How to get rid of a dried in blue ink stain from a blue pen on a khaki pants?

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My khaki pants was in the washer and I forgot my blue ink pen in it and as it was tumble drying I guess the pen broke, leaking ink so just wondering if there is any way to remove the stain completely

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  1. bob says:
    September 1, 2009 at 5:03 am

    You have a nice pair of pants to do yard work in I would think.

  2. *Sombra* says:
    September 1, 2009 at 5:03 am

    Saturate the stain with either non-aerosol (pump-type) hairspray or rubbing alcohol … let it sit awhile … rinse, use a laundry pretreatment product (Shout, Spray ‘N Wash, etc.) and wash as usual.

    If the entire stain does not come out on the first try DON’T dry the pants (that will set the stain) … repeat the above process if necessary.

    Since the pants have already gone through a tumble-dry cycle, the stain may already be set … if so, I doubt you’ll be able to remove it.

  3. voicefromparis says:
    September 1, 2009 at 5:03 am

    Don’t waste your time, the stain will never come out "completely" without damaging the base color of the pants.

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