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Ballpoint ink on the hands
March 2024

Ballpoint ink on the hands

Who does not know that: The cheap pen has expired and you have the mess on your hands or anywhere. With soap, these stubborn stains can only be overcome with painstaking scrubbing and rubbing on the...

Printer ink on hands and textiles
March 2024

Printer ink on hands and textiles

Printer ink is generally very persistent. To remove, simply spread "Bref" cleaner in your hands and rub with a towel. Soak on textiles, also simply with "Bref" -cleaner (test before in a not...

Remove ink stains
March 2024

Remove ink stains

Detergent solution, rust remover (oxalic acid or clover salt - both toxic!), Acetic acid (concentration of oxalic and acetic acid, each 5-10%). Treat first with the mild detergent solution, then with...

Remove printer ink from your fingers
March 2024

Remove printer ink from your fingers

Guess that this has happened to a lot of people, who have been refilling a printer cartridge, a droplet comes on a finger and it shines as a whole (as in my case) in wonderful black. The stuff is now...

With alcohol against Edding
March 2024

With alcohol against Edding

Who does not know this problem? Either the little ones smeared things with an edding around, where they have no business, or you buy a nice new refrigerator from a large mail-order company, whose...

Remove edding from whiteboards
March 2024

Remove edding from whiteboards

Has anyone once again confused an edding with a whiteboard marker and now the editing of the whiteboard just does not work anymore? No problem! Simply paint the edding on the whiteboard with a...

Remove ballpoint patches from velor (BALBO Power Pad)
March 2024

Remove ballpoint patches from velor (BALBO Power Pad)

I have a light brown velor sofa. And a one and a half year daughter. What is happening? Of course: She finds a pen and paints a Picasso on the sofa. I just hear, "Mom! Maln!" Oh no! How should I...

Remove ballpoint pens with alcohol
March 2024

Remove ballpoint pens with alcohol

Ballpoint pen ink is water insoluble and requires another solvent to leave the tissue. I always take a good drop of alcohol. One buys a clear alcohol-containing drink (at least 50% vol). The area...

Remove printer ink from newspaper from oilcloth tablecloths
March 2024

Remove printer ink from newspaper from oilcloth tablecloths

I read my newspaper every morning at breakfast. As a tablecloth we use oilcloth. Especially when reading something on the newspaper or writing something on a piece of paper, some printing ink on the...

Free whiteboard from dried board marker
March 2024

Free whiteboard from dried board marker

What really helped: Moist glasses cleaning cloths (this individually packed cloth with the cleaning agent in it). What did NOT help: paint over with fresh board marker (did not work) Glass cleaner,...