3. Results

3. Results

The following are the pictures of the cloths after being soaked in the various cleaning chemicals. It displays both our first method (soaking) and second (soaked cotton wool), which we concluded produced generally better results.

Condition of the pieces of cloth 

Rubbing Alcohol :
(Left-Method 1, Right-Method 2)








Lemon :
(Left-Method 1, Right-Method 2)










Baking Soda :
(Left-Method 1, Right-Method 2)








Toothpaste :
(Left-Method 1, Right-Method 2)








Salt :
(Left-Method 1, Right-Method 2)









Vinegar :
(Left-Method 1, Right-Method 2)








 Nail Polish Remover :
(Left-Method 1, Right-Method)

Table 1: Table of amount of light that passed through each cloth 

Soaked cotton placed on ink

The ink is soaked in different kitchen chemicals

According to the data shown, baking soda was the best chemical to remove ink stains. It removed the most amount of ink, hence allowing more light to pass through.