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Ink is really tough to clean off your hands especially blue or black ink. So, don’t let it get dry on your hands, use running water and then right away rub your hands with windex. Then wipe them with a paper tower. Absolutely clean hands.
Whatever is in hairspray, either aerosol or pump, will dissolve ink. Simply spray it on, let it sit for a moment and wash off. If you have ever had a toddler write all over their legs, you’ll appreciate this and so will they!
I’ve found a good way to take off ink or marker from skin is to use Lava soap because it is slightly gritty. If you don’t have a bar, try sprinkling a little powdered cleanser on soapy area and mix.
Use hairspray, it works….or use a greasy lotion, then wipe off with a baby wipe, they work.
I’ve heard about a gel that removes ink. Has anyone ever used a gel and do you know the name of it?
Yahoo answers said dish-washing liquid and sugar and that works quite well. Plus it cleaned my silver ring too.
Alcohol works great to remove ink and it doesn’t leave any stickiness behind like hairspray does.
I have used both rubbing alcohol and hairspray for stubborn ink stains. Both work well and hairspray is great for taking marker off of things it doesn’t belong on.
I have used baby oil to remove printer ink. The oily texture breaks up the ink and also leaves your skin baby soft.
Don’t get ink on your hands, But if you do, Use hairspray. (:
How??
How long does it take to wash it off – both hairspray and alcohol?
Acetone
From hard surfaces (glossy painted metal that you don’t wont to scratch) acetone (main ingredient in nail polish remover) works quite well – even on dried up ink – just spray it on and wipe. The wipe has to be pretty saturated though and make sure you USE it IN WELL VENTILATED AREA. And it WILL REMOVE your fingernail POLISH!
Read Acetone instructions very carefully! It will melt foam cups, may damage wood finish and some plastics. However, Nail polish is very cheap. Good Luck! (now I’m going to go and test that alcohol idea.)
Great!!
Acetone and hair sprays worked very well with me. Baby oil was so so. Thank you guys for sharing these ideas!
Best way to clean ink
Soft Scrub with Bleach is the best way to clean ink from hands. I tried everything else and nothing worked.
Soft Scrub removed ink immediately.
Soft Scrub
Soft scrub helps tons! I just used it and now my hands are marker free!
Bleach!
I tried everything, paint thinner, hair spray, lava, THE ONLY THING THAT WORKED WAS BLEACH. IT TOOK IT ALL OFF RIGHT AWAY!!!!!!!!!
Baby oil
Used it today to take off a temporary tattoo and it worked great!
Well, to start off, lemon and hairspray should take most off. Then get a foot scrubber or sandpaper and rub the ink part.
PS. If that does not work then try bleach. Hope this works for you as much it did me.
Baby oil VS. Hair spray
My 3 yr old son came walking into the kitchen, naked and covered in black. He had gotten hold of a black ink pad.
He seriously looked like a Chimney Sweep. Because of the young skin I did not want to use bleach or soft scrub etc. I did try hairspray and it didn’t do a thing. Got out the baby oil and it took about 95% off. The hands were pretty difficult but I got enough off that I could take him out in public again.
Windex OK, Bleach much better.
I tried several chemicals to remove ink from my hands without success, and finally after reading the above comments I used Windex and Bleach. The bleach (diluted) worked great. Remember to wash you hands with plenty of soap and water afterward to get the bleach off of your hands.
Nail polish
I was just trying to make a homemade marker and I spilled ink every where and on my hands. Then I tried nail polish remover and it worked great but just make sure to wash your hands after then put some lotion on because they can get really dry and sandy.
Toothpaste removes ink
One time I was using a marker and the ink got all over my hands. I tried soap and dish soap but it didn’t work. Then I used toothpaste, and it worked!
Bleach
Printer Ink!!!
Tried – Soap/ Windex/ Goof Off/ Alcohol/ then FINALLY got to the bleach post – used Clorox clean up – came right off!!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Yippee!
When all else fails, go for the bleach
Trying to use ink refill, did not go well. Hands were covered in black ink. Tried everything people listed to remove ink. Nothing would remove the ink on my hands. I finally put a little bleach in my hands because I could not think of anything else to try. It all came right off. So, if all else fails, go for the bleach. Just make sure to wash your hands very well with soap and water afterward.
toothpaste saved me!
I was drawing cute faces on my fingers like a 7 year old, I then decided to take it off but even with lots of soap I couldn’t. I tried alcohol, nail polish and hairspray but it didn’t work. Then I tried toothpaste and it worked great! Tomorrow I have a really important exam, toothpaste saved me!
Go Bleach!!!
I was trying to fix my printer and got blue and black ink all over my hands! :@. So I tried water and soap, hairspray, alcohol, dish soap and sugar, BUT NOTHING WORKED!! So finally I tried bleach, and what do you know, my ink was instantly gone. (P.S. now my hands smell horrible, LOL.)
I found that using a foot scrubby thing for dry skin works really well for ink. So, try that. Good Luck!
Clorox Bleach worked
filled up an ink cartridge and ink was all over my hands. I tried to use dish liquid, nothing. I place bleach on my hands and rubbed them together, it came off instantly.
Clorox Bleach Magic
Getting black ink on my hands filling my ink jet cartridge never bothered me, it always washes off after time. But today I have to go out with family. I tried hand soap and a brush, Go-Jo Orange, but it was still in the pores of my skin. But when I tried bleach, I poured it on, turned my head for a second and it was like magic, NO MORE INK!
Bleach Works!!
I tried dish washing liquid and sugar, Windex, regular soap, peroxide, alcohol, greasy lotion… only bleach worked!!!
Sugar and Soap!
I used lots of sugar mixed with a cheap dish washing soap.. and SCRUBBED with the rough side of a sponge!! It worked like magic!!!!!!
Thank you for the tip - Toothpaste
Today I got green ink from a pen all over my right hand. I am at the office so it was hard to get some of the stuff. I took my toothpaste and it is working perfectly.
Thanks!
Windex Works!
Okay, so one time my friend and I were goofing off and broke a blue crayola marker. The ink came out all over our hands and so we were reading all these comments. We tried the Windex and it came right off! Easy, just like giving a 1st grader a sucker!
CLOROX!
I was really desperate to get this printer ink off my hands. I tried everything from hand sanitizer to baby oil, lotion, hairspray, hair gel, dishwasher with sugar, Windex, etc. I went even further and tried hair mousse and wax and they did not work. I tried Clorox at last and IT WORKED LIKE MAGIC! LITERALLY! My hands are clean as new and I’m so happy now!
Whoever came up with this, THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Miracle wipes
My son decided to make a makeshift feather pen which ended up an ink explosion all over the room. Amazingly Clorox cleaning wipes took the ink off almost everything except his hands. I was impressed.
Correction to miracle wipes
Actually they were Lysol Wipes, but I am sure most of these type wipes contain the same cleaning chemicals.
Liquid Soap And Scrub MAGIC!!!
I got printer ink all over my fingertips and I put some liquid soap on the kitchen scrub and start scrubbing my finger, now my hands are clean.
Try it! It’s cheap and works perfectly!
Lysol
I had this happen and was at work with no hairspray etc, and used Lysol, worked great except right around my fingernails.
BLEACH! My hands were covered in dry ink and I tried hairspray, toothpaste, Lysol wipes and the dishsoap ‘recipe’… The toothpaste barely made a dent, the others did hardly anything. Bleach got it off almost instantly. Because of those results, I can deal with the smell!
Toothpaste works
I spilled fountain pen on my finger and immediately soaked it in warm water before scrubbing it in Sanctuary. Body Scrub This took about 15% off so I then tried hairspray which didn’t help so then I tried Colgate Deep Clean toothpaste which I squeezed a blob then wash it three times which worked a treat!
My friend and I are doing a science project, attempting to remove ink with various chemicals. We have discovered that the chemicals in a match head – after it has been lit and thereafter blown off – will possess the potential to successfully eliminate stubborn forms of ink.
Hand sanitizer works with permanent marker.
Hi! I was using a stamp pad to make designs and got my hand smeared with ink. I tried using dishwasher soap and sugar and it did not work; even toothpaste did not work, so I tried perfume and viola! The ink was disappearing like magic! This thing works, trust me!
PS – Wash your hands properly with soap and water after this.
@IceKat83 – Worked like a charm! Smells a little funky but it works great! Thanks for the advice, hairspray didn’t work for me.
I work at a newspaper, and get covered in ink daily. Irish spring works amazingly well. Preferably the bar, but bod wash will work too…..The detergents break down ink really well……dawn works well to break up a thick amount of ink, but irish spring seems to get the majority of it.
My son got into our ink pad so I put him in a bath with alot of baby oil and tried washing it with his baby soap that took off a little. I then got the baking soda and that got 95% of it off. It worked GREAT!!!
Thanks Jesse for the Irish Spring recommendation! I work on a printing press also and get ink all over me every day. We have a special cleaner at work but I don’t think it’s sold in stores…probably because it works lol.
TOOTHPASTE!
It worked my hands were coveted in blue ink and I washed my hands 5 times and it worked
Warning: BLEACH is caustic!!! It will burn your skin, and also work itself into the layers beneath. That’s why your hands will smell for days afterwards, no matter how often you wash them! I would not voluntarily put bleach on my skin (or anything I wear or sleep on).
Whenever I refill my ink cartridges, I will wash my hands well with soap and water. Then, I rub them well with oily lotion and take it off with a paper towel. This can be repeated as often as you like without damaging your skin.
One of my friends in Germany had a problem with alarming hair loss. Her doctor finally found out from her that she used a lot of bleach in her laundry. After she stopped using bleach, her beautiful black hair grew back.
Due to me having a cut I had to be careful but AJAX with Bleach Powder Cleanser works real well. You might need to keep rubbing for a few minutes but It works and it doesn’t leave behind a bad smell. We use it to clean around my job but I saw it and thought that it might work.
Just wait for sweat, I tried everything you’ve suggested but bleach because I didn’t want to burn my hands. and after today I realized it was gone because of my sweat.
i was doing my 4 month year olds hands and feet for his baby book, and underestimated his strength!! :/ needless to say both of us ended up coverdin ink!!!! he even got some on his face! i tried everything and i mean EVERYTHING!! for me, i used bleach and it worked perfectly, every drop of ink was gone… but for my baby i wasn’t about to iuse anything that could be harmful, so i used vaseline and baby oli and it got most of it off… which was bettter tht what he had on him before!!
thank you sooo much to everyone!!! it feels good to not be covered in ink anymore
One of my students came in covered in black marker. We tried peroxide, alcohol, then the toothpaste and IT WORKED!!! The toothpaste did the best job! Not all but most of it came off!!!!
the only thing that worked for me when i got inkjet blue ink all over my hands – after trying soap & water, nail polish remover, hairspray and laundry stain remover was bleach – mix it 1 part bleach to 8-10 parts water. it will come right off.
Up one night at 12:53 am because printerhead problems and ink all over my head, tried the hairspray no good, tried the sugar and dish washing liquid no good. Used a Brillo Soap Pad and it came right off.
BRILLO SOAP PAD TO GET INK OFF SKIN ESPECIALLY HANDS AND FINGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pummus stone+ Avon skin oil + toothpaste + water + scrubbing= Clean hands!!! Free from ink!