"honey, How do you get ink out of the dryer?"
So when my hubby asked me that, I replied "you sit on your hand and knees and scrub at it for about six hours. why?" And yet I was the one who ended up doing it. I bought the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, didn't work at all. All though it did wonders on the walls and doors. I tried GooGone, harldy worked at all. About this time i decided to check on line. I found i was using all the right ideas, solvent, multipurpose cleanser etc, if i had an electric dryer. I have a gas, so it said not to use solvents, and to call a proffessional. My hubby at this point tried to convince me that it was probably baked in and wouldn't ruin any more clothes. Then i was in the bathroom and found my hubby's GoJo hand cleaner. You know the orange smelling pumice stuff for mechanics. I figured i was going to have to replace the dryer anyway, so why not. and since it is made to be used on skin and wash away with water it should be ok.. A combination of the gojo and the mr. clean magic eraser sponge,and the nifty little plastic scrub brush that came with the gojo, and about 2 hours of steady scrubbing, I got about 50% of the ink in my dryer out. The Moral of the story, teach your hubby how to check his pockets, and experiment till you find what works. Sara
Sara, Tell your husband to only remove pens & things like that out of his pockets, leave the money in the pockets! I have a policy, whatever money is left in pockets is my pay for washing clothes. I've gotten quite a lot of money this way. Hey, there has to be some kind of an award for washing clothes! :-) Good luck on getting out the ink stain. If you can't get it out, wash a load of your husband's clothes. If they stain - he will have to eat his own words. Lisa - who needs to get the clothes out of the dryer, they have only been in there for 4 hours or so.
thank you everyone, I knew about the hairspray one, but i have a gas dryer, with a pilot light and didn't really think that spraying flamables into the dryer was a good idea. Thanks anyway