Removing ink spots.
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Removing ink spots.
I have a quilt top made by someone else that was donated to a quilting club and I chose it from the free table, I like this top done in pinks and greens. the problem is when I went to mark it for hand quilting, I found several ink spots and I have tried removing with no luck, does anyone have any tips on removing the spots? Thanks in advance.
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It depends on what the ink is.
Gel ink will NOT come out. Period. My husband dropped a gel ink pen on an expensive suit shirt and it wicked a stain the size of a quarter. I took the pen and some scraps, made some test stains, tried every single stain remover on the market and every single remedy I could find on the internet. Nothing worked. Finally stumbled across a law enforcement website that recommended using gel ink pens to write checks, because bad guys can't bleach the ink out.
You can always applique something over the stains.
Gel ink will NOT come out. Period. My husband dropped a gel ink pen on an expensive suit shirt and it wicked a stain the size of a quarter. I took the pen and some scraps, made some test stains, tried every single stain remover on the market and every single remedy I could find on the internet. Nothing worked. Finally stumbled across a law enforcement website that recommended using gel ink pens to write checks, because bad guys can't bleach the ink out.
You can always applique something over the stains.
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