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Elainequilts 10-22-2011 04:59 AM

Are we all shaking our heads up and down?? The other day my 26 yr old son used the phrase about himself. Guess senior is a state of mind, not age.

Yooper32 10-22-2011 05:21 AM


Originally Posted by clem55

Originally Posted by Rose Marie
At 72 my whole life is a senior moment.
I dont have the eyes or the patience I once had.
Have learned that if sewing starts to go wrong its time to quit for awhile.

Me too!!LOL

Just imagine what y'all have to look forward to at 79 and counting.

BeckyL 10-22-2011 05:29 AM

I had a pen to break in my cloth pocketbook and soak it with ink. I made a strong solution of Oxyclean and soaked the pocketbook in it and it removed all traces of the ink. Good luck.

kerrytaylor 10-22-2011 06:06 AM

I had a pen completely unload thru my lower shirt pocket and onto the front of brand new white pants. It was so thick it was sticky - ugh! Got a cheap can of hairspray and (holding the items over the washing machine opening) literally drenched both items w the h spray as the machine was filling. Dropped them both into the washer, on the appropriate setting and washed as usual. Worked like a charm. Good luck to you, sounds just like something I'd do . . .

gypsylady5 10-22-2011 06:07 AM

Hair spray works to remove the ink.


Originally Posted by Lindsey
I heard hair spray takes ink out. Can't say I remember if it works.. http://www.ehow.com/how_4886844_ink-...-clothing.html


linhawk 10-22-2011 06:10 AM

alcohol works on leather. Don't know about cotton.

sylvia77 10-22-2011 06:22 AM

I had an ink pen run on the center of one of my quilts once. I got it out with bleach but it made it dissolve, ruined the quilt.

cloverbud 10-22-2011 06:40 AM

My husband was always forgetting to put the lid back on his ink pens and putting them back in his pocket. So I have had lots of experience getting ink out. Cheap hairspray is the best for ballpoint ink. But if it is permanent ink, I make a paste with Cascade and Dawn dishwashing detergent and rub. The main thing to keep in mind...keep it wet until it is all out. Do not dry until it is all out. Once dry it is virtually impossible to get out. It is actually good that it is on white fabric because you can use bleach products to help get it out.

sewnsewer2 10-22-2011 06:43 AM

Try using a pencil eraser 1st, it worked for me.

CherryPie 10-22-2011 06:48 AM


Originally Posted by jmabby
Those Senior moments can make you laugh or get upset, but I'm getting used to them.

Ditto!!!


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