There are times when you need to know how to get ink out of paper. For example, you made a fresh renovation, pasted new wallpaper, and the child decided to leave his autograph on them. What to do? Do not re-paste the same wallpaper throughout the room. Or you need to remove a stain from a ballpoint pen that has “bled” and left its mark where it should not be.
There are several options for dealing with this problem at home.
In order to remove ink from paper, it is necessary to make a solution of vinegar essence and potassium permanganate in the following proportions: for a glass of essence - a tablespoon without a slide of potassium permanganate. Stir until all crystals are dispersed. You should get a pink solution. Next, with cotton pads, begin to blot (do not rub) the contaminated area until the ink disappears. As a result, instead of ink from the pen, a dirty pink stain from potassium permanganate will remain. Don't be scared, that's how it should be. Immediately take 3% hydrogen peroxide, soak a clean cotton pad in it and blot the stain. There will be no trace of ink and potassium permanganate! Drydryer surface.
You can use this method: mix citric and oxalic acids (10 g each) in 100 g of water. Apply the solution to the paper with a swab or cotton swab. If you can't get the ink out the first time, repeat the procedure. If the speck is too small or you need to erase or correct, say, a letter, then it is better to use not a cotton swab, but a toothpick, as it is thinner. It is necessary to act carefully so as not to get a hole.
Ink stains can be removed with ordinary lemon juice, soaking a cotton swab in it and pressing it to the stained area.
And here is one of the "grandmother's" recipes on how to remove ink from paper or wallpaper: you need to boil a hard-boiled chicken egg, cool it, cut it into two parts and attach it to the wallpaper with a cut. The stain will disappear!
You can also get rid of ink with a completely modern chemical agent, known to everyone under the name "Domestos" or "Whiteness" (economy option). One has only to dip a brush or toothpick into this solution and wipe the stain, and it will disappear.
Another recipe: add 10 grams of hydrochloric acid and table s alt to 30 ml of distilled water, mix and process the desired part of the leaf.
Here's a way to get ink out of paper without blotting and rubbing. Mix water with sodium sulfite or other substance containing SO3. Next, fix the sheet over the solution and wait until the stain disappears. Neutralization of ink occurs due to the vapors released by the chemicalconnection. In this case, be extremely careful with the use of the chemical and keep in mind that not only unnecessary stains will disappear, but everything that is written in ink.
Now you know several ways to get ink out of paper. It remains to choose the most suitable option in your case and act. Where acids are used, take precautions: wear gloves before handling. Any stain removal process does not tolerate haste and fuss.