Here are the questions asked by community members. Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community.
How to remove printers ink from a vinyl floor, the ink is used in printing daily newspapers.
I have a vinyl floor in my kitchen which I love. It is easy to clean and looks like tile. When the sun hits it yellow marks appear. At night when there is no sun, it is fine. Anyone ever hear of this?
Does anyone know what I can use to remove white spirit stains from vinyl flooring?
My vinyl flooring had paint on it so I used paint thinner to remove it. Now I have a light, misty, dried looking white stain on the tiles. Is there anything I can use to remove this?
Try rubbing alcohol or oxalic acid.
I had a new vinyl floor installed 18 months ago and a red stain started showing up about 6 months ago. How do I get rid of it?
There are easy steps to take to clean this stain.
Also check the guarantee of your floor and see how long it is guaranteed for. If it is 2 or 3 years I would call the company and have them come out and look at this problem. It might be something under the flooring that is coming up through to the top now.
I have tried everything to get rid of this yellowing in certain parts of the floor, mainly around the edges. The strangest thing is when it's light out you see these stains. When it starts to get a little darker the stains disappear.
I have tried Armstrong's stripper and a few other things. Anyone have any suggestions? It's driving me nuts. I would get another floor, but I'm afraid the same thing would happen.You can try using baking soda.
How do you remove pen drawings off vinyl timber looking floors?
By Vicki from Parafield Gdns, Adelaide
Use toothpaste it's a abrasive put some in a dish use fingers if you want and just rub it will work on any surface even wall paper and just clean of .
My navy blue bath mats in my bathroom have stained my white vinyl floor. I have tried bleach, Mr Clean Eraser pads, alcohol, peroxide, lemons, salt, baking soda, and scouring powder. If anyone has any other suggestions feel free. I will continue to use rugs to camoflauge. We want to sell the house and don't want the expense of replacing the flooring.
By Peyton
You can try Barkeepers Friend or a combination of 2 parts hydrogen peroxide and 1 part blue Dawn
I placed containers of laundry detergent - All, Oxiclean, Woolite, Clorox, and Shout on the floor in my laundry room. I now have some orange, almost rust colored, stains that I can't find a way to remove. I used ordinary soap and water, bleach, and Comet and nothing worked. Do you have any suggestions?
By Stanley
Need to know the type of floor to provide an answer.
Any ideas of how to remove self tanning solution stains from bathroom flooring. I think it is linoleum.
Angie from Nanticoke, PA
Try Mr. Clean "eraser". I use it for everything. It the greatest thing invented next to sliced bread. :)
What takes brown suede dye off a kitchen tile floor?
By joan from NY
A friend of mine spilled vodka on my vinyl floor that has that wood look and it bleached it. Does anyone know what to do about that?
By Kevin from St. Louis
Unfortunately the backing on bath mats and other throw rugs can have a chemical reaction with your flooring causing stains. This is a page about removing throw rug stains on linoleum.
This is a page about cleaning mold on vinyl flooring. Mold can grow on the underside of vinyl flooring or near the edges, often due to moisture.
Mold will stain just about anything it grows on and linoleum is no exception. Check out these ideas on how to remove mold stains from a linoleum floor.
Oven cleaner uses very strong chemicals to breakdown burnt on food and stains in your oven. Removing oven cleaner stains from floor can be a difficult chore.
Depending on the type of flooring you have this stain can be difficult to remove. This is a page about removing a PVC purple primer stain on a floor.
This is a page about cleaning nail polish stains on linoleum. Removing stains from resilient flooring such as linoleum can usually be successful if the proper products and methods are used.
This is a page about dye from rugs stained my linoleum. If dye in a throw rug or carpet is not set, it could cause some staining.
