Wiping up the stain without the use of a cleaner can lead to an even bigger stain.
Remove dye stain from hardwood floor.
Luckily for everyone who chooses to dye their own hair at home there are a few household products that will get rid of the stain quickly and without hurting your floors.
The kind of toothpaste you use to brush your teeth should work just fine unless you use gel.
Drench a clean cloth in the solution you just mixed.
Put some paste on a clean cloth and rub it on the stain until the stain disappears from the wood.
Place this on a smooth soft cloth and rub this on the area until the dye stain disappears.
If you can t remove one or the other perhaps the wood stain dye would at least hide the gel pen marks.
Step 1 pour one tablespoon of baking soda into a small bowl.
You can repeat as often as you want to completely remove the dye stain.
Before resorting to sanding however start by trying to remove stains from wood floors using standard hydrogen peroxide available at drug stores.
Baking soda detergent and water make a solution of 1 tablespoon of baking soda 1 tablespoon of liquid dishwashing detergent and two cups of warm water.
In a bowl mix 2 cups of warm water 1 tablespoon of baking soda and 1 tablespoon of liquid dishwashing detergent together.
The procedure for removing dye that has penetrated the wood is similar to that for removing black water stains but after sanding off the finish use chlorine bleach to remove the dye.
If possible blot up some of the ink with a paper towel.
Rub the stained area of the wood floor with the cloth until the hair dye mark disappears.
Scrape directly into a trash can if possible.
Trouble removing your stain.
Remove additional residue especially from difficult areas with a steel wool pad by scrubbing in the direction of the grain.
The result should then be sprayed and wiped onto the exposed surface of the floor.
Soak a cotton rag with hydrogen peroxide.
Before the stain remover has dried gently scrape the layer of stain and stripper residue from the wood surface with a plastic scraper or putty knife.
You may feel the need to panic and wipe up the stain but resist that temptation.
Here s how to go about it.
Be sure to neutralize the bleach with water before touching up the finish.
In this case you could try to apply a wood stain dye over the gel ink with a thin paintbrush or perhaps an empty pen let it sit a few minutes then work on removing both the gel ink hopefully freshened by the dye and the dye at once.
Just press the ink stain until you can t remove any more of the ink with blotting alone 1 x research sourcestep 2 apply the toothpaste to the stain.
Bleach might have been used to remove the stains from your white clothing but it can do a great job at removing hardwood floor stains as well.
Take a tablespoon of baking soda a tablespoon of liquid dishwashing detergent and two cups of warm water.
Mix the three together in a small bowl until you make a thick paste.