How to Remove Ink Stains From Wood

I've got a bunch of ink stains in my wood desk and out of the 7 products I try 2 turn out to be really good options for removing ink stains from wood. Spoiler alert: I mess up pretty bad with one option.

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[OutoftheWoodwork]

Don't make the same mistake I made in this video!! Also, know anything else that is supposed to remove ink from wood? Put it down here!

[hampter]

I'm a 12 year old and i broke a pen and was stupid enough to put it back in the mesh holder upside down and i only found out the day after that there was 3 giant globs of ink on the desk. Luckily my mom was gone to drop my dad and brother off. I tried finding the baking soda but i have no idea where mom hides that in the kitchen but the toothpaste worked like a charm. You just saved me from a red hand stain on my face. Thank you so 🙏 But she's gonna find out sooner or later when she sees all the blue napkins in the bin and realize we ran out of toothpaste

[themorenajay]

I had those temporary tattoos stuck on my wardrobe for YEARS because they couldn't just scrub off with a wet rag. I CAN"T BELIEVE I could've removed them ages ago with just soda! God bless you man! You just saved our wardrobe! Lots of health to you!

[hodgepodgehedgehog]

you legitimately saved my life with this video!! a hot hot HOT pink paper flyer got wet and soaked into my wooden kitchen counter and left a hot pink rectangle stain. the baking soda and water (with some elbow grease haha) took it right off! thank you so much!!

[meroo]

Thanks, i tried it and you got me out of a lot of trouble

[hannie]

oh my goodness thanks for sharing this! one of my family members put a leaky pen and it stained my nice wood desk. Tried your baking soda method since i have it at home, and it worked!!! woohoo and shout out to you for sharing and the tests are great!

[UkraineRPCV]

Pen exploded on the dining room table. Your baking soda trick worked like a charm. You would never know anything happened. Thanks!

[ShariMcLaren-Sterling]

Coincidentally I had Colgate deep clean whitening with baking soda toothpaste. It worked!

Great video 😁

[jasminesweat]

Thank you, In my opinion I think this was a very good experimental video with a good mixture of products that we typically have on hand. Thank you

[CraigManning]

Useful to know, thanks for sharing this!
Have you been able to clean /polish out the acetone damage?

[kimronan]

Thanks to your tests and the comments below I chose toothpaste. Worked a treat with no consequential damage 👍🏽

[judithoconnor]

great demo and really useful to me to get a biro mark off a sideboard

[chelseasadaghiani]

Just used baking soda to get ballpoint pens ink out of chopping block counter from my toddler. Success! Thanks for this video!!

[QSeaO]

you just saved my life man! I thought my son’s bullpen stains on my lovely white table will stay forever ! And I just applied some tooth paste and it’s perfect now !

[enrichingexchanges]

Worked like magic on indigo stain on wood, 2 sq inch of stain gone under 2 minutes with 91% isopropyl alcohol. THANK YOU!

[ashleyyyflores]

Do u know how to take off the acetone from surfaces like that tho or does it work with toothpaste?

[UHgrad]

Baking soda works like magic, to remove ink stains off a wood table. I used this method today !

[Poor_Mans_DIY]

Clever testing! We enjoyed that and look forward to your future videos. On a side note, we wished to compliment you for your other video with your children. It is nice to see parents get their children involved and to build things instead of handing them an electronic game and pushing them to the side. We need more parents like you. Keep up the great work!

[camdenmcdarisblack]

Thank you! This was great. And I'm going to make my son watch it (as "penitence" for intentionally breaking open a pen and dropping it on our wood floor, haha!)

[jaska]

Cologne or parfume works wonders. Removed permanent marker from my son's bed frame like a charm. Does not work on our vintage desk though (that is why I watched your video :)). I will try the soda or toothpaste!