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Ink out of chef whites
dreamywings1
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Help please........ My son has washed and dried his chef whites but he didnt check his pockets. He has washed them with a blue pen so his whites are now covered in ink stains.......... Is there a way to get the stains out or are they ruined? TIA
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I remember a colleague treating a blouse stained with ball point pen by soaking it in milk! This was about 20 years ago but because it was so unusual it stuck out to me, a quick google might reveal more. If not there is a 'Stain Devil' esp. for ball point pen stains, usually found in Wilco's etc.No buying unnecessary toiletries 2014. Epiphany on 4/4/14 - went into shop to buy 2 items, walked out with 17!0
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Hiya,
Hairspray removes ink stains. Spray quite heavily with hairspray and then wash as normal, I had to do this yesterday as my son and a friend had a pen fight :cool: as you do?!
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Or try an overnight soak in a bucket of Napisan - quite often getes things like curry or tomato-based stains out too
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I have used milk to remove ink as well, it really does workBlessed are the cracked for they are the ones that let in the light
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Loads of hairspray then blot it, then wash
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The biro stain devil is pretty rubbish. There was a relatively small mark on my daughter's school top, and it took 3 goes and a lot of rubbing/waiting to shift it. I wouldn't want to tackle a large area with it, and frankly wish I'd just chucked the top in soda crystals like my gut instinct told me to!!! :mad:
Good luck!
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Hubby had a cup full of ink stains, filled it with milk, left over night and all the stains gone, milk was a lovely blue colour . Haven't tried it on clothes though.today's mood is brought to you by coffee, lack of sleep and idiots.
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WD40 might help. Spray, leave for around 30 mins and then rinse.
Some more ideas
http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-Ink-from-Clothes0
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