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Tide Solution for Ink Stains posted by Tide
Carefully apply rubbing alcohol to spot. Use paper towels to absorb stain. 1) Pretreat using Tide® Liquid. Pour Tide on to cover stain and let set for 20 minutes. 
2) Wash in warm water with 1 use of Tide. Try Tide® Bleach Alternative.
3) If stain remains, repeat steps before drying. Before treating any garment, refer to the instructions on the care label. Always test solution on a hidden area first. If treating washable silk or wool, follow basic instructions, but hand wash.
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Hand sanitizer to the rescue!posted by Linda Evans

Try plain rubbing alcohol (or hand sanitizer) on an ink stain. Rub with WHITE towel, cloth, paper towel.--NEVER use brown paper towels! Repeat as necessary. Then, pretreat, wash, do not dry until you are satisfied that ink stain is removed. (NEVER dry a stained item until you are satisfi

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Hairspray magicposted by Jafaf

Hairspray is the one that works great !! Try it with the tide spot pen treatment ,.. It will fade away like magic .. ( enaho la s7r)

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Got milk?posted by Amy Muller

Soaking your ink-stained garment in a bowl of milk actually works. Mostly. I tried it once and it faded part of the stain and completely removed part of the stain. So it wasn't perfect, but I'm not sure if there's a perfect stain solution for ink. Would love to hear it if there is.

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Shout it out! Oxiclean and zout! An inkpen that got mixed in with a load of laundry got ink all over my clothes! But with oxiclean and zout all the ink dissapeared.posted by Sylvia

An inkpen that got mixed in with a load of laundry got ink all over my clothes! But with oxiclean and zout all the ink dissapeared.

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Acetone or any sovent but is really hard on clothes, great for work clothesposted by Aric

Really hard on clothes so be careful

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Try Hairsprayposted by sheri

I've heard hairspray works great on ink stains. Blot with a paper towel.

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Ink Removal from Clothing Without the Messposted by Michelle M. Guilbeau-Sheppard

1. Spray ink stain with hairspray, making sure to saturate.
2. Blot at the ink stain with a clean, white rag.
3. Repeat process multiple times and ink stain should lighten up more each time.
4. Use Tide to Go stain remover on stained area.
5. Wash clothing

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Erase Inkposted by Melissa

Saturate the fabric with an alcohol-based hair spray, but be sure to place a paper towel under the stain so the ink doesn't spread. Blot the ink until it is gone

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Sure-Fire Removal for Ink, Crayon, or Sharpie Stainsposted by Busy Mom of Many

For ink or sharpie or crayon stains:

1. Do NOT rub area, it will only spread the stain worse.

2. Apply WD-40 directly onto stain. Set aside for the WD-40 to do its magic. Allow to rest for 10 minutes.

3. Blot (do not rub) with clean white clo

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chasing away the ink villianposted by jennifer walsh

spray ink stain throughly with aerosol hairspray.
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next put item in washer with one of tides stain remove packs

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Hairspray. Not only for great curls!!posted by Dona Rae Esau-Sogbandi

Spray the "ink" area with hairspray. Cover with liquid Tide and let set for any length of time. Wash.

If ink doesn't come out, repeat without drying in the dryer.

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