Ink Stain Removal - How to Remove Ink Stains

Contrary to popular belief, soaking an ink stained fabric in hot water will not dissolve and dissipate the ink, but set it more firmly into the fabric making "ink stain removal" almost impossible.
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marylynn haagen how about removing magic marker stains on a concrete driveway? 9/26/2009
Thanks for help Gel ink pen. Caught it after washer, before dryer.

Rubbing Alcohol with clean white hand/gym towels worked great on most of the stains. Garments included kacki shorts (toughest to get ink out of weave), no iron slacks, white and dark t-shirts, and polo shirt.

I tried oxyclean on one tshirt and it worked somewhat. But the alcohol worked much better on this ink. However, I think rinsed one towel in alcohol and water till white again. The other had a weave that held on to the ink better. I used oxyclean on that to soak overnight. Results later.		 8/17/2009
Jill Marie The hairspray you recommend using works because of the alcohol in the spray. I've always used, and had great success with, straight rubbing alcohol. Whether the stain was wet or dry, on clothing, carpet or walls, the rubbing alcohol has always worked well for me. If I find that I need to use this trick and am out of alcohol, I use the hairspray (as you do) or I will use a baby wipe that has alcohol in it. 12/30/2008
Jennifer wow thanks i spilled ink on my sweater today but this really works! 6/19/2008
Vezza I had an ink stain that went through the dryer before it was discovered. I tried everything to remove this stain short of paint remover. Finally I went to my old standby, Lestoil. I dipped a toothbrush into the Lestoil and started scrubbing, the stain that hadn't budged, not even with bleach (white T-shirt material) started vanishing before my eyes. When I had gotten out as much as possible I threw it in the washer and washed on cold water. The ink was completely gone. 6/4/2008
Robert Thanks for the advice. I badly stained my shirt today, so I need to try to get that stain out. And Kevin, you're cute. 1/10/2008
Lois I have a Bible that has ink on some of the page's, it is covering some of the words on the pages, how would I get the ink out without removing the words in the Bible. 12/23/2007
chandler bang THIS WAS NOT HELPFUL!!!!!! 3/14/2007
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