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Getting pen out of a dress.

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MrsDavidBowie · 11/05/2014 19:23

Dd's pen leaked on a dress and despite Vanish, has not come out. Luckily It's very small but is there anything I could try?

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MaureenMLove · 11/05/2014 19:25

In the depth of my mind, I seem to remember someone once said hairspray. Just spray it on, then wash it. No idea if it'll work, but since nothing else has, I guess it's worth a shot!

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BerniceBroadside · 11/05/2014 19:26

Stain devils make one for ink. I managed to get the majority of a permenant marker stain out with it.

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MrsOomBoomBoom · 13/05/2014 22:03

Soak overnight in baby sterilising fluid, then put through on a hot wash

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EmNetta · 16/05/2014 13:32

Used to use milk to clean ink stains, before we had choice of specialised cleaners. I think hairspray was good for biro ink, as I remember.

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magimedi · 16/05/2014 13:48

Methalayted spirist (sp?) Meths, in other words works wonders on biro.

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bruffin · 16/05/2014 13:51

hairspray works really well for biro.
You have to spray from behind to push the ink back the way it came in first IYSWIM. Also it needs to be a very cheap hairspray with alchohol in it.

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ILoveCoreyHaim · 16/05/2014 13:51

Definitely hairspray. It removed leaked biro from my cream carpets

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DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 16/05/2014 16:38

Have you tried the pink vanish capsules?

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