I wore a new shirt this morning to go get my drivers license and deftly dropped the black ball point pen when completing the application and put a nice ink mark on the shirt. I was bummed.
I got home and tried what I’ve done in the past — hairspray. It doesn’t matter if it’s the cheapest stuff they sell or expensive designer hairspray.
Put a towel (that you don’t mind staining) under the ink spot. Have another rag towel ready. Spray the hairspray on the ink spot and directly blot the spot without moving the towels around. Carefully move both the bottom towel and top towel to a clean spot — the ink is liquified at this point so it will transfer from the towel to the garment easily. You don’t want to make the problem worse.
Spray the spot and blot again. Repeat this moving to clean spots on the towels, spraying, and blotting until all the ink is gone.
When the ink stain is completely removed rinse the hairspray from the garment and wash as you usually would.
No fancy cleaners, no harsh acetone — just hairspray. It’s worked every time for me.
