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Felt tip pens +kids clothes

Zziggi
Zziggi Posts: 2,485 Forumite
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Children returned from granny's house this evening with felt tip pen all over themselves and their clothes. :mad: Just about managed to scrub them clean now just their clothes..... any ideas please?

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  • elona
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    Surf is pretty good or else a "Stain Devil" just for felt tips.
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  • arkonite_babe
    arkonite_babe Posts: 7,360 Forumite
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    I tend to soak things like this in a solution of warm, not hot water and washing soda. Then I scrub it with vanish stain remover bar before putting in to wash.

    Hope this helps!
  • Zziggi
    Zziggi Posts: 2,485 Forumite
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    elona wrote:
    Surf is pretty good or else a "Stain Devil" just for felt tips.

    thanks for that. And of course surf has the '99 stains guarantee'

    *runs to check to see if felt pen stains are one of the 99 stains*
  • Zziggi
    Zziggi Posts: 2,485 Forumite
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    arkonite_babe wrote:
    I tend to soak things like this in a solution of warm, not hot water and washing soda. Then I scrub it with vanish stain remover bar before putting in to wash.

    Hope this helps!

    thanks. is washing soda also called soda crystals?
  • arkonite_babe
    arkonite_babe Posts: 7,360 Forumite
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    Yes that's the one!
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