Originally Posted by quiltsRfun
Rubbing alcohol. I had an incident with a dog, a ballpoint pen and a light colored area rug. Besides the big blotches she got ink on her paws and tracked it all over the rug. I just kept at it with rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball and eventually got it out.
ditto, the reason hairspray used to work is the alcohol. I have used it to get out ink. Hairspray does not have that much alcohol in it anymore.