I'm halfway through a complex art piece on a machine-washable 100% Polyester shower curtain liner (don't ask) that I prewashed. Will the ink wash off?
818162
Most manmade fibers such as polyester and acrylic and nylon are very stain-resistant, and if these brushes use a water-based stain (which I assume they do since other reviews have said that they will bleed if used next to damp acrylic paint), the chances of them adhering to polyester seem pretty low. In fact, the ONLY dye which will affect polyester is what is called a "disperse dye". This is not it.
818163
My project was on a cotton t-shirt and has faded with washing. Polyester probably will be a little different but to make it as colorfast as you can, I would advise pressing with a warm iron before washing. Also when using dye, it helps make items colorfast to soak in vinegar and let dry before use or washing. Good luck!
818164
It probably will eventually, even though they are marked as permanent. Art or fabric markers won't wash out and will leave only pigment.
818165
I tested the pens on cotton muslin. It did not wash out at all; it didn't even fade after 3 washings. I didn't test it on 100% poly.
1583544
Yes, I can confirm that there will be no bare spots in the design. The design you see here will print over the entire shower curtain.
21178
It's not mold- or mildew-proof, though as others have said, if you unsnap it once or twice a month and run it through a hot wash, it should be good to go. I wasn't following this advice for my first liner and after about a year, I had to throw one out and buy a new one. Now I know to wash it every so often. I throw it in the wash with my bath mat, and/or sometimes with the shower curtain itself.
2236603
No washing necessary. When the water evaporates, so does the marks! It's awesome!
1629449
These are water based. So it will wash off unless u use a sealer. I use it on hats and canvas shoes. It need a few passes but the end result is very nice. Then i hit it with a sealer/water sealer. I like to use mod podge acrylic sealer. Then hand wash my work. Don't put in machine.
1521030
With the older ink formulas, a bit of alcohol rubbed on the pad and letting it sit awhile helped some. With the newer, washable inks - not sure. Myself, if a bit of alcohol or water didn't liven the ink up some, I would look into buying a bottle of the roll-on inkers if they still manufacture them. They look like one of those roll-on deodorant bottles but have ink pad ink in them. If none of the above are helpful, toss it and buy another one.
311933
The ink is removed with heat or friction. So in theory, yes, this should work -but not sure HOW HOT. I have noticed that the ink residual is not removed by the erasure, the ink in fact is simply converted to a transparency. I purchased several boxes of them and use them on test samples in the lab. We take those samles to 250°F and stabilize for 2-30 minutes. and the ink is normally not visible. I should mention that the materials we write on have a film coating - and that is non-porous. So the behavior with fabric where it can draw into the fibers might be different.
1870838
No. Cleaning a pen is easy. It is only waterproof on cellulose based products. Examples for these products are cellulose paper, cotton (90%), and wool (50%). Be careful not to get this ink on clothing. Do not be concerned with getting this ink on the skin. It will wash off with soap and water. This is a great ink.
1452552
I think that if it is something you printed out on your own printer there might be a problem since printer ink is water soluble. If it is ordinary printed material I don't see any problem other than soaking the paper might wrinkle it.
1565793
I guess it might depend on what kind of fabric the clothes are made of. I have had kids get these markers all over themselves and on bedding. All of it washed out without treatment. These are not permanent markers. The ink is totally washable and erasable on cotton, but maybe not on polyester blends such as a t shirt. My grandkids love these markers and I have white boards for them to color on. They love it, but these markers are messy.
2126714
Yes it is. I just put it in the washer HAND WASH and it cleaned pretty good. But of course the ink stains not so much :)
2237634
The ink pad is still exposed when inserted, so I'm assuming over time it will dry out.
406699
Tony, the material is transparent and it dissolves rather quickly in water. I just wrote on a small piece with a sharpie pen and you could see the writing and the entire sheet dissolved in water.
2219518
That is a good question. So I stamped a few on some fabric & rubbed it in. Then waited a min & rinsed it off in lukewarm water. It came out right away. I also stamped them on my hand. The ink washes right off. Hope this helps. My granddaughter, who is 4, loves them.
530990
It doesn't say on the curtain, so I would probably dry clean it, unless you ask the company.
1402615
I have not experienced any label problems. If you make sure you do not overfill the wash basin, and set the end rollers at the right distance, the label will not get wet as long as you withdraw the record right after the wash procedure and dry it. If you have concerns about the label washing off due to the type of ink used, I would test a small area with no text with a damp sponge. No ink should come off and it should not fade. If it fades or washes off I'm not sure I would wash it other than by hand. I have not run into any labels on 331/3 LPs that wash off or streak, same for 45s. I have not washed any 78s. I guess I have washed about 250 or more records with the Spin Clean and find it indispensable when buying used records and going back through my personal collection. I even wash records that don't show any signs of dust. The Spin Clean get down deep in the grooves.
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I have not washed this particular liner yet, but every plastic liner I have ever had I have thrown in the washing machine with one cup of vinegar and on cap of Tide and they have come out perfectly spotless.