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Cleaning Rubber Marks off a Vinyl Floor

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Date: 09/28/2006 Topics: Cleaning > Floors | Readers Request > Cleaning  
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How can I remove black rubber shoe scuff marks from my kitchen vinyl floor? It's brand new linoleum and I don't want to ruin the finish. Thanks!

Sher from Indiana
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By Annie (Guest Post)
Nail polish remover worked like a charm. We tried baking soda and hand sanitizer as mentioned above but the acetone-based remover we tried worked immediately. Thanks!

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By wisco boy (Guest Post)
The baking soda was perfect. No damage to the floor!

Posted on 11/02/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse

By lauri (Guest Post)
After trying the rubber eraser and a white rubber shoe (neither of which worked), the nail polish remover worked like a charm!

Posted on 06/05/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse

By fishingal (Guest Post)
I always used an SOS pad and LIGHTLY went over
the mark--it came right up!

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By (Guest Post)
Depending on the color of your floor, just a plain old pencil eraser, red or white, will usually do the trick.

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By Grandma Barbara (1) Contact
We bought a doublewide mobile home years ago and when they put it together tar got on the bedroom carpet. When they came to replace the carpet the man asked if he could try something before removing the carpet. He sprayed with WD-40 and got all signs of the tar up. (We told them not to remove the carpet, LOL) We have used WD-40 on paint, tar, marks on the floor, all types of things since. I have MY OWN can so I don't have to share with hubby!! Good luck

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By debbie (Guest Post)
I like Mr. Clean Erasers. They are WONDERFUL!

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By Hope (Guest Post)
A friend of mine told me she had watched a maintenance man at an airport walking around with a tennis ball attached to a handle erasing scuff marks from the floor!

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By CarlaJS (73) Profile Contact
The same way you get scuffs off nice shoes - nail polish remover.

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By PICO (468) Contact
I always use toothpaste, just rub it on wait a few seconds and wipe it off.

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Request: Cleaning Rubber Marks off Vinyl

Archived on 09/28/2006

I have a black rubber mark left on my vinyl floor from the fridge that I would like to remove. Any help would be welcome.

Kaye

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RE: Cleaning Rubber Marks off Vinyl

Rub the marks with a baking soda paste on a soft cloth. They should come right up. I use this all the time on my new floor. The baking soda is very mild and will not scratch. (03/24/2001)

By kcohenvt

RE: Cleaning Rubber Marks off Vinyl

I have used a small amount of lighter fluid on a damp rag to remove tar and heel marks from my vinyl floors. The lighter fluid will not harm your flooring. (03/26/2001)

By Andy

RE: Cleaning Rubber Marks off Vinyl

This from a professional Cleaner: take any white rubber shoe and rub it on the mark it will rub it off as easily as the rubber mark was put there. (04/20/2004)

By Chris

RE: Cleaning Rubber Marks off Vinyl

I've had good success with antibacterial hand gel and it hasn't affected any surface I tried it on. (12/11/2004)

By jeangnome46

RE: Cleaning Rubber Marks off Vinyl

The white rubber shoe idea worked!! (12/10/2005)

By Elaine

RE: Cleaning Rubber Marks off Vinyl

What we use at the Library is one of those rubber door stops. The kind that is shaped like a wedge and props a door open. Just rub it over the black mark. It should take it right off. (05/08/2006)

By Kathy

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