I have had several ink stains since my toddler has discovered pens. One was on my fabric covered footstool. She wrote all over it. I looked for how to get the stains out and found this, ehow.com.
While it gives great instructions, the best one I found for me was in the comments section. One person used dishwasher detergent. It doesn’t matter what kind. (Although I did ruin a shirt of my daughters because the particular brand I used had bleach in it, so stay away from that if you have colored fabric.) However, on my green footstool which is color safe I assume, it came out like magic. I wet the stain with water, put a dab of detergent on my finger and rubbed it in. With no effort it came right out. Then I rinsed it again and soaked it up. It was good as new! It saved my footstool, because I was ready to throw it out.
That’s FANTASTIC! I have ink on some sheets. I’m going to check it out!
Thanks for the great tip…………whilst this has YET to happen to me, it is a tip I will keep for future references. I am all for things having more than one purpose instead of buying too many things ie stain remover when dishwasher detergent will do!
I always heard that hairspray was the best for getting out ink. Of course, I rarely have hairspray on hand. Thanks for this tip!