new Spray n' Wash that has oxy clean in it. It has two sides that combine when you squirt it on. I have gotten stains out of clothes that have been washed multiple times. It works really well. I spray it on and let it sit over night. You can see it fizzing and the stain just disappears. It is great and worth a a try. (08/01/2007)
By Molissa
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You didn't say what type of ink pen it was. If it's ball-point ink, the only way I know is to take a cool dryer & spray hairspray inside on the ink spots (this works best with ball point ink). Then after it has sat a few seconds, wipe it out with paper towels.
I also know they make a commercial ink remover. I had a friend who bought Sears guarantee plan when they bought a lounge recliner, their 8 year old wrote all over it with ball point pen. Well, the company Sears hired came out & cleaned that whole chair with a rag & a spray ink cleaner & EVERY BIT of that ink came out. It was truly amazing. The guy said they sell that stuff, so Google "Commercial Ink Remover" or "Janitor Supplies".
(08/01/2007)
By Cyinda
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My husband got ink stains out of the clothes by putting pine sol on the stains.
(10/09/2007)
By Terry W
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Nail polish remover also gets ink out of the dryer easily. (11/18/2007)
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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 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 agitated them for a about 7 hours then washed them in 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 perfume 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. (12/18/2007)
By CamileGross
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Rubbing Alcohol works better than hairspray, just an FYI. (01/06/2008)
By Stephanie
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Shout is the best stain remover for clothing. Just spray some on the areas, let it sit for 2-3 mins, and then stick it in the washer at normal stetting (warm water). If it doesn't come out the first time, second times will always work. I did it for all of my five kids and it works great! (04/02/2008)
By Florida
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Lennon's WITDULCIES works wonders. (07/05/2008)
By Mich
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WOW, thanks everyone. I used OxiClean (4-6 scoops and rewashed twice) and some OxiClean stain spray as well. Almost All the ink was removed. The towels soaked in bleach water was an awesome idea for the dryer. (07/08/2008)
By joe
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On clothes that have ink stains and have been laundered, I spray some hairspray on them and then pour some rubbing alcohol on. Then I take an old toothbrush and scrub the ink out. I have used this method twice and it worked each time! (09/15/2008)
By Windy
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I just heard a pen rolling around in the dryer, and went to discover ink all over my husband and my khakis. I am hoping to remove the ink with the tips I have just learned about. Thanks for such a great site with advice on how to get it out. I thought I was 60 bucks down the drain.
(09/24/2008)
By Leann
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I experimented and I found that acetone works like a charm. The pen ink wipes right off.
(11/09/2008)
By becca
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Thanks a million for the suggestions on removing the ink. I am so grateful for this site, the products and all of you who made suggestions. Might I add the items that were stained with ink were my sons basketball uniform that was just purchased by the school which had only been worn by him once. I used the hairspray and rubbing alcohol first. Then I soaked the clothing in Oxi-clean and the SA8. It looks perfect! (12/03/2008)
By Shari
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My husband is in the Army and he washed a load of his uniforms with a couple pairs of jeans. He left a pen in the uniform and it exploded on the jeans in the dryer. I thought I would have to buy new jeans but I used an old toothbrush, dabbed rubbing alcohol on the jeans, did a pre-scrub, then dabbed liquid laundry detergent and scrubbed again. It worked wonders.
(01/02/2009)
By Andrea
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Wash off the stains with "OFF". It worked wonders in my dryer and on my uniforms, even after going through a drying cycle. (01/31/2009)
By Joey
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Request: Ink on Clothes that Have Dried
Archived on 07/31/2007
A pen exploded in my dryer and on several articles of clothing.How do I remove it now that the clothes have dried with the ink on them?
Daniela from New York
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RE: Ink on Clothes that Have Dried
Cheap hairspray is great for taking ink out of clothes. Saturate the ink stains with hair spray, let stand for a while, then treat with pretreatment stuff. (I just use my own homemade laundry soap.) Hope this helps! (09/05/2004)
By tchr4hm
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I don't know if this will work since the clothes have already dried, but it's worth a try. Two suggestions: first try spraying hairspray (any brand) on the ink & relaundering. If this doesn't work Amway makes a wonderful stain/spot remover solution called SA8 Solutions PreWash. This gets out more stains than I ever thought imaginable - including lipstick. It comes in two formulas aerosol spray & liquid. I use the liquid because it lasts longer than the aerosol spay (a bottle lasts me almost a year). This is a petroleum based product & that makes it different than most stain removers you can by at the store. Good luck! (09/07/2004)
By Leslie
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Try using hair spray. (09/24/2004)
By Stacey
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There is a great stain remover called "Zout" that has removed ink on my clothes. I use it regularly on baby clothes. (09/24/2004)
By Oscar
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Thanks to anyone that gave me the suggestion on "how to remove ink from a clothes dryer" i soaked some old rags in clorox and water and squeezed out the solution just a little and put the rags in the dryer and after two complete cycles, all the ink was gone. It was wonderful. Most of all, i had tried everything and this was the only thing that worked.
Jackie From Tennessee (05/26/2005)
By ThriftyFun
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I know the feeling about pens blowing in the dryer. I just did it. All over my work uniforms. Nice! Now I have some ideas to get the ink out Thanks All!! (06/05/2006)
By Jen
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