Ink out of chef whites

dreamywings1

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

shandyclover

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.

honey

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?!

honey x

floss2

Or try an overnight soak in a bucket of Napisan - quite often getes things like curry or tomato-based stains out too

Butterfly_Brain

I have used milk to remove ink as well, it really does work

ANNEGEDDES

Loads of hairspray then blot it, then wash
as normal

poppyjane

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!

Jane x

cornishchick

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.

Anne_Marie_2

WD40 might help. Spray, leave for around 30 mins and then rinse.

Some more ideas
http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-Ink-from-Clothes