We've all been there: You open the dryer door only to find that someone forgot to empty their pockets. Lip balm or crayons melted all over everything, paper pulp smashed into the fibers of clothing, ...

Laundry mishaps happen—a pen gets left in a jeans pocket and explodes in the dryer, leaving ink all over the clothes and the dryer drum and paddles. Learning how to remove ink from a dryer drum is ...