You’ll have better luck salvaging your laundry if you catch the ink stains before putting the clothes into the dryer. Begin by checking each garment for stains. You may have multiple stains to treat.
If the ink is ballpoint or washable marker, begin by treating the stains with rubbing or isopropyl alcohol. Place the ink stained clothing on top of a white towel or paper toweling. Working from the outside of the stain and using a cotton swab, blot the alcohol into the stain. The ink will be transferred to the toweling underneath. Keep moving the stain onto a clean towel area until the stain is gone. Then rinse the area very well with cold water.
You may need to repeat the treatment several times depending upon how much ink was transferred. Use the same method if the stain has already dried – just know that you’ll need to keep repeating the treatment.
If the ink is a permanent marker, nothing is going to work. Consider dying the garment a dark color, putting an embellishment over the stain like a patch or ribbon or button trim or use the clothes as play or painting clothes.
Use rubbing alcohol to remove any ink remaining in your washer or dryer tub. Just use a white towel dampened with the alcohol to remove the ink. Rinse with a cloth dipped in water.
