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How do I get pink pen ink off my dryer drum?
WD 40 or Goo Gone. Make sure the room is ventilated and rinse off when done.
I have gotten ball point ink on my dryer as I left a pen in my jeans. It went through the wash. Do you have a solution for getting the horrible stain off?
By June HN from Courtenay B.C. Canada
Use an old rag and acetone nail polish remover. It comes right off but make sure after you get all the ink off to take a different rag with soapy water. Make sure to get all of the acetone off and let the drier air dry.
How do I remove ink from inside a dryer drum?
By Cyndi D.
This happened to me several years ago when my son left a pen in his pocket. I used paint remover and hair spray. I put it on a rag (separately) and scrubbed and scrubbed. (Be careful not to stick your head inside the dryer while you work or you will be essentially using "paint sniffing" drugs.) Then I washed out the paint remover with more rags with soap and water on them.
How do I get ink out of the dryer?
By WMAST from Capitol Heights, MD
I take a paper towel and rubbing alcohol. This does the trick for me.
How do I remove inks stains from the dryer? I was able to remove the ink from the sides of the drum but not the back!
By Vickie
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I dried an ink pen with a load of clothes. I need to know how to get it out of the dryer. Thanks for any help.
After a pen exploded in our dryer I used a combination that excludes finger nail polish remover. Try Awesome, a liquid cleaner, with some cleaning eraser pads.
How do I remove gel pen ink stains from clothes dryer?
How can I get ink out of my dryer? It's all over the dryer drum.
I want to know how to remove dried ink from the dryer drum.
I recently washed and dried a pen in a my husband's pants pocket. Needless to say, the dryer was filled with spots of ink. A friend suggested, I soak some all white towels in bleach, ring them out, and run the dryer through a cycle or two.
An ink pen exploded in the dryer. I cannot remove the ink stains from the dryer.
My husband's work jacket had a blue ink pen in it. He forgot to take it out. I never checked and now I need to find out how I can get my dryer ink free.
Recently my nephew washed his clothes with his back pack. As usual he left them in the washer.
Is it safe to use alcohol in your dryer to get pen ink stains out?
How do you remove pen ink from your clothes dryer? Hubby said it will not hurt anything else as it is baked on, but I am afraid it will.
How do I get blue ink out off the walls of a clothes dryer?
I need help removing ink from a dryer. I give high marks for the suggestion of nail polish remover and Mr Clean eraser pad.
Help! I had a pen get loose in the dryer.
I had an ink pen explode in dryer. I tried acetone last night, it helped but there is still light blue everywhere.
I mistakenly washed and dried an ink pen. I have in on some clothing and the dryer has ink all over the drum.