How to wash off gel pen ink

I believe that everyone must have used a gel pen when they were in school. In the process of using a gel pen, you may accidentally get the gel pen oil on your clothes. Because the color of the gel pen is darker, the pen oil on the clothes will be particularly obvious, and it is particularly laborious to wash it. Ordinary laundry detergent cannot wash it off at all, especially on white clothes. It is the ugliest. So how can you wash off the gel pen oil?

1. Gel pen ink is oily, so you need to use the chemical principle of like dissolves like and choose some oily detergents, such as alcohol and detergent.

2. First, use medical alcohol, which is sold in pharmacies and is very cheap. Apply evenly on the writing surface and let it cool.

3. Rinse with clean water. It is not recommended to use disinfectant here, as this may easily bleach the clothes and make them look ugly.

4. If that doesn’t work, wash it with detergent. Or you can apply detergent when drying clothes, hang them for a while, and then rinse them with clean water.

Additional information:

The gel pen, also known as the water pen, originated in Japan and is a novel writing tool that is currently popular internationally. Different types of gel pens can be divided according to the nib type, ink color, structure, etc. You can choose according to your needs.

The gel pen has the advantages of both fountain pens and ballpoint pens. It has a comfortable writing feel, low ink viscosity, and added lubricating substances. The viscosity of the writing medium is between water-based and oil-based, so it is smoother than ordinary oil-based ballpoint pens. It is an upgraded product of oil-based ballpoint pens.

The nib sizes of gel pens are roughly divided into two types: 1.0mm and 0.5mm.

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