How to remove green from furniture?

In every house in the first-aid kit there is such an antiseptic as green stuff, which is used to treat abrasions, wounds, cuts and a rash from chickenpox. This is especially true if children grow up in the house - here you can’t do without greenery. Despite all its advantages, if a solution of brilliant green grease gets on your skin, furniture, clothes, or other surface, it is quite difficult to wash it. Sad experience shows that no matter how carefully we open the bottle, it will certainly leave its mark somewhere. It is especially sad to see green marks on recently purchased expensive furniture. You can remove the green stuff by various means, but each of them should be used only for a specific material, otherwise - you risk permanently ruining a good thing. How to remove green from furniture? Now we will tell you about all the most effective tools.

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Useful Tips

When removing stains from any material, use the following guidelines:

• Removing fresh stains is always easier than stubborn ones, especially when it comes to traces of green. Therefore, if there was a nuisance and drops of green paint fell on the furniture, do not hesitate, pat them with a napkin so that they do not soak deep into the structure of the fabric or skin.
• Do not smear the stain, just blot it with a napkin, otherwise you will only increase the area of ​​contamination.
• When removing dirt, you need to treat the stain from the edges to the center so that it does not creep even more.
• If one method does not work, wait a while, then use the next method.
• Start with the most gentle methods, and only then, if necessary, use more aggressive ones.
• Before use, it is advisable to test the tool in a small inconspicuous area.
• If you use aggressive means, protect your hands with gloves and ventilate the room well.

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Remove traces of green from leather furniture

There are several options for gentle skin cleansers:

• Alcohol-containing wipes for computer equipment can also serve as a stain remover if the green stain is fresh and small. The situation will not be critical if the leather surface is immediately cleaned with a cloth. It is necessary to clean 2-3 times. After the first cleaning, only part of the brilliant green leaves. The second and third cleaning will help get rid of residual contaminants.
• Stain remover for colored fabrics is suitable for skin of both dyed and natural colors. It is necessary to dilute it with water to a mushy state, apply to the contaminated area and leave for several minutes for a better effect. After this, remove the pulp with a damp cloth.

Important! If the furniture is located in a place where ultraviolet gets, and if the skin is genuine, then after some time the green spots can disappear on their own under the influence of sunlight, especially if they are cleaned at least partially.

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How to remove green stains from textile upholstery?

The situation is more complicated if furniture with textile upholstery is flooded with green. Here you have to act in two stages:

• First apply the product to the area of ​​contamination.
• Then rinse with clean water and dry.

Hydrogen peroxide

You think, than to remove green from furniture with light upholstery? Soak a cotton pad in hydrogen peroxide, blot the stain and leave for 5-10 minutes. Then rinse with a sponge dipped in warm water.

Important! Use with caution, this tool can lighten the fabric coating.

Starch

Make a slurry of water and starch in a ratio of 1: 2 and apply it to the stain. Leave the mixture to dry completely and then wipe it with a soft, dry sponge. This method should work effectively. The procedure can be repeated repeatedly.

Vinegar plus soda

Traces of brilliant green can be removed with vinegar and soda:

1. Add a little soda to the stain.
2. Pour some vinegar on top. The reaction will go.
3. As soon as the soda stops sizzling, remove the mixture with a damp sponge.

Acetone

What else can you remove green from upholstery? Acetone helps in this case:

1. Soak a swab in acetone.
2. Blot the stain profusely with it.
3. Remove any residue immediately and rinse with clean water.
4. Blot the wet spot with a tissue or towel and blow dry.

Chlorine-free toilet cleaner

Green traces can be removed with any chlorine-based product such as Domestos. You need to act quickly and accurately, as this tool can spoil the tissue fibers:

1. Apply a little to the stain. You will see how it begins to fade.
2. As soon as the impurities have receded or become very pale, immediately wash off the remnants with a sponge and soapy water.
3. Rinse with clean water and dry.

Ammonia

To get rid of green footprints with ammonia, you need to moisten a cotton pad in it, process the problem areas and leave it for 5-7 minutes. Then wash off the rest of the ammonia with a damp sponge.

Medical alcohol

Traces of a brilliant green solution can be removed from light-colored upholstery with medical alcohol. You can enhance the whitening effect by adding a little lemon juice to the alcohol.

Important! Alcohol can be replaced with vodka, and lemon juice with citric acid.

Sunflower oil

With old spots, vegetable or sunflower oil does an excellent job. But the minus of this method is that after its application you will have to solve the problem of the remaining bold marks.

Fabric stain remover

Contaminants can be removed using a stain remover, such as Vanish Oxi Action. Follow the instructions that came with the tool.

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How to remove green stains from wooden furniture?

How to wash the green with wood furniture? When removing stains from a wooden surface, it is of great importance whether it is varnished or not. Natural wood has natural porosity and is subject to various types of pollution.

Important! Stains from brilliant green can not be washed from the surface if the tree is not processed from above. Unpainted wood will save only grinding. Even if you begin to remove the stain immediately after its formation, you won’t achieve the result - the tree absorbs dyes so quickly and gives them away so reluctantly that it can only be sanded.

It is somewhat easier to remove the green from furniture if it lands on a varnished tree:

• The varnish can be covered with soda, pour vinegar on top and, when the reaction is over, wipe with a soft cloth.

Important! In the same way, stains from brilliant green are removed from the floor.

• You can also try to wipe the varnished surface moistened with water with an eraser.
• Green traces can be removed by putting a cotton pad with hydrogen peroxide on the stain for several hours.
• Effectively copes with green spots on a wooden surface, a mixture of medical alcohol and lemon juice.
• According to some reviews, the surface is cleaned with alkaline soap.

Important! If no remedy helps, then the damaged area will also have to be sanded. And then re-coat with varnish.

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How to wash stains from plastic surfaces?

Plastic furniture is mainly used in cottages and household plots. Such furniture is not considered a big luxury, therefore it suffers everything - from scratches and sparks from a fire to the notorious spots from greenery:

• White plastic furniture can be washed from brilliant green with the help of chlorine, for example, “White”, “Domestos” are suitable. After cleaning, it is recommended to wipe the cleaned area with vinegar.
• Freshly planted spots should immediately be washed with alkaline soap, washing powder, alcohol wipe, kerosene or gasoline.
• You can also try to clean such stains with a nail polish remover or makeup remover.
• Wet wipes for monitors are also suitable in this case.

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How to remove stains on laminated surfaces?

Laminated furniture and floors, although treated with special components, remain vulnerable to greenery, and stains, if they appear on the laminate, can not be easily removed. The same goes for laminate floors. In the best case, you can get rid of green spots by 50-70%.

How to wash the green from the laminate?

• To remove the green from the laminated furniture and floor, you can use the already tested mixture of alcohol and lemon.
• Stains can also be removed using ordinary detergent.
• The nail polish remover should be used carefully so that the laminate does not peel off.
• Antipyatnin is also suitable for such coverage.
• How else can you get green from the floor and furniture from the laminate? This can be done with cleaning plumbing products.
• It is possible that the stains can be neutralized by putting a cotton pad moistened with hydrogen peroxide on them for several hours.
• A radical way to eliminate green spots is to change the elements of laminated furniture or floor.

On a delicate laminated surface, rubbing anyhow is not recommended. It is worth adhering to the following recommendations:

• Apply fluids and mixtures a little on a cotton pad or swab.
• Start rubbing from the edges to the middle to prevent the stain from growing even more.

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How to wipe dried green from linoleum?

You can remove green from linoleum using:

• alcohol or vodka;
• vinegar with potassium permanganate or hydrogen peroxide in a proportion of 50 g per 1 teaspoon;
• soda with vinegar.

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How to remove stains from wallpaper?

Here you must immediately clarify that you can save non-woven or vinyl wallpaper. With paper this number will not work.

How to act:

• Wet the spots with hydrogen peroxide or alcohol, and after a while they will disappear.
• Sprinkle the stains with baking soda, and then wet them with vinegar. To prepare the vinegar solution, you need to dissolve a teaspoon of vinegar in 100 ml of water.

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How to remove stains from the floor?

If such a nuisance happened, then the following must be done:

• Remove excess moisture from the linoleum with a dry rag. Next, you need to wash the floor with a solution of dishwashing liquid. The stain should disappear.
• On a wet floor, pour powder to clean the surfaces and rub a little, then leave for half an hour. Then rinse with water several times so that there are no white streaks.
• If we are talking about stains that were long ago, then you need to put a rag on them, soaking it first with kerosene or purified gasoline and rinse with soapy water in 10 minutes.
• You can also use a tool such as acetone. Dampen the cloth with acetone and rub the stain. Wash off the rest with soapy water.
• You can use oxygen bleach and sprinkle it with water, and after 30 minutes, clean with a soft brush and rinse off the remaining water.

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