On Saturday, August 2, 2014 10:30:02 PM UTC+1, polygonum wrote:
On 01/08/2014 12:26, wrote:

On Tuesday, July 29, 2014 11:16:32 PM UTC+1, wrote:

For anyone looking at this now and needing help, This is what worked for me when I stained my white acrylic bath with pink clothes dye (which leaked from a scarf I'd left to soak).

*Put in plug.

*Threw half a pot of baking powder on the stained area.

*Half a bottle of lemon juice.

*Left for 10 secs

*Scrubbed with a typical kitchen sponge (with the green soft scourer - do not use anything too scratchy).

*added water and scrubbed again.

*drained and rinsed (much better but still pink)

*repeated the baking powder and lemon juice

*filled water to cover the stained area and scrubbed more.

*left for 2-3 hours

*scrubbed with the water still in

*drained and rinsed (tiny bit pink)

*Bathroom bleach spray, scrub, rinse.

*99% back to normal!

*Phew!



I suspect you could have saved time by just bunging bleach in.





NT



I agree. The lemon juice and baking powder probably cancel each other

out. Sometimes oxy-bleaches work better than chlorine ones; sometimes

vice versa.

The other thing to note is that often the stains are in a thin layer of limescale that has built up on the surface. If you tackle the limescale (some type of acid / limescale remover) the stain may go with it.
Simon.