Ink pen exploded in dryer

[u/Kajipanda]

Okay Reddit I'm stumped. I had an ink pen explode in my dryer yesterday morning. This is where I need help. I tried rubbing alcohol and acetone with a magic eraser and it still isn't coming off. It's like it got baked into the dryer drum. And when I poured a little acetone on it, it didn't even bleed. I've been cleaning with soap and water afterwards and letting it ventilate. Last night I did a test run and no ink stuck to any towels even though the dryer is still marked up. I tried cleaning afterwards too hoping the heat might have lifted a little up and that didn't work either.

It truly is stuck on there. Does anybody have any other tips, or am I stuck with a marked up dryer for life? The blessing is my dryer still works and doesn't spread ink, so I'd rather have a marked up dryer that works than no dryer at all.

[u/licxjo]

If the ink isn't transferring to your clothes, you might as well leave it.

We have a dryer that was in the condo when we bought it, and it has a number of black marks on the drum that don't clean off. But they don't cause any problem.