Originally Posted by Virginia
Originally Posted by n2scraplvr
Originally Posted by Virginia
Originally Posted by n2scraplvr
I was brave. I told myself these ink marks will come out with hair spray. Yes, I really badly wanted to mark my quilt with an ink pen for precise quilting! It soaked for 2 days in ammonia, scrubbed with tooth brushes endlessly and sprayed with the cheapest grade of hair spray (that works the best) and still there are INK PEN MARKS ON MY QUILT!!! yikes. :oops: I've scrubbed with everything and think I have actually set the ink in for good. :? :oops: I'll wash it 100 times and it'll be gone! ;) :cry:
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.
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!
:D :D :D ;) :oops:
Good, glad to hear you had success. Love to talk to you.
Thank you, dear!! :D :D :thumbup: