Whether it’s at work making your to-do list for the day or at home in the afternoon doing homework with your child. The fact is that more than once those pants that you like so much or that blue blouse that you are so fond of have been stained by the ink of a pen or even worse, by that of a marker.

If this is also your case, (it has happened to us more than once) you have come to the right place. Here are the best to find out how to remove marker and pen stains from clothes. Take good note that you can use them whenever you need them.

Tips for removing marker and pen stains from your clothes 

If it is a recent marker stain afterward, all you have to do is submerge the garment under a good stream of water, add soap, rub, and finish washing in the washing machine. For pen or marker stains that have already dried, you will have to use one of the tricks that we detail below:

Hot milk to remove stains, it works!

This remedy for removing ink stains from clothes may seem a bit crazy to you, but when you try it and see how well it works, you will always have it on hand to fix these disasters. Prepare a basin and put in some very hot milk, enough so that you can completely submerge the area of ​​​​the garment that has been stained.

Now all that remains is to put the garment in the basin and leave it as it is all night. When you get up in the morning, before washing clothes in the washing machine, do a little test to see if the stain has come out by rubbing it with a dry cloth. If you see that it is not removed, put a little more hot milk and leave it to act for a few more hours. Then rinse with water and wash in the washing machine with the usual laundry.

Lacquer, another home remedy to get rid of ink stains

Try the following remedy; it is perfect for erasing felt-tip pen stains that have already dried. Apply a good stream of lacquer (it can be the same one you use to fix your hair) directly on the stain to be treated. Wait about 30 minutes, slightly less if the clothes are made of a very delicate fabric, and once this time has elapsed, wash by hand with soap and water. If you want you again in the washing machine to make sure that there is no residue. Easy and most effective.

Warm water, soap, and ethyl alcohol

This trick is ideal for removing any ink stain from any garment, regardless of how deep it is and how long it has been on the garment in question. Just remember to put a few drops of ethyl alcohol if the fabric of, for example, your, as may delicate. The remedy is done as follows: put a mixture of water, soap (for example), and a little ethyl alcohol in a large bowl. Submerge the garment and let it act for a few minutes.

After this time you will see that the has begun to disappear. For it to do it completely, you will most likely need to wash the clothes in the washing machine in the program that the clothes require. Problem solved!

Getting rid of marker and pen stains on clothes will be easier than ever thanks to these home remedies. No more excuses!