Pen washed with it?

Remove Kuli-Fleck: All a matter of preparation

Whether the kids have experimented, the Kuli has run out in a shirt pocket or you have washed the ballpoint pen and now want to remove the spots: Once the malheur is done, you can best eliminate it as quickly as possible. Because to remove dried ballpoints is a bit more difficult to put on as fresh spots.

How do you remove the ballpoint pen? The following should be available before starting the stain treatment:

• Medical alcohol:If you don’t have a medical alcohol, you can get it in the pharmacy or in the drugstore. Alcohol is a solvent and can dissolve the resins and the colorants in the ballpoint pen ink. This makes removing the stain much easier.
• Suitable detergent: When it comes to white clothes, we recommendPersil Universal MegaperlsorPersil Universal Power Gel. If you want to remove ballpoint pen from colored clothing, the products of Persil Color are a good choice, for examplePersil Color MegaperlsorPersil Color Kraft Gel.
• A good stain remover: When removing ballpoint pen from fabric, the use ofSil 1 for All Complete Action Fleckengel. You can also get good results withSil 1 for All Complete Action Fleckensalz.

It naturally makes a difference whether you remove ballpoint pens from jeans or from a fine silk blouse. Precisely in the case of sensitive substances, before treatment with a stain remover, you should check whether the garment allows oxygen bleaching.

You can find the appropriate information on the care label: If the triangle has been cut through, the garment must not be bleached. However, use a stain remover with oxygen bleaches, possibly risk color changes or other damage to the tissue. Only if the triangle on the washing label is empty or divided with three oblique lines is an oxygen bleach allowed.

Remove ballpoint pen: step by step to clean clothes

Do you have the medical alcohol, a suitable stain remover and detergent? The garment from which you want to remove a ballpoint is suitable for treatment with the stain remover? Then it can go.

How to remove pen ink:

1. Treat the stain with alcohol.Take a sponge or cotton swab with the medical alcohol and carefully fill the ballpoint with it.
2. Apply the stain remover. Apply it gently to the Kuli-Fleck to simplify the detachment of the stains.
3. Let the stains act. If the manufacturer’s instructions do not make any other indication, you should not have the means worked for more than ten minutes.
4. Place the garment in the washing machine, together with the stain remover, without rinsing it beforehand. Use the appropriate detergent and set the highest possible temperature that allows the garment’s washing label.
5. Let the cleaned garment dry in the air. Especially in the case of dark shirts or jeans, in the wet state it is often not possible to see whether the stain has disappeared or not.
6. Take a closer look at the laundry item.If you still see residues from the ballpoint pen ink, repeat the stain treatment and wash the fabric again.

Important:Do not give clothes after washing in the dryer if traces of the Kuli-Fleck are still recognizable. Otherwise, there is a risk that the color will become stuck in the tissue due to the high temperatures. This makes it even more difficult to remove the ballpoint.