How the actual fuck do I remove this from dd2's school shirt???

[lucysmam]

I think it's highlighter, judging by the colour.

We have had very very stern words about pens in blazer pockets since I spotted it.

Any idea how to get it out? If it doesn't come out, she'll have to make do with the shirts she does have for the mo 🤷‍♀️

Google says use hand sanitizer to get it out.

I remember trying sanitiser for something else before & not being impressed with the results. Worth a shot I guess, I'll find my little one out of my bag

Hairspray very liberally before you wash it, if there's still some left soak in a bowl of water with about 3 Milton tablets in over night.

If all else fails, I'd use bleach.

get a proper stain remover for pen. De-solv-it is good.

I've managed to get pen out with nail varnish remover after hand sanitiser failed. I think it's got to be the sort of nasty stuff that has acetone in though.

I wouldn’t bother! And just use as a cleaning rag

Brasso. Gets anything off anything.

I got ink on white tunics. I tried a variety of techniques including soaking in milk overnight and then washing it in the washing machine with a dishwasher tablet which brought them up so clean you’d never know it was inky!

Soak in Vanish for whites overnight, then wash in the machine on a long wash with a scoop of Vanish. If it was summer I'd suggest you dry outside in the sunshine, which is great for natural bleaching/whitening.

@Happy1982ish

I wouldn’t bother! And just use as a cleaning rag

And what will her DD go to school wearing?

Try soaking in the Tesco stain remover in the pink bottle for a day.

Buy another shirt.

Elbow grease spray! Works bloody wonders that stuff

@furbabymama87

Buy another shirt.

Do you have any idea how expensive the DD's school shirts are and how much money the OP has to spare?

Bleach spray

Definitely hair spray works most of the time on ink. Might take several goes but do it before using other products and setting the stain in.

Meh. Let her wear it to school even if it stains. Natural consequences, lesson learned.

White shirts are cheap, I really wouldn't bother.

@Fuuuuuckit

Meh. Let her wear it to school even if it stains. Natural consequences, lesson learned.

Not her fault tho if her pen leaked?

with a stain that bad you've nothing to lose with bleach. I got red food colouring out of a white top with bleach - just make sure the whole shirt is soaked evenly, not just the stain.

Right, I've got sanitiser and hair spray to hand so will try those first, when I've finished with todays actual washing I had planned.

She's not wearing a shirt that badly stained to school - she'll have to make do with what she has if it doesn't come out.

& I'm not just buying more either. White shirts may be cheap but I'm (unfortunately) not in posession of a money tree & especially not at this time of year 🤷‍♀️

If it was a blazer pocket leak, does the stain even show when she is wearing her blazer snd school jumper?

Soak in vanish gold or ace bleach over night and wash long and hot with mega dose of Ariel.

Good luck.

@lucysmam

Right, I've got sanitiser and hair spray to hand so will try those first, when I've finished with todays actual washing I had planned.

She's not wearing a shirt that badly stained to school - she'll have to make do with what she has if it doesn't come out.

& I'm not just buying more either. White shirts may be cheap but I'm (unfortunately) not in posession of a money tree & especially not at this time of year 🤷‍♀️

With the hairspray spray it on then dab at it with an absorbent cloth repeatedly. Don’t rub it.