How do you get this out of clothes?

Question

My boyfriend started workin' at Press where they print off papers and such. He got ink all over his clothes. How can he get the ink out and if he can't now, how can he for future reference?

Answer 1

hair spray...the kind with laquer in it. it works really well, spray it and then rinse and spray again till ink is gone..I worked as a graphic artist for the newspaper and was always bumping into the ink spots people left in places it shouldnt be...hope it helps.

Answer 2

I usually have great success wiping off a fresh stain with baby wipes. They will get pretty much any kind of stain out.
If it's not a fresh stain, I use Oxy Clean.
Here's how I do it:
I pour *very hot* water into a small tub (like the kind you'd use to soak your feet) and dissolve about 2-3 tablespoons of Oxyclean in it. In the meantime, I make a paste out of some Oxyclean and a few drops of very hot water. I wet the area where the stain is and apply the paste, rubbing it in. I fold the t-shirt/blouse/whatever so that the paste doesn't fall off and put it in the tub and let it soak overnight.
The next morning throw it all in the washer, including the water it soaked in.

I always check to see if the stain came off before throwing everything into the dryer, because the heat can help set a stain. If needed, I'll repeat this whole process, but trust me, it works 99.9% of the times.

Hope it helps, and good luck!

Answer 3

Methylated spirit works quickly to remove ink stains, ball point pen, felt tip pen and some other inks. But may also remove any dye ans should not be used on acetate, triacetate or nylon materials, Test it´s effect on an inconspicuous piece of the same fabric first. It also removes grass stains

Answer 4

Take 1/4Th cup of alcohol and 1/2 of water and a squirt of dawn or whatever dish washing detergent you use. and let if soak for about 20 minutes. Now scrub by hand and see is that does it. If it is still not all out, then put a few drops of ammonia on the stain(don't breathe it in, as it is very strong) and detergent and scrub then rinse, you might have to do it again.

Answer 5

If it's water based, then detergent/water and a brush. More likely though it's not water based.

First try alcohol. Put the clothing over a white towel (sacrifice) and slowly pour alcohol over the stain (test first) until all the stain is gone. If that doesn't work try nail polish remover. If that doesn't work, try acetone.

There's a reason printers wear clothing protection.....it's a messy job.

Answer 6

It would probably behoove you to have a bottle of Goo Be Gone Inkaway in your laundry room or you will be spending a lot time and energy using rubbing alcohol. Inkaway removes ink almost instantly and while rubbing alcohol works, you have to spend a lot of time to get it to transfer through the fiber of the garment on to another like toweling beneath it.

Answer 7

I heard use carpet cleaner. I know it gets it out for ink stains on the carpet, cuz after someone told me it got it out of the carpet I tried, but I had to go over it 2 times.

Answer 8

Hair spray works really well on inks.

Answer 9

Saturate the stain with hairspray containing alcohol, and then launder as usual. Also a product call "Dye-Gone" may work good for you.

Answer 10

you did someting wrong it was off of clothes not out of clothes those tags are the ones that make colers when you try to take it off go to a worker at a clothes store and will get it off