Stained Fabric to Perfection!
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Mother Daughter Projects
(IC: blogger)
As a volunteer at a thrift store, I have a first look at many of the donations that are brought to the store. One was this large, bed cover in great condition, but was covered in ball point ink stains.
What to do? It wouldn’t sell in it’s current condition. I volunteered to take it home to see what I could do with it.
What to do? It wouldn’t sell in it’s current condition. I volunteered to take it home to see what I could do with it.
- On the largest of the ink stains I poured 91% rubbing alcohol on the spot & blotted until the stain was dispersed but not gone. I used paper towels under the spot to absorb the ink & blotted with another paper towel changing when they were covered with stain.
Paper towels with ink transfer.
The Dawn Dishwashing liquid gently worked into the stain.
The ink starts to break up. Notice how the ink has transferred to the paper towel.
As the ink spreads, it will look much worse than when you started.
before
after
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Published January 4th, 2016 4:48 PM
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Katen on Feb 03, 2024
When daughter first born I did load of her laundry. All the beautiful brand new things lovingly gifted our family. A ball point pen found its way into machine. My heart was broken. Then I recalled hairspray is supposed to remove. I took damp clothes to kitchen sink, poured two bottles of cheapest pump hairspray into sink. Swished around, let sit, swished/sit a bit more (about an hr overall). Rinsed and rewashed. Absolutely not a mark but one item which I redid by direct spray and washed, gone. Still have a few pieces for granddaughter, if she ever comes
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