Non toxic way of getting rid of ink stain from white canvas trainers

[OM2]

I got black in on my pure white canvas trainers
How do I get off?

I can use bleach - but I'm thinking that won't be good and will be toxic?

I've tried dabbling liquid and a little soap powder
It won't shift

Help!


Omar

 

[Grandad35]

Dye or pigment ink?

 

[OM2]

erm... i think it was the big fat black cartridge
not sure if that's the dye or pigment - assume u'll know
thanks

 

[The Hat]

Try putting a little Tipp-Ex over the stain..

 

[OM2]

Try putting a little Tipp-Ex over the stain..

grrrrr!!!
lol
i'm looking for a magical solution that will make the ink go away

 

[The Hat]

Try putting a little Tipp-Ex over the stain..

grrrrr!!!
lol
i'm looking for a magical solution that will make the ink go away

Hmm There is one solution that I know of but I dont think it would work in you case..

 

[Grandad35]

erm... i think it was the big fat black cartridge
not sure if that's the dye or pigment - assume u'll know
thanks

IIRC, OEM is pigment. If you refill, it could be either.

Bleach (or peroxide, etc) helps on dye, but not on pigment - you have to "fade" the dye to remove the color.

Scrubbing with a carpet cleaner might help with pigment, but would have little effect on dye - you have to remove the pigment particles to remove the color.

 

[OM2]

screw it!
i'm going to try bleach
seems i have no other choice

 

[PeterBJ]

Chlorine bleach contains Sodium Hydroxide to deliberately make it alkaline, to minimize the risk of Chlorine gas formation if the bleach is accidentally mixed with acids like toilet cleaners. The Sodium Hydroxide might turn the white cotton in the canvas yellow.

I did a little experiment. I added a few drops of ink to a few millilitres of water. I then added a few drops of Chlorine bleach and mixed. Pigment black and cyan and magenta dye inks were not affected. Photo black turned yellowish brown and yellow almost lost its color. The pigment black was KMP-U and the dye inks were Image Specialists.

So I don't think bleach will be any good. Maybe scrubbing with some laundry detergent dissolved in hot water will help?

 

[OM2]

@peterbj, thanks for that

its actually the same kmp-u black ink
oh ******!!

maybe i'll just have to learn to live with it
or maybe carefully duplicate the mark and create a pattern and create a new fashion trend and become a millionaire selling the trainers?
hmm....