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Tips and home remedies for removing ink stains from leather and clothing. Ink stains usually cannot be removed from clothing by washing. We show how it still works.

Simple ink stain removal tips

Every mother knows the problem and helplessness when ink from a ballpoint pen or fountain pen is found in the child’s clothes. Or when the printer cartridge has run out and is now soiling the beautiful wooden table. And everyone asks the same question: How do I save the beautiful piece of clothing? And is there even a way to save your favorite pair of trousers or your expensive sofa? Yes, there are. Because simple home remedies can remove stubborn ink stains or ballpoint pen stains. This means that no expensive or chemical cleaning agents are required. So use the following tips:

1) Remove ink stains from clothing

You don’t need a harsh and polluting chemical stain remover to get rid of the ink. But simple means from your household. Therefore, first, wash the stain with clear water. Then treat it with some salt or use cleansing lemon juice. Finally, let the respective home remedy work for about half an hour and wash it as usual. Similarly, deodorant stain removal tips and grass stain removal home remedies will help you.

2) Remove ink from upholstered furniture with hairspray

You can use hairspray to remove ink stains from clothing or upholstery. To do this, spray the dirty areas with the hairspray. You can then clean the area with a damp cloth. Also, note other tips for cleaning and caring for upholstery.

3) Remove ink stains on leather

Proper cleaning of leather is important. Otherwise, leather quickly looks unkempt and old. To get rid of ink stains on real or faux leather, use a soft cloth dampened with warm milk. Then you have to go over the spots with light movements and without pressure on the affected areas.

Evaporated salt offers you another option for leather goods. Moisten the salt with water and apply it to the stains. Don’t rub! Then let it work for 2 days and then remove the salt. Finally, wipe the affected areas with a soft cloth and spread a few drops of turpentine over them. You can also clean and remove ink stains from patent leather products with petroleum spirit.

4) Tricks to prevent ink stains

It’s best not to give the ink a chance to ruin your favorite bag or piece of furniture in the first place. Therefore, protect your belongings by preventing ink stains. You should follow a few tips for this. For example, you could put some cardboard under the printer or just put capped ink pens in the pockets.

We have the best recipes and tricks on how to make secret ink. We will also show you how you can make secret writing visible. With these tips, you can compete with Sherlock Holmes!

There are different forms of secret ink that you can easily make yourself. Here we would like to show you two natural formulas with simple home remedies such as lemons, onions, and milk. We also have a chemical version of making secret ink ready for you.

A popular game among children

With a look at Room Escapes, the Sherlock Holmes series, and the boom in detective games on the German board game market, it becomes clear that the age of detective joy among children and adults is far from over. A detective or secret agent party is also ideal for a theme party for children’s birthday parties. Then how cool would it be to write the invitation with a cipher as the first puzzle? You can easily do it yourself with home remedies. As? We’ll show you here.

1) Lemon or onion juice as a secret ink

You can write invisibly with lemon juice or onion juice. You can make the onion juice secret ink by peeling and grating the onion and then squeezing it through a cloth. The text and the secret writing become visible again when the paper is heated. This can be done either by ironing with a warm, not hot iron, by holding the paper to a light bulb or by placing it on the heater, by blow-drying it briefly, or by holding it briefly over a tealight. However, children should never do this unsupervised.

2) milk for cryptography

A second option is to use milk as a secret ink. You can easily take standard cow’s milk and apply it with a brush or a wooden skewer. The invisible milky writing becomes visible through the application of cigarette ash or the powdered graphite of a pencil from a pencil sharpener.

3) Make Nitrate of Cobalt Oxide for Secret Ink

Chemically you can get nitrate of cobalt oxide in the pharmacy, which you can dissolve in water to get an invisible secret ink. When heated, this secret ink appears red and when it cools down, the writing automatically becomes invisible again. In principle, the production of this secret ink works in a similar way to the home remedies lemon or onion juice.