The problem iwirh simmering things with ink in something that will dilute the stain is that if you are lucky(?) it merely Tues into a dye that now permeates the entire garment, rarely evenly at that, which i believe is how the problem got to be so bad in the first place. If i am not mistaken, the majority of the initial damage happened in the washer with a water soluble pen . this did jog my memory though. about 15 years ago i had a picked of Guatemala hand woven fabric, cotton (white) and silver thread brocade. Someone hd spilled cherry nyquil on it. It being already turned i figured i could not make it worse so i purchased a carbon dye magnet. This looked like a regular sized what wwashcloth which supposedly sucks the free roaming dyes out of your laundry during a regular wash cycle preventing just such a disaster like the ink pen debacle or a red sock hinting a load of sports uniforms pink. it took 24 hrs but after wetting the stain and leaving it to blot over and over again with the dye magnet, the cherry red dye faded to a light shadow of pink whereas i then threw it in the wash on delicate with the dye magnet and the whole thing game out whiter than it had been before the accident. at the time i believe the product was priced between 4 and 5 $ and was supposedly good for 30 lads of laundry. it might be worth a try if you are running out of ideas and patience. -----Original Message----- Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:13:58 am To: "'Historical Costume'" <[email protected]> From: "Sharon Collier" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Off Topic: Removing ink from cotton blend
What if you got a couple of gallons of alcohol and soaked the clothes in it? It's fairly inexpensive. Sharon C. -----Original Message----- The Costume Gallery W _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
