Getting patches of ink on clothes is a natural thing for school going kids and sometimes even the elder ones. Mainly the kids spoil their clothes a lot with ink. Even I used to spoil my clothes almost every day when I was in school. It is quite natural for every kid; however, it is the parent's duty to take care of those clothes and clean them daily. Removing ink stains from clothes is not much difficult if people follow proper ways. But, if one neglects these stains then he or she might spoil the clothes totally. To remove the ink spots from clothes people should keep few things always, like the baking soda, denatured alcohol, nail polish remover, cotton swabs etc. Keeping a hair dryer, hairspray, paper towels nearby is also necessary. Different types of pens have different types of ink; some are easy to remove while some are pretty difficult to remove. Use of these ink remover materials properly can remove any ink stain from the clothes.

Ink stains from ball point pens are quite common in school shirts. To remove the ball point ink stains, people should rub a wet sponge till the stain is completely removed. Now, use the hair dryer to dry the wet spot and then apply the hairspray on it. Then cover that part of the cloth with the paper towels, one on each side. Then, after some time pour the ink remover on that part and leave for some time. Then wash the cloth with hot water. That will be all for removing the ball point ink stain from the clothes. Ink from the fountain pens spread a lot and they are quite difficult to remove. If you face such situations, then use apply the paper towels on each side of the cloth over the ink spot, then rub that part of the cloth with cotton swabs using the denatured alcohol. After that wash the clothes and dry it up. People face the most problems from the ink of the marker pens. As this ink is said to be permanent, it is pretty hard to remove. The nail polish remover comes very handy in such cases. First, cover the ink patched part using the paper towels on both side and pours some acetone on it. Then rub the ink with cotton swabs using the nail polish remover. This will absorb most of the ink. If the nail polish remover fails to remove the ink completely, then you can use baking soda, this will surely remove the ink stain completely.

If you feel that these ink removing processes are difficult and time consuming, then you can contact any professional cleaner. They will apply all the necessary items like the ink remover and clean the ink stains completely. Dry cleaning is very important while removing ink stains as application of water can spread the ink more. The professional cleaners will use appropriate dry cleaning products and ink remover materials. Although they will charge a bit more for cleaning the clothes, but they will guarantee the complete removal of the ink stains.