We've all had this problem before.
The ballpoint pen that leaks in your pocket or your favorite bag...
Or an unfortunate stroke of the pen at the office...
In any case, an ink stain quickly arrived...
Luckily, there are effective tricks to remove pen stains from almost anything.
Discover - before it's too late - the 24 tips that work to remove a pen stain from any medium !
Have you stained your beautiful Hermès scarf with ink? Before you lose all hope, try this trick given to me by a dry cleaner.
On fragile silk fabrics, lemon juice is miraculous.
To remove the stain without making a mess, mix equal parts cold water and lemon juice. Soak the stain in this mixture. Then rinse.
If the stain is set, repeat until it disappears.
Or let your scarf soak in the cold water/lemon mixture for 30 minutes before washing it as usual.
Few people know it, but milk is a great stain remover.
To remove an ink stain, simply soak the stained fabric in milk.
Leave it like this for 2 full hours. Take it out and rinse it well.
Then wash it in the washing machine as usual. Discover the trick.
Did you know that a simple tube of classic white toothpaste (and not a gel toothpaste) can overcome an ink stain?
To do this, spread the toothpaste on the stain so as to cover it.
Let it sit while it dries.
Then run the fabric with the toothpaste under cold water while scrubbing.
If the stain persists, repeat this treatment then wash your garment in the washing machine as usual. Discover the trick.
In the hand sanitizer gel, there is alcohol. And it is precisely the alcohol that will disintegrate the stain.
It will even kill bacteria around the stain.
To remove the stain, just put a few drops on the stain.
Rub well and leave on for a few minutes. Then all you have to do is rinse the laundry with cold water.
If the stain is still visible, repeat several times, until the stain disappears completely.
If you have shaving foam, you have a solution for removing an ink stain.
To do this, put a little shaving foam on the stain and let it act for 30 minutes.
Once this time has passed, rinse the fabric in cold water, rubbing gently with your fingertips.
Now put your laundry in the washing machine as usual. There you go, no more ink stains!
You certainly have milk and salt in one of your cupboards. Well, that's more than enough to make an ink stain disappear.
To do this, cover the stain with salt. The salt should completely cover the ink stain.
As soon as the salt has taken on the color of the ink, remove it and cover the salt stain again. Repeat several times if necessary.
Then soak the cloth in milk. If possible in sour milk, it's even more effective!
If your milk hasn't soured, just add a little vinegar or lemon juice to it.
Then let your fabric soak in it overnight. The next morning, all you have to do is throw away the soured milk or reuse it with one of these tricks.
Wash your laundry in the washing machine as usual. If the stain has not completely disappeared, don't panic!
Mix salt and lemon to make a paste. Apply it to the remains of the stain and rub. Then rinse with clean water.
Spilled a lot of ink on a fabric? The best reflex to have is to cover it with talc as soon as possible.
Why ? Because the talc will absorb the ink. Once it's done, remove it.
Then, lay the stained fabric out on a clean white dish towel. If you don't have one, use paper towels or tissues.
Take another clean cloth and soak it in rubbing alcohol. Rub the stain with it.
The secret to this trick is to regularly move the clean dish towel. The goal is for the stained fabric to always be on a clean surface.
Renew the application as long as the stain is visible. Then machine wash the fabric.
Know that you can replace the talc with salt, baking soda, starch or even Sommières clay.
There are a thousand and one ways to use white vinegar at home. One of them is for cleaning ink stains on a fabric.
For this, pour a teaspoon of white vinegar on the stain. Add 2 drops of dish soap. And rub with your fingertips carefully.
Leave on for 10 minutes and rinse with cold water. Then machine wash as usual!
You can also replace the dishwashing liquid with detergent. The result will be identical.
Here are some other great grandma's tricks for dissolving ink stains on white fabric.
Is the stain dry? Do not worry. You can get rid of it with baking soda.
To do this, mix 1 tablespoon of baking soda with hydrogen peroxide. The goal is to make a paste.
Take some on your fingertips and vigorously rub the stain. Machine wash afterwards.
If the dry stain is very encrusted, there is a radical solution:boiling water and lemon juice.
To do this, squeeze lemon juice and boil water. Now place the stained part over a bowl.
Pour the lemon juice on the stain. Then pour boiling water over it, without burning yourself.
Repeat several times if necessary and machine wash.
The treatment for washing an ink stain off a colorfast colored fabric is not the same as on a white fabric.
Even before the stain dries, place a paper towel or clean cloth under the stain.
Pour generously with 90° alcohol to thoroughly soak the stain.
Leave to act for at least 30 minutes. Rinse in cold water and machine wash.
You can also replace the 90° alcohol with household alcohol or vodka.
Another super effective solution on a colored fabric is the combination of 90° alcohol and dishwashing liquid.
To do this, pour 1 tablespoon of 90° alcohol and 2 tablespoons of washing-up liquid into a small container.
Mix well and soak the stain in the mixture so that it is completely covered.
Leave on for 15 minutes then rinse and machine wash.
If you don't have 90% alcohol, you can also use sodium percarbonate to remove an ink stain.
To do this, spread a thick layer of sodium percarbonate on the stain.
Then scrub and machine wash as usual.
For even more efficiency, you can even add 2 tablespoons of percarbonate to the drum of your machine and wash your laundry at 60°.
To discover: 18 Amazing Uses for Sodium Percarbonate Throughout the Home.
An ink stain on a sofa, carpet, rug or any fabric covering can be a disaster!
Unless you resort to one of those grandma tricks to eliminate it quickly.
The first trick that works well for removing an ink stain from a rug, carpet or upholstery is to use 90% alcohol.
To do this, soak a cloth in alcohol and rub the stain with it. All you have to do is rinse with clear water and a sponge.
Cover the ink stain with baking soda and rub it lightly. When the baking soda has absorbed the ink, remove it.
And immediately put a new layer of baking soda on top.
Then, pour a little white vinegar for an effervescent cleaning. Sponge up the mixture with a cloth or paper towel.
Repeat the operation as many times as necessary to remove the ink stain.
Finish by vacuuming to remove the remaining baking soda.
Are there still some traces of ink on the rug or carpet?
To permanently get rid of this stain, you can take a little toothpaste on your fingertips and rub.
Then rinse with clean water and absorb excess water with a sponge.
Did you spill ink on the carpet? Quick, pour some lemon juice on a clean cloth and dab the stain with it.
Then use sparkling water to rinse the stain and make it disappear permanently.
For even more efficiency, try also mixing the juice of a lemon and 1 teaspoon of salt.
Apply this mixture directly to the ink stain, then rinse with a sponge.
Repeat until the ink stain is completely gone.
Salt can easily overcome a stubborn ink stain that is still fresh.
As soon as the ink stain has formed, quickly put a generous amount of salt on the stain.
Wait for the salt to soak up the stain for an hour. The salt should be colored.
As soon as it gets colored, you can then remove it.
Repeat for perfect results. When the stain is gone, rinse with sparkling water.
White vinegar is very effective against all stains, including ink stains.
On a wool carpet, pour pure white vinegar on the stain.
It is better to do a test beforehand on a small piece of the carpet to be sure that the color of your carpet holds up.
Rinse with sparkling water then sponge up the excess liquid. Retry the operation if necessary.
For a synthetic carpet, you must dilute the vinegar in water:1 volume of vinegar for 1 volume of water. Then proceed in the same way as with a wool carpet.
Ink stains on leather are always hard to get out. Fortunately, with these natural tricks, you put the odds on your side to clean them.
Your beautiful leather bag is stained? A pen that leaks inside or a clumsy pencil stroke, it happens to everyone.
But don't panic!
Heat some milk WITHOUT boiling it. Take a cotton cloth and soak it in the milk.
Gently pat the stain with your damp cloth. The ink will dissolve like magic!
Continue until the stain is completely gone. Wipe thoroughly and don't forget to wax the leather to finish.
An ink stain on leather? It's time to borrow the baby's milk!
Prick him a tablespoon of baby milk and mix it with a few drops of white vinegar in a container.
Mix well and take a clean cloth that you soak in your mixture.
Gently rub the stain and wipe the area with a damp cloth.
Repeat if necessary, until the stain disappears. Then, nourish the leather with a stroke of shoe polish.
To finish, rub with a soft cloth to shine.
Note that you can replace the vinegar with lemon juice.
Attention, the treatment of a stain on patent leather is slightly different. You will need 90% alcohol.
If the stained leather is patent, simply replace the vinegar or lemon juice with 90° alcohol and proceed in the same way as for classic leather.
This is the most delicate case. If the material is wet, do not touch it again. Anything you try will yield disastrous results. The stain will spread. Wait for the suede or nubuck to dry before proceeding.
To remove the ink stain from suede or nubuck, you need an eraser.
A simple clean white eraser does the trick. But of course you can also take a special eraser for suede.
With the eraser, gently rub the stain.
If that's not enough, take a cotton swab and soak it in white vinegar and lightly dab the stain. Wipe with a damp cloth.
If you don't have an eraser, it also works with fine sandpaper or a cardboard nail file.
There you have it, you know 24 effective ways to remove an ink stain easily, without having to buy an expensive stain remover.
