How do you get ink off your fingers?

[Lloyd]

I cover it with another layer of ink.

[impossiblebird]

I wash the dishes, or take a shower. Luckily, I'm usually in need of a shower, and there are always plenty of dirty pots lying around

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[fncll]

I leave the ink on, mostly. It scares other people away from stealing my pens (or borrowing them and putting the ol' nib-bender whammy on them). And if people know pens I can say something like "Well, I was servicing my collection of Parker Vacs," or similar, the FP equivalent of explaining the dirt on my pants from tripping over my own feet as the byproduct of saving that child from being hit by a car...

 

For those times I do want to "clean up nice," I also recommend a hair color remover. I use Pro Skin Stain Barrier, which is made to remove hair dye from the skin.

[inkstainedruth]

Eventually it wears off.

 

Luckily, refilling ink cartridges puts it back on.

 

Or flushing them out.

Yesterday I had a stripe of PR Purple Moo across the back of my left index finger, just below the knuckle....

Regular soap and water eventually got it off -- and maybe some of the ammonia water used for the cartridge -- but since I wasn't really going out anywhere (except the hardware store and CVS) I wasn't stressing over it, and last night noticed that it seemed to be gone.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Gcouch]

Most of the ink comes out when I wash my hair in the shower. There is a shadow left over, sometimes.

[Vshin]

91% Isopropyl alcohol (found at local drug stores) will take bulletproof ink off your fingers with some scrubbing.

[amberleadavis]

Any shampoo or soap with Zinc Pyrithione

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc_pyrithione

[fncll]

Any shampoo or soap with Zinc Pyrithione

 

http://en.wikipedia....Zinc_pyrithione

 

Really? Maybe it's time for me to go back to the old Head and Shoulders shampoo!

[Sasha Royale]

You can get ink off the fingers ?

I'm going to be able to eat with the family again !

[MarkieMark]

Swarfega and a (fnger)nail brush takes anything unwanted off your hands.

Except wives and bills.

[KrazyIvan]

I found pine tar soap works fairly well at getting my inky fingers clean. You just have to like smelling like a camp fire.

[Keyser]

best way i've found for getting all sort of muck out if your hands is cloths' washing powder. I've found it out after trying to clean my hand from enamel model paint

[SkylarKnight]

This is an old post, and I feel kinda bad about bumping it, but there's something nobody noted -

Nail polish removed will work for lighter stains, as well as removing it from your desk. Acetone should work for heavier stains.

Any kind of soap, a dish washing sponge, and water will also do the job, although it did leave a very faint mark of the ink on my fingers, but I didn't try hard enough to remove it.

I would say, anything that's a bit coarse will do instead of the sponge, if you don't have one available.

Try not to use anything too coarse on your nails, if you happen to stain them. Try using nail polish remover \ acetone at first, and if that doesn't work, use a nail buffer \ zebra file and GENTLY file the ink off. don't file too much, as it can strip your nail plate and harm it really badly. If the stain won't come off, let the nail grow and trim it. (However, if the stain is embarrassing, I'd suggest to go to a nail tech and ask to cover your nail in a thin layer of natural acrylic, or something of this kind, so while the nail is growing it won't be too obvious. Yes, it works for men as well )

 

 

Those are the on spot ways I found, everyone pretty much has those stuff at home.

 

However, don't forget some hand cream right after!

Edited July 7, 2014 by SkylarKnight

[Kosmic-kowgirl]

Lava soap or a sugar scrub

[zepp]

i proudly wear ink on my fingers

Edited July 7, 2014 by zepp

[Yaakova]

I've always had good results with hand soap and a pumice stone.

[Runnin_Ute]

shampoo is just one of the ways I get ink off my hands. I haven't tried it like I would a liquid soap, but when I wash my hair in the morning. Your hair acts a little like a brush. Right now I have Diamine Classic Red & Steel blue on my hands (mostly) from a ink change on two pens that had those inks.

 

Lysol wipes work nicely as well.

Edited July 8, 2014 by Runnin_Ute

[ParkersAndPaper]

I wear ink like a badge of honor.

[amberleadavis]

Well, it sort of depends on the reason ...

 

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7299/13012745294_279a90b623_c.jpg

 

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2216/13012353355_dfceb2385b_c.jpg

 

Going to back to my regularly scheduled programming.

[pencils]

Soap, water, and failing that (as they usually do), time.

Not being in any super professional setting, it hardly matters.

Heck, I still write little reminders on the back of my hands sometimes.