marks@yogi.DEC (08/27/85)
We recently had a major cataclysm in our house, when my 12 year old daughter, getting ready to start school, dried a load of her best clothes in a dryer in which someone had inadvertently left a black BIC Biro ballpoint pen. The results were disastrous -- all of her clothes are splotched with round black stains. Does anyone on the net know of a product on the market that will remove such stains? I have heard from various people that hair spray is supposed to do the trick, but is there a special type of hair spray? Any particular brand? How do you apply it? Do you let the clothes sit for a while, or do you put them in the machine immediately after spraying? Is this the best treatment for black ink, or is there a better remedy (e.g., dry cleaning?). Any hints or solutions would be much appreciated by me, and by a very depressed 12 year old. Thank you! R. Marks
tw8023@pyuxii.UUCP (T Wheeler) (08/29/85)
You might get some of the ink out by dry cleaning, but I'm afraid you may be out of luck if there were any man-made fibers involved. Heat, such as in a dryer, will tend to set the stain much as in the dyeing process. It does not take too much heat to dye most man-mades. Once it is set, there is no way to get it out. Sorry for the pessimistic report. I can sympathize as it has happened to my daughter too. T. C. Wheeler
jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla) (08/30/85)
> > We recently had a major cataclysm in our house, when my 12 year old > daughter, getting ready to start school, dried a load of her best > clothes in a dryer in which someone had inadvertently left a black > BIC Biro ballpoint pen. > Sometimes isopropol alcohol liberally applied will take out that type of ink. -- jcpatilla "The bland leadeth the bland and they both shall fall into the kitsch."
lewish@acf2.UUCP (Henry M. Lewis) (09/02/85)
> We recently had a major cataclysm in our house, when my 12 year old > daughter, getting ready to start school, dried a load of her best > clothes in a dryer in which someone had inadvertently left a black > BIC Biro ballpoint pen. "MAGIC WAND, the Original Laundry Stick." Edwards Creative Products, Cherry Hill, N.J. 08002. --Hank Lewis ..!ihnp4!cmcl2!acf2!lewish
smh@rduxb.UUCP (henning) (09/03/85)
**** **** From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA rduxb!smh > > We recently had a major cataclysm in our house, when my 12 year old > > daughter, getting ready to start school, dried a load of her best > > clothes in a dryer in which someone had inadvertently left a black > > BIC Biro ballpoint pen. Believe it or not, milk is about the best thing to get out ballpoint ink.
thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas) (09/04/85)
>> We recently had a major cataclysm in our house, when my 12 year old >> daughter, getting ready to start school, dried a load of her best >> clothes in a dryer in which someone had inadvertently left a black >> BIC Biro ballpoint pen. The best thing to do for almost ALL nasty stains, if you are not ABSOLUTELY SURE how to get them out, is to take them to a professional cleaner. Anything you try to do may be THE WRONG THING, and will permanently set the stain. In particular, for many stains, attempting to wash them out with water may set the stain (this from sad personal experience). -- =Spencer ({ihnp4,decvax}!utah-cs!thomas, thomas@utah-cs.ARPA) "To feel at home, stay at home. A foreign country is not designed to make [one] comfortable. It's designed to make its own people comfortable." Clifton Fadiman