n2scraplvr

You are sooo right! A mistake is just an avenue of terrific change!! It causes us to think differently about things and that's what we need!! If that potato slice had not accidentally fallen into the hot oil, we never would have had the wonderful potato chip!! And that's how it happened! Hope my mistake made others stop and think. Your welcome, Phyl!!

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BellaBoo

I just saw this post. Fit Vegetable Spray and Wash will take out Sharpie permanent marker used by a two year old on everything she could reach, so it should take out ink. 99% of new ink pins don't have real ink in them at all. That's why the the old stand by products won't work anymore. Also mascara remover will take most dark stains out of of fabric.

n2scraplvr

Thank you, BellaBoo, for your great(!) tips!!! I use Sharpies all the time and this will come in handy as I'm always getting it all over everything! Oh, I see now why they won't work - the old methods. Probably my hair spray aerosol was just mostly water and very little r. alcohol. That's another great tip for all to remember about the mascara remover being tough enough to get the dark stains out! Someone PMed me with a remedy not presented here before and that is to take a cucumber with the skin on and rub over the stain! This is a new one to add to the list to try on scraps first. BTW, love your avatar!! Beautiful!!

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RuthiesRetreat3

OK, I confess...I'm not going to read all 17 pages of this, but I have one question that may or may not have been answered in the 17 pages....What kind of ink pen was it? Ball-point, roller-ball, felt. Also the brand-name might be helpful to keep others from making the same mistake. Whatever brand/type it was, I sure don't want to use it. Thanks for any detailed info you can give us.

ftkls501

well it is a lesson learned but it will bring back some laughable memories too. That is what life is lessons learned and full of. fun memories. It will be a quilt that you can pass down long after your gone.

n2scraplvr

The pen I used was "Pentel RSVP fine point" by Pentech, a purple ink pen. Please DO NOT anyone use this or a gel pen for writing on fabric. The first thing I did was to treat the stain as if it had been done with a gel pen since they are so hard to remove. A tsp. of ammonia in a gal. of warm water for 2 days did NOT remove the stain! (that was the recipe, but I used much stronger strength). It's the remedy for removing the toughest gel ink. I was sure the ammonia treatment would work. It did not. The inks are either plant based (different oils) or animal based or solvent based (kerosene). There are additives, solvents, resins and chemicals even added to some inks on the market. Some may even contain lead poisoning. Phenol is added to prevent mold/bacteria from forming in the ink pen and who knows what all else is in it. Let me say this so clearly that I don't care how fancy a name is on a bottle that says it WILL REMOVE anything, don't buy into it! Check it out first. Sometimes that is even not enough! The FDA does not require all labels to be marked with all ingredients! Some ingredients are skirted and called by ANOTHER name!! If you come across a funny sounding name on a label, do a search on the net and find out what this ingredient is all about! And finally, although our friends are well intentioned and have good advice, what worked for them may not necessarily work for us as the variables will all be different. For example, their fabric could've come from another country and their product worked great but it might not work so well on your fabric! And finally, the rule of thumb is to practice first on a scrap before trying it permanently. At least that would be the safest thing to do. Even though this happened, I was still very positive it could be removed easily. Unfortunately, it took many different products to find that cure. Well, I hope this has helped someone and thanks for asking such a good question!! It will help us realize that we can TRUST NOTHING!! Check it out first.

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n2scraplvr

You are SO right, ftkls501!!~~I'm laughing now about dropping the tube to the can of WD-40 down the kitchen drain when I needed it so bad and then when I used it, it sprayed such a narrow hard spray as if the tiny tube had been attached to the can and was working!!!~~~hahaha. I thought it would widely cover an area; it did not!!! Who needed the tube after all??? That auto shop smell wasn't so bad after all!!! lol.

:D :D ;) The funny thing is I can't get the pen to write now even though the barrel shows it's full of ink!

Rettie V. Grama

I love your Baptist fan quilt, stitching & all. Try covering up the ink with a colored quilting thread. In addition, I went on line and printed the info about the pen I use for marking. It is a PILOT G-2 07. For me it always washes out first washing. If you think you will have a problem read the following about the PILOT Pen:Resolved QuestionShow me another »
Pilot g-2 07 ink pen stain?



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Place a terry towel rag inside of the ink stain. Saturate the stain with rubbing alcohol, agitate it into the fiber and blot with another rag as it loosens the ink. Continue doing this until the ink transfers out of the fibers into both of the rags, pre-spot with Resolve, Zout, Shout or spray n wash then launder as usual with your regular detergent.


"The Terry Towel is the secret. You need something for the transfer. Just try to stay away from a pen which is marked permanent. You will never get it out. It only becomes lighter with each washing. My husband was a USPS employee and was constantly coming home with ink stained shirt pockets. Believe me ladies it works.

n2scraplvr

I remember your name. I remember you were the one who commented earlier on this thread about the Pilot pen. I can't tell you how THANKFUL(!!) I am for this info!! I love Pilot pens and I will definitely be using them from now on! I can get it also in a fine point and I love that part! You are right about the Terry Towel!! Absorbtion is necessary!! When I sprayed with the WD-40, I turned the quilt over and all the ink had been transferred to the back. It was covered with ink supposedly from all the applications of products I used! I failed to use anything to absorb it depending entirely on the product to remove it all! The Pentech pen was not permanent ink but reacted that way. Gel inks are reportedly I read unremovable but I'm sure that some of you ladies have removed gel ink before! Thank you so much for this info on the absorbtion and on the Pilot pens! Thank you so much for loving my little Baptist Fans mini and all. I really freehandedly drew the lines without being exact. Next time I will evenly space them. haha. So many have suggested to cover the stain with heavy decorative stitching but that would've meant a mirror image to be done likewise for the remaining 3 corners that each had different quilting patterns in. I saw removing the stain as a quicker solution than risking screwing up even worse by decorative stitching, threadpainting or just more HQ for each of the 4 corners.

My little mini that was stained purple is now smiling and tickled pink!
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Rettie V. Grama

Good, glad to hear you had success. Love to talk to you.