OT: how to remove blue pen ink from polyester and nylon fabric ?

Me neither. Although they have those little pre-measured dissolving packets of automatic dishwasher detergent.

Those are sort of "cubic" and I use those in my little 18" dishwasher. ;-)

Here in the UK they are called dishwasher tablets and look like these:

And they also have some liquid or gel dishwasher detergent.

There's a product called "Goop" available in .us drugstores, etc. that removes many stains from *washable* clothing.

Well maybe you should think of the cream [dishwasher] as a solid version of your liquid ,,, :>:>:>

See how interesting it is to share info !!!! mirjam

It's great on oil-based stains, especially on synthetics.

It's especially interesting to learn of products available in one area of the world, but not in another. I've gotten the impression that appliances made for the European buyers are much better quality than the ones here. Unfortunately, I think the prices reflect that, too.

Over here in Europe I think we have been more driven by efficiency than over the pond. Partly due to higher population densities (more demands on agriculture) and also higher costs for fuel etc. Also higher population densities mean smaller living spaces so we have to make our white goods (for instance) fit those smaller spaces.....

Lizzy

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We all have the Cube type for the wash machine !!! mirjam

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YES Lizzy these are the kind and they even have a little red ball of one of the materials in them ,, look quite cute !!! mirjam

I should have KNOWN not to prolong that STAIN discussion ,,,

1. a white tricot polo shirt of my husband has a UNIDENTIFIED light brown stain ,,,, i did all the tricks ,, stain HOLDS on with his fingernails, to the shirt ,,, which does look bad ...
2. I forgot to look into my husbamd pocket of one other tricot shirt , and there were some leaves ,,, now there is a nasty green black stain ,, on the outside of the pocket ,,,, Again none of the adviced here and or known to me formulas worked brrrrrr mirjam

I found this today via Craftzine - lots of ideas, maybe you haven't tried them all?

Thank you Samantha and Lizzy ,, now i will have to go read labels and try and find this kind of bleach in local terms ,,,, and while they do print the names in English as well ,,, sometimes it is a funny translation ,,,, =3D unrecognizable ,, mirjam

Hi Mirjam,

I found an article talking about this issue and put it on my new blog (I just created it last week, so so far there is not much content) but I thought that maybe could help you. If you have time you can visit my removal stain blog. Thanks and good luck with the stains.

Shondra

Thank you !!!! mirjam