I'm the king of ink stains. Maybe it's because I'm a writer, maybe it's because I'm careless. Regardless, I get ink on everything. Usually it's only my hands but every now and then I see little blue stains on my sweatshirt sleeves or my jeans.
The other night I discovered a fresh stain on the back of my jeans just above the ankle. Yes, on the back. I don't have an explanation for this one. It could have happened on the train on my way home from school, but I can't be sure.
A tried and true method for removing stains of nearly any kind from nearly any fabric is Fels-Naptha soap. It's good. Really good. Maybe too good. I used it on my latest ink blurp and while it didn't do much for the ink, go figure, it stripped the blue from my blue jeans. Here's proof.
Ever wonder why the instructions on stain removers tell you to "test it in an inconspicuous spot for colorfastness?" Well, now you know why. What's crazy is these jeans are more than a year old and have been washed numerous times. That's some seriously heavy duty stain removing soap! I still have to work out that ink. Anyone have suggestions?
1 comment:
This really works--I've done it many times. Soak the ink stain in hairspray before washing.
It even got a huge ink stain out of my white dryclean only suit. Good luck!
Ashley O.
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