Orange tagboard card + white stonewash cargo pants = ick?

Question

Alright so as I was doing my weekly laundry, I discovered that I forgot to remove a 3x4 card from my pants... and of course the washer shredded it and made a complete mess. Although a headache to clean that stuff up, I discovered that the ink from the card has bled and made all sorts of stains on my stonewash pants. I put stainstick on all the marks and then re-washed -- everything looks like it has washed out for the most part except I just finished drying them and discovered a mark on the front of one of the pockets :( Any tips on getting this out after its been dried?

PS. I've tried getting rid of it with cold water and have just re-stainsticked the stain -- I'll wash them again next week.

Answer 1

You could try color safe bleach. It *should* take out the stains while not effecting the dye in the pants. There are many different stain spray brands. I used "Shout" recently on a tan shirt and it did not work, so I guess it's luck of the draw. Worst case scenario, take it to a dry cleaners.