My son had (as in not anymore) one of those 'Drinking Bird' novelties -
which I now find out is a glass vial filled with Methelene (Methylene)
Chloride mixed with a red dye. The vial broke & we now have a one foot
red patch on our white vinyl floor.

I immediately tried various chemicals (Acetone, Goof Off,and Siege - a
degreaser) to try to clean it up - but it appears the Methelene
Chloride evaporated immediately - leaving the red dye firmly implanted
in the formerly white vinyl floor.

Any tips on how to proceed?

Thanks, Cindy

wrote:
My son had (as in not anymore) one of those 'Drinking Bird' novelties -
which I now find out is a glass vial filled with Methelene (Methylene)
Chloride mixed with a red dye. The vial broke & we now have a one foot
red patch on our white vinyl floor.

I immediately tried various chemicals (Acetone, Goof Off,and Siege - a
degreaser) to try to clean it up - but it appears the Methelene
Chloride evaporated immediately - leaving the red dye firmly implanted
in the formerly white vinyl floor.

Any tips on how to proceed?

Bleach?

In article . com, wrote:
My son had (as in not anymore) one of those 'Drinking Bird' novelties -
which I now find out is a glass vial filled with Methelene (Methylene)
Chloride mixed with a red dye. The vial broke & we now have a one foot
red patch on our white vinyl floor.

I immediately tried various chemicals (Acetone, Goof Off,and Siege - a
degreaser) to try to clean it up - but it appears the Methelene
Chloride evaporated immediately - leaving the red dye firmly implanted
in the formerly white vinyl floor.

Have you tried chlorine bleach?

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It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

On 19 Nov 2006 18:16:46 -0800, wrote:

My son had (as in not anymore) one of those 'Drinking Bird' novelties -
which I now find out is a glass vial filled with Methelene (Methylene)
Chloride mixed with a red dye. The vial broke & we now have a one foot
red patch on our white vinyl floor.

I immediately tried various chemicals (Acetone, Goof Off,and Siege - a
degreaser) to try to clean it up - but it appears the Methelene
Chloride evaporated immediately - leaving the red dye firmly implanted
in the formerly white vinyl floor.

Any tips on how to proceed?

Thanks, Cindy

Here is a methylene chloride remover. Don't know what it will do to
vinyl or the urethane that usually topcoats vinyl floors.

http://www.besway.com/stripping-chem.html

Another method may be to get more methylene chloride mix it with
poultice to possibly re-activate the chemical and soak up some of
the red dye.

Here is a methylene chloride remover.

Huh!? That doesn't remove methylene chloride, it is a paint remover *based*
on methylene chloride!

Any tips on how to proceed?

Methylene chloride dissolves (into) vinyl (PVC). The dye is now embedded.

Maybe UV light would bleach it, if it is a fragile enough dye. But likely
you're just completely outa luck.

wrote:
My son had (as in not anymore) one of those 'Drinking Bird' novelties -
which I now find out is a glass vial filled with Methelene (Methylene)
Chloride mixed with a red dye. The vial broke & we now have a one foot
red patch on our white vinyl floor.

I immediately tried various chemicals (Acetone, Goof Off,and Siege - a
degreaser) to try to clean it up - but it appears the Methelene
Chloride evaporated immediately - leaving the red dye firmly implanted
in the formerly white vinyl floor.

Any tips on how to proceed?

Not sure you can remove stain. Methylene chloride probably dissolved
top layer of floor, dye became mixed with vinyl, and, on evaporation,
left dye impregnated in vinyl. Even if you bleached out dye, floor
would probably be frosted and indented looking. I would repatch with
retained piece of flooring, if you have.

Frank

You will not be able to remove the red stain IMHO.

Perhaps you can create an accent color "diamond" or add several to
disguise the repair. A contrasting insert will be a better
solution than trying to splice in even the original tile since the
floor has probably changed hue from age, cleaning, etc.
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My son had (as in not anymore) one of those 'Drinking Bird'
novelties -
which I now find out is a glass vial filled with Methelene
(Methylene)
Chloride mixed with a red dye. The vial broke & we now have a
one foot
red patch on our white vinyl floor.

I immediately tried various chemicals (Acetone, Goof Off,and
Siege - a
degreaser) to try to clean it up - but it appears the Methelene
Chloride evaporated immediately - leaving the red dye firmly
implanted
in the formerly white vinyl floor.

Any tips on how to proceed?

Thanks, Cindy

On 19 Nov 2006 18:16:46 -0800, wrote:

My son had (as in not anymore) one of those 'Drinking Bird' novelties -
which I now find out is a glass vial filled with Methelene (Methylene)
Chloride mixed with a red dye. The vial broke & we now have a one foot
red patch on our white vinyl floor.

I immediately tried various chemicals (Acetone, Goof Off,and Siege - a
degreaser) to try to clean it up - but it appears the Methelene
Chloride evaporated immediately - leaving the red dye firmly implanted
in the formerly white vinyl floor.

Any tips on how to proceed?


Get more of the same stuff, and paint a compass rose
over that spot, converting the stain to a decoration.

(Note to self. WHite floors are not compatible with
pets, children, or work...)

--Goedjn