I’ve got a book about how to remove stains. In the bit about removing ballpoint pen from fabric, the first instruction says to “Rot some milk on the sun”. Then you rub the spoiled milk into the stain, scribble with soap and wash.

How would the spoiled milk help loosen an ink stain? For red ink, it’s suggested to run the stain with white spirits before the milk.

> “Rot some milk in the sun”

Lactic acid?

Have just discovered a product called “dissolve it” which does a terrific job (much better than both alcohols and nail polish remover) of removing glues.

The only thing that might make a difference would be the lactic acid, and I can think of a nicer way to find a food acid…

I have found that milk stains as well…. for ball point pen stains spray with hairspray and rub then wash as normal… (colour tested)

>“Rot some milk on the sun”

Can’t see that working, it would evaporate long before you got there.

However I get ink on my top nearly every day and plain detergent gets it out every time.

OCDC said:

However I get ink on my top nearly every day and plain detergent gets it out every time.

ink is fine.. it’s those damn blood stains that I still need to find the perfect solution for..

Arts said:

OCDC said:

However I get ink on my top nearly every day and plain detergent gets it out every time.

ink is fine.. it’s those damn blood stains that I still need to find the perfect solution for..

Vinegar, glycerine, soap. Lots of cold water

Divine Angel said:

Arts said:

OCDC said:

However I get ink on my top nearly every day and plain detergent gets it out every time.

ink is fine.. it’s those damn blood stains that I still need to find the perfect solution for..

Vinegar, glycerine, soap. Lots of cold water

The trouble is it seeps into an axe handle if you don’t get to it quickly otherwise you have to burn it before the pol………..
Sorry sorry I was thinking of something else……………………………..

Divine Angel said:

Arts said:

OCDC said:

However I get ink on my top nearly every day and plain detergent gets it out every time.

ink is fine.. it’s those damn blood stains that I still need to find the perfect solution for..

Vinegar, glycerine, soap. Lots of cold water

will that fool the luminol?

Arts said:

Divine Angel said:

Arts said:

ink is fine.. it’s those damn blood stains that I still need to find the perfect solution for..

Vinegar, glycerine, soap. Lots of cold water

will that fool the luminol?

Just find something else that fluoresces at the same wavelength and cover absolutely everything with it.

OCDC said:

Arts said:

Divine Angel said:

Vinegar, glycerine, soap. Lots of cold water

will that fool the luminol?

Just find something else that fluoresces at the same wavelength and cover absolutely everything with it.

pigs blood should do it… if you contaminate the crime scene just enough…. right PWM?

WTF is wrong with people? Some six yr old kid gets her hair pulled by an adult at a play center.. she goes and tells her dad, he confronts the man ad gets punched for it.. friends step in and end up with a hospital trip too… perp flees… wtf is wrong with people?

“One of the men, 48, was then allegedly assaulted by a group of men and fell to the ground. His friends, aged 27 and 32, rushed to his aid but were also assaulted.”

Arts said:

WTF is wrong with people? Some six yr old kid gets her hair pulled by an adult at a play center.. she goes and tells her dad, he confronts the man ad gets punched for it.. friends step in and end up with a hospital trip too… perp flees… wtf is wrong with people?

“One of the men, 48, was then allegedly assaulted by a group of men and fell to the ground. His friends, aged 27 and 32, rushed to his aid but were also assaulted.”

wrong thread…

Milk is pretty awesome for growing bacteria, and some of them are good from breaking up oils and such. Just sayin’.

(we all know about breaking up oil spills in the ocean with bacteria films, don’t we?)

Rule 303 said:

Milk is pretty awesome for growing bacteria, and some of them are good from breaking up oils and such. Just sayin’.

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mmm…just get baby to vomit on the stain :)

Wasn’t it about ink rather than oils?

There are so many variables with ink types and what it has stained. Milk doesn’t cut it. Vinegar and if that doesn’t work, use rubbing alcohol.
I’d save the milk for spraying mildew with.

From: OCDC
ID: 739535
Subject: re: Milk
However I get ink on my top nearly every day and plain detergent gets it out every time.

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The doctor always has a solution.

tauto said:

From: OCDC
ID: 739535
Subject: re: Milk
However I get ink on my top nearly every day and plain detergent gets it out every time.

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The doctor always has a solution.

Again i depends on the ink. Some are soluble in water.

roughbarked said:

tauto said:

From: OCDC
ID: 739535
Subject: re: Milk
However I get ink on my top nearly every day and plain detergent gets it out every time.

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The doctor always has a solution.

Again i depends on the ink. Some are soluble in water.

Some fibres are unwashable in water.

Anyway, Boris is the printer and I don’t offer anything constructive according to him.

OCDC said:

However I get ink on my top nearly every day and plain detergent gets it out every time.

I use black ink and wear black (or faded black) clothes to work (mostly). I put my pens in my back pocket, sometimes my front pocket. If there’s a leak it only shows up on the pocket lining or my skin. The jeans are fine!

Problem solved.