How to wash brilliant green from different surfaces?
One of the most popular and widely used antiseptics is brilliant green dye, or brilliant green. For many years, she has been treating damaged areas of the skin, but despite all the benefits of this solution, it has one significant drawback - it is extremely difficult to wipe it off. And if the contents of the bottle accidentally spill out onto clothes or furniture, then you need to make great efforts to get rid of the bright green color without spoiling your favorite jacket or expensive leather chair.
Peculiarities
This solution has a special molecular structure, thanks to which we have such a bright and surprisingly stable color, which is very difficult to wash both from the body and from other surfaces. In this case, the brilliant green is also red (due to the fuchsin contained in it), and it is also problematic to wipe it off. If you choose the wrong remedy to remove these stains, then you can significantly aggravate the situation by ruining your clothes or furniture.
Therefore, it is important to first familiarize yourself with the cleaning methods, protecting the skin from the effects of aggressive substances, wearing gloves.
Means and methods of cleaning
Methods for removing green stains depend primarily on the surface from which they are planned to be removed.
Body
Many people are familiar with the situation when a new bottle of greenery opens with effort, while often, when opening, the solution is sprayed, splattering everything around, and first of all, hands. Zelenka quickly eats into the skin and remains there for a long time (up to a week), and you can't get rid of the usual washing of hands with soap. But this does not mean that you have to wait a few days and walk this time with green palms or fingers.The problem can be dealt with. This will help:
- Alcohol-containing solutions... With an ordinary cotton swab with alcohol, you can wipe the painted area, but carefully, without fanaticism, otherwise burns cannot be avoided. Alcohol can be replaced with vodka. This method is not suitable for people with sensitive skin, so it is advisable to conduct an allergy test before starting to wipe the affected area with an alcohol solution. It is not recommended to use this technique on children's skin, as well as if there are scratches or rashes on the skin.
- If there is no pure alcohol at home, then you can wipe off the green special alcohol-containing wet wipes. Nothing that they are intended for cleaning household appliances, they are also suitable for the face and body. After cleansing, it is worth washing the treatment area with soap and lubrication with a fat cream. But this effective method is also not suitable for people with sensitive skin.
- Another effective method is using lemon. As you know, it whitens the skin, therefore it is often used in cosmetology. With the help of lemon, you can also remove greenery, but the method is not suitable for those who have an allergic reaction to citrus fruits. You just need to cut the lemon in half or into three parts and squeeze the juice from one part to the place where the skin turns green, and rub this area with the other part. Here you can already press on the skin without fear of burns, like from alcohol. You should not count on instant results, but it will be. Lemon can be used not in its pure form, but drip it into an alcohol solution and gently wipe the stained area with alcohol and lemon juice. Another option is to drip lemon juice onto a cotton ball. So, too, you can wipe off the ingrained green stuff.
- Every girl must have at home acetone. It is not suitable for children's skin, but for adults, you can clean your hands and other parts of the body with a cotton swab dipped in nail polish remover.
- If we talk about the most effective tool that can easily cleanse the green dye from the skin, then it turns out to be out of competition chlorine... To do this, you need to dilute the powder in water in a ratio of one to ten, then use a cotton swab to process the painted areas. Bleach is one of the most aggressive substances, so it is contraindicated to wipe the greenery with it for owners of sensitive skin. When processing, it is necessary to avoid clean areas, as well as mucous membranes.
- Another way is vitamin C powder, sold in pharmacies. The powder should be diluted with water until it is pasty and applied to the painted area. You don't need to rub anything, you just need to wait about half an hour and rinse off the suspension.
- Effectively fight greenery makeup remover (lotions, tonics). Of course, they are less effective than alcohol-containing solutions, but they are safer, since they do not harm the skin. It is recommended to use a tonic to wipe the dirty areas a couple of times a day. The stain will gradually fade until it disappears completely.
- You can get rid of greenery with the help of another antiseptic - hydrogen peroxide... It can be safely applied on sensitive skin or the skin of a child, because it is completely safe.
- If none of the above was at hand, and you don't want to walk with green hands, then there remains one more method, which involves rubbing the green with the help soap... Only first you need to apply a greasy cream to the painted areas so that it softens the skin along with the structure of the ingrained solution. Then wash the areas with soap. After one procedure, it will not be possible to completely remove the greenery, but after two or three times a visible effect will appear.
- Often parents are faced with the problem of rubbing the green stuff after chickenpox in a child. There is not one spot, but several, and they are scattered throughout the body, while children's skin should not be exposed to aggressive substances.A bath can come to the rescue with laundry soap or rubbing green specks sunflower oil.
Clothing and fabrics
If the green stuff gets on the clothes, then a lot depends on the material. If the fabric is natural, then ordinary boiling water can save the situation. You just need to fill the painted area with it. After the dye has disappeared, it's important to do your laundry.
This option is relevant for the clothes of newborn children, because in this way the clothes will not undergo chemical treatment and the baby's skin will not be damaged.
Not every thing will succumb to boiling water. Artificial fabrics deteriorate due to exposure to hot water, and multi-colored fabrics shed. Then you should use other methods, for example, wipe the green stuff from your pants or T-shirt. using acetone or alcohol solution.
As for cotton items (usually a sheet or a towel), you can remove the green stuff from them by soaking the items in water with chlorine bleach for two and a half hours. If the fabric is delicate or knitted, then it is recommended to treat the contaminated areas with ammonia. After the procedure, the thing must be washed with warm water. Hand wash suitable for wool with laundry soap... Synthetic fabric is machine washable.
If the fabric is light, then hydrogen peroxide will perfectly cope with the problem of ingrained green dye. It is necessary to wipe the material with a cotton swab dipped in the solution, and then wash the product. If the clothes or bedding are colored, then the peroxide in this case is diluted in water in a ratio of one to two.
But don't rub the fabric too much, because hydrogen peroxide has a bleaching effect.
If green stains stained jeans, then acetone will serve as salvation. With a cotton swab with this liquid, it is necessary to rub the affected area until the green stuff disappears, then it is recommended to wash the thing with laundry soap.
In addition to peroxide, it is suitable for textiles soda and vinegar. With this tool, you can remove green stains, for example, from a mattress. Vinegar in this case is mixed with soda in a one-to-one ratio, then with the help of the resulting solution, the painted places on the textile surface are processed. In addition to vinegar and soda, you can mix water with starch to obtain a gruel, which is also applied to the green dye.
Floor
Sometimes, when opening, the greenery can get on the floor, but you should not panic, because there are tools that will help wipe this dye from hard surfaces.
If the linoleum gets dirty, then you can use dishwasher, then rinse it off with warm water. In addition to this method, it is possible to quickly remove the dye from linoleum with the help of soda and vinegar. If there is potassium permanganate, then it can be replaced with soda. Vinegar in an amount of 50 grams is mixed with a small amount of potassium permanganate, a cotton pad is impregnated with this solution, and then stubborn stains are wiped off, and then washed off with warm water.
Do not forget that you must first protect your skin by wearing rubber gloves.
Greenery can be removed from parquet or laminate with alcohol or alkaline soap, which is applied to the spots for half an hour. As for a natural wooden floor, there may be a problem in which the green stuff eats into the material tightly. In this case, sanding will help, that is, removing the upper parquet layer.
To clean a stain of greenery from a tile, it is wise to use stain removers that have alcohol in their composition. There are special tile cleaning products available from specialized stores.
Wallpaper
Wallpaper can also suffer from green dye, but it is also possible to bring them back to their original form. The following methods will help here:
- Moisten the stained area with water, cover it with baking soda, add vinegar, wipe until the stain completely disappears.
- Rub the wallpaper with a cotton pad soaked in alcohol or hydrogen peroxide, do not rinse the solution, leaving it for a couple of hours. The stain will disappear by itself.
- Add starch to the water so that you get a gruel, apply it to the painted area on the wallpaper, wait half an hour. Remove the dried mixture with a dry cloth.
Furniture
Often brilliant green leaves marks on furniture. It all depends on the material of the upholstery. It is extremely problematic, but possible, to wash stains from upholstered furniture, for example, from an armchair or sofa. It is necessary to apply soda and vinegar to the painted area, wait about ten minutes, then remove the resulting mixture with a brush. If the upholstery is white, bleach can be used.
If the furniture made of eco-leather or natural leather is damaged, then an alcohol solution (or napkins containing alcohol), hydrogen peroxide or vinegar with soda are suitable for removing stains. These products are good at removing green marks from white skin without damaging it. It is very easy to clean the dye from the leatherette. Sometimes it is enough just to wipe the affected area with a rag with warm water. If this method does not work, then you can add a little cleaning powder that will remove stains from the leatherette.
If the brilliant green stains the carpet, then you can get rid of the stains with the help of ordinary washing powder. For light-colored items, a powder with bleach contained in it, but without chlorine, is suitable to avoid the appearance of white spots. You need to apply the product to the carpet, then remove the foam with a brush. This option is suitable for a fresh stain. If it is already outdated, then it is necessary to resort to alcohol or stain remover.
If it was not possible to remove the greenery from the carpet using these methods, it is advisable to contact a dry cleaner.
You can simply use a damp cloth to remove dye from wood, chest of drawers or varnished surfaces. Sometimes an ordinary school eraser helps, but in this case, the surface must be wetted first. If the furniture is laminated, then lemon juice, alcohol or acetone will help out, but these substances must be applied carefully, otherwise the laminate may peel off.
Plastic and rubber
Green dye can be removed from plastic with chlorine or detergent. This option is suitable for a windowsill or refrigerator. If the product is colored, then soap with an alkali content will come to the rescue. It is possible to remove the stain from the oilcloth with the help of a special cleaning agent - Domestos. The same rule applies to rubber toys such as dolls. Sometimes alcohol or toothpaste helps.
In extreme cases, the doll can be put on a sunny place, under the influence of ultraviolet radiation, the green spot will become discolored.
Sink and bathtub
If green traces have adorned the bath or sink, then they should be washed with boiling water, and then applied to the surface of the stain remover, leaving it for fifteen minutes, then rinsed off with a dry cloth.
Metal
It may happen that the green stuff gets on a metal surface, for example, on a car. Will help in this case alcohol or toothpaste. Gently rub the stain until it disappears completely from the machine.
Other surfaces
If the green stuff gets on a glass or mirror surface, then a cotton pad moistened with alcohol will help in this situation.
If the dye gets on the hair, it is advisable to use alcohol with lemon juice... With the help of a cotton pad, the colored strands are wiped several times, after which the head is washed. In the absence of this product, eau de toilette with an alcohol content is also suitable. You can also use laundry soap in this case, but it is not suitable for colored hair.
It is problematic to remove the green dye from under the nails, but toothpaste removes such a manicure.
Advice
In order for the stain from the greenery to quickly disappear, it is important to start removing it immediately, without waiting for it to firmly bite into the skin, clothing or furniture.Before acting on this or that surface with an aggressive substance, it is worth checking it in a small area, otherwise there is a risk of irreparably spoiling the expensive material.
To avoid splashing the greenery in all directions, you need to try to carefully open it and carefully handle her wounds. Then the question of how to eliminate stains from greenery will not worry.
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