How to Take Ink Off Paper

Make a mistake when signing a greeting card? Need to change a name inside a text book? Mispelled a person's name in a letter, or wrote the wrong numbers in the address on the envelope? Here is what you can do!

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Sodium Hypochlorite Commonly known as household bleach
• Cotton swabs

1. Pour a small amount of the chlorine bleach in a small container. I sometimes use the cap off the bottle. You can use a small glass bowl if you prefer, YOU ONLY NEED A SMALL AMOUNT!

2. Dip a cotton swab in the bleach. Apply a generous amount to the written area. Follow the ink marks lightly. Be careful not to spill or splash the bleach. IT REMOVES COLOR FROM OTHER THINGS,TOO!

3. Wait for the bleach to dry, reapply if necessary. Be patient, it lightens more as it dries. Keep the pages seperate if applying in a book. If you are only applying to sheets of paper place an old cloth under it.

Tips & Warnings

• If you are using the bleach on white paper it will become almost invisible.
• Be careful on colored paper, test it in an inconspicuous area first.
• It may bleach the color out too much to look as good, but the ink will still disappear
• There is no need to scrub, only dab, the bleach does the work.
• Work in a well ventilated area away from children or pets.
• If splashed on clothing, carpet, etc. it will take color out.
• Be careful not to get it on your skin, or let it splash in your eyes.
• Let thearea that was treated completely dry before writing on it.