Fortunately, the load that it exploded in was only about a half load. The unpleasant part was trying to clean the ink out of the dryer. We tried rubbing alcohol, finger nail polish, and GooGone without much success, so we had to buy 100% acetone to do the trick. I must admit that neither one of us wanted to scrub on the dryer with those fumes filling the room. So after two weeks of working on it a little at a time we managed to not pass out from inhalation and finally rid our dryer of the blue ink splatter. Now our clothes are a different matter. Unfortunately, I have not been successful at ridding them of the blue splatter marks, despite trying multiple products. Oh well, I hope we have learned our lesson!
Monday, March 20, 2006
Wonderful Clean Clothes!
We are really happy in this house because I FINALLY got to do the laundry! It may not seem like a moment to rejoice for many of you, but after two weeks of not being able to wash clothes (or rather dry them) we are happy to not be wearing those items in our closet that we wear only out of deparation. Why, you may ask, could I not do the laundry? Well two weeks ago I found out about the joy that comes with exploding pens in the dryer! 
Fortunately, the load that it exploded in was only about a half load. The unpleasant part was trying to clean the ink out of the dryer. We tried rubbing alcohol, finger nail polish, and GooGone without much success, so we had to buy 100% acetone to do the trick. I must admit that neither one of us wanted to scrub on the dryer with those fumes filling the room. So after two weeks of working on it a little at a time we managed to not pass out from inhalation and finally rid our dryer of the blue ink splatter. Now our clothes are a different matter. Unfortunately, I have not been successful at ridding them of the blue splatter marks, despite trying multiple products. Oh well, I hope we have learned our lesson!
Fortunately, the load that it exploded in was only about a half load. The unpleasant part was trying to clean the ink out of the dryer. We tried rubbing alcohol, finger nail polish, and GooGone without much success, so we had to buy 100% acetone to do the trick. I must admit that neither one of us wanted to scrub on the dryer with those fumes filling the room. So after two weeks of working on it a little at a time we managed to not pass out from inhalation and finally rid our dryer of the blue ink splatter. Now our clothes are a different matter. Unfortunately, I have not been successful at ridding them of the blue splatter marks, despite trying multiple products. Oh well, I hope we have learned our lesson!
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