OK - so my husband has a 2nd love besides me.. G2 gel pens. Because I am not an amazing homemaker, I don't ALWAYS remember to check his jean pockets before throwing them in the wash, and as a result I had both his favorite (and only decent) pair of jeans and one of my only 2 decent pairs of jeans come out of the wash with very large ink stains on them last week. I, unfortunately, spent numerous hours (really!) strubbing his jeans and the large stain on my jeans before taking any pictures, so this before and after is only of the one stain that I was not very determined about getting out, since it is just on the very bottom cuff of my jeans. I was very determined about the other spots, however, since I had not built 2 new pairs of jeans into our 2013 budget! So... I headed to google to figure out how to get those huge black spots at least mostly faded so the jeans would be wearable again. I first tried rubbing alcohol, and that was decently successful, but nail polish remover proved to be the best tool. I soaked the spot, let it sit for a couple minutes, and then scrubbed and scrubbed until not much ink was coming out anymore. Then I repeated... and repeated... and repeated. Yes, I literally scrubbed one 3 inch by 2 inch spot on my husbands jeans for just under 3 hours! He will probably now soon have a hole there due to my intense rubbing, but at least it will hold off the purchase for a short time!
Sorry that these pictures don't show the effect very well from before to after, but, as I said, I didn't put too much effort into this spot - only 10 minutes or so. I promise this process did work... but only if your time is not as important as your money!
Before:
After:
-Maria
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