Personally, with a pen in my hand, I am an absolute danger. There has been neither one, nor two, nor three, the times in which I have painted my clothes in ballpoint pen or, worse, the ink of one of them has exploded and my clothes have been lost. This is painful with any item of clothing, but when you paint a more than visible blue line It is that particular garment that you like so much that physically hurts.
We already know that these stains do not come out just by putting them in the washing machine or simply rubbing. lucky for us there is a simple way to do it and today, so that you start the year on the right foot, we tell you how to clean ballpoint pen stains.
How can we remove pen stains?
1. The sooner the better
If the pen stain is recent, it will be cleaned better than if it has been on our clothes for many hours. Thus, it is very important that we act as soon as possible and let’s get to work. If we can attack the stain as soon as we do it, our clothes will thank us.
2. Help us with a damp cloth
When it happens that the stain is recent, it is a good idea try to remove as much ink that we can with the help of a slightly wet cloth. On the other hand, if the stain takes time and is already dry, we can try to moisten a cotton ball and try to remove all the ink we can with it.
3. Wipe with alcohol
The first time they told me how to remove a ballpoint pen stain with alcohol, I thought it couldn’t be a very good idea, because I was afraid of making the stain worse. The reality, however, was that it worked. To do this, simply put a cloth under the stain, then we wet the ink stain with alcohol and with another rag we try to clean the stain. We rub gently until the stain is gone.
4. Also with shaving foam
If we are afraid to clean with alcohol or, for some reason, it does not work, always we can try it with shaving foam or white vinegar. The procedure is similar to the one we must follow with alcohol. The results with shaving foam are amazing!
5. For resistant stains, lemon juice
Have you already tried the rest of the tricks on how to remove a pen stain and it still doesn’t come out? Do not despair because there is one last trick that never fails: it is soak the stained garment in lemon juice or in hot milk.
We can leave the garment for a couple of hours, until the stain comes out simply. after every trick just clean the garment normally and ready! This time we get rid of messing up our clothes. All that remains is to enjoy it and the relief.
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