How to remove spilled ink

Ink stains on your shirt. Oops! What a freaking' disaster! This kind of thing can ruin your day. There you are standing in the bathroom washing your hands, regarding yourself in the mirror. And there it is. A big black stain of spilled ink on your shirt. What the hell are you gonna do? You are supposed to sit in on the interview with the new web developer in 20 minutes and you have this big black ink spot on your shirt. You have no clue how you spilt the ink. But it's there. Big, black and noticeable — as if you were wearing a top hat and bunny ears. Permanent Marker/Ink Remover

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You return to your cubicle and your desk and turn to Google. You search for "ink stain spot remover cleaner" and this is what you find:

• About.com tells us that water based ink stains are easy remove. Yea. Who has water-based ink in their ball point pen or felt tip pens? Next the site tells us that permanent ink stains are the hardest to remove. About.com describes a process using rubbing alcohol. Time to add a bottle of this to your work emergency kit!
  
  
• Another solution is Jinx Ink. Jinx Ink claims to remove stains from clothing. It also claims to remove nail polish, paste, shoe polish , adhesives (hmmm - there is is that one parking sticker on my car window that's 4 years out of date…) toner, lacquers and gum. An 8oz. bottle of this stuff might be small enough for your work emergency kit.

Clean up printer ink toner after a spill with something absorbent like printer paper or a paper towel. Hurry, the longer you wait the more damage the spilled ink will do. What ever you do don't let the ink dry! To remove ink that has set into fabric or carpet, treat the spot with WD-40 and hot water. Use a small and powerful vacuum cleaner to clean up dry printer toner. Use q-tips to clean up the dry power inside the printer.

Home remedy for cleaning ink off your hands

Clean ink stains off your hands using dish washing soap or shampoo. Rub with plastic or fabric scouring pad. If you can wait for your next shower, washing your hair will clean hands with ink on them.

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