Major Ink Splash with Noodler's Baystreet Blue in new, white bathroom

[mzwasp]

Not sure if this is the correct forum, but I figured ink lovers must have some familiarity

with cleaning in stains!

 

So Baystreet Blue is a super-saturated, deep beautiful blue

which is now decorating my white painted walls, my white painted wooden doorframe,

my gray-painted woodeb door and and my white laminate sink cabinate.

Also my wooden floors and my formerly white grout between the bathroom tiles.

It's a small bathroom and I did an excellent job covering most of the surfaces.

 

I've tried e-cloths -which worked well on removing the stains from the white marble countertop,

Jaws disinfectant cleaner which took the stains off the porcelain toilet, and good old comet 

which helped clean the porcelain sink and (thankfully dark) ceramic floor tiles.

I also tried those Mr. Clean scrubbing sponges but they didn't really help.

 

Short of re-painting the painted serfaces and living with the stained laminate

does anyone here have any suggestions?

 

Thanks in advance,

Literally an ink-stained wretch

[yazeh]

Sorry to hear that. 

I've heard bleach can remove it...

Also a product named Amodex...

 

Good luck!

[inkstainedruth]

Stories like this are why BSB gets limited to a cheap pen -- most recently a Noodler's Charlie eyedropper -- one which I don't care if it stains.  I've seen pix of someone's (supposedly) stainless steel sink after an accident with BSB....

But at least it's not as bad as Noodler's Kung Te Cheng -- it's permanently in the grout in the bathroom tiles, and on the tub [I once knocked a nearly full 4-1/2 oz. bottle off my bathroom counter and of course had glass -- AND KTC -- everywhere], and there are some spots on my grandparents' dresser, and on the box spring....  I mean, BSB at least *fades* in UV light.... 

Not sure how well Amodex would work on a surface like that.  I use it when getting ink out of fabric (you brush it into the stain from behind, and into paper toweling to blot as you scrub).  It does work really well, but also takes a lot of elbow grease.  

For a non porous surface bleach might be a better option (just remember to not use it mixed with other cleaning products because you can get REALLY noxious, dangerous fumes -- by which I mean TOXIC fumes... ).  And then rinse off the area with water really well.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[sgphototn]

Get Tri-Sodium Phosphate (TSP) from a big box store or Amazon. Get the real stuff, not a substitute.

 

Use a quart of very hot water. Dissolve 1/4 - 1/2 cup of TSP and 2 tablespoons of Dawn dishwashing liquid.Apply with a sponge. Let set for a few minutes, then using another sponge wipe down. You may need to repeat this a few times. Avoid rubbing too hard on woodwork, but as hard as you want on tile.

 

If your hands are sensitive you can wear gloves as TSP is an alkaline.

[MoriartyR]

I think your best option is to go full Jackson Pollock on your bathroom. Turn it into art.

 

Alternatively move to a new house. If you can sell the one that has Baystate Blue all over the bathroom. I bet there will be some buyer who thinks they could probably remove the stains or paint over it. Then after a couple of months trying they will come here and ask what you asked.

 

Hope this helps.

 

[inkstainedruth]

On 2/5/2021 at 8:02 PM, MoriartyR said:

I think your best option is to go full Jackson Pollock on your bathroom. Turn it into art.

 

Alternatively move to a new house. If you can sell the one that has Baystate Blue all over the bathroom. I bet there will be some buyer who thinks they could probably remove the stains or paint over it. Then after a couple of months trying they will come here and ask what you asked.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Unfortunately that "Jackson Pollock" option wouldn't work for our house, because the oldest part was built in the 1880s; and we've already had to "undo" some of the "updates" the previous owners did, and -- even more so, some of the stuff that one of their heirs had done (like the wiring: every electrician who gave us an estimate more or less said the same thing to us: "You've got knob and tube wiring.  It's not up to code.  Other than that there's nothing wrong with it -- the problem is the new stuff they hooked INTO the knob and tube wiring...."  I'll give you three guesses at who did that work, and if you say "that one heir" you're right ;  he's also the guy that told the people in the borough tax office that he didn't understand why all the people who came to look at the house said the kitchen needed work -- because "all it needed was Facelifters!"  And when THEY told me that, I said, "Oh, it needed a LOT more than that!" (the old cabinets were particle board that was glued and stapled together (!) -- I could rip the drawers apart with my hands they were so flimsy.  They also had the stove on an interior wall, and the hood didn't vent to ANYTHING except maybe back into the room; and insufficient wiring.  We now have 14 circuits JUST for the kitchen, including separate ones for the wall ovens, the fridge, the microwave, the starter for the pilot lights on the gas range, the dishwasher -- and possibly a separate one for the garbage disposal (I forget if the second sink has a disposal as well) and the lights (possibly separate ones just for the under cabinet lighting as well as the different ceiling lights (one for over the peninsula and the other three for other parts of the kitchen -- one large and two small), plus for the hood fan -- which is semi professional size and grade; and a lot of the wall outlets are the kind that are required for around sinks and in bathrooms nowadays, so you don't electrocute yourself if you accidentally drop the hand mixer into the sink (or a hair dryer into the bathtub...).

Of course, said heir also stored a rototiller in the dining room, and had a padlock on the outside of his bedroom door.... 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

 

edited for typos

 

[mzwasp]

On 2/5/2021 at 1:52 PM, yazeh said:

Sorry to hear that. 

I've heard bleach can remove it...

Also a product named Amodex...

 

Good luck!

Thank you so yazeh - I will it!

[mzwasp]

On 2/5/2021 at 2:11 PM, inkstainedruth said:

Stories like this are why BSB gets limited to a cheap pen -- most recently a Noodler's Charlie eyedropper -- one which I don't care if it stains.  I've seen pix of someone's (supposedly) stainless steel sink after an accident with BSB....

But at least it's not as bad as Noodler's Kung Te Cheng -- it's permanently in the grout in the bathroom tiles, and on the tub [I once knocked a nearly full 4-1/2 oz. bottle off my bathroom counter and of course had glass -- AND KTC -- everywhere], and there are some spots on my grandparents' dresser, and on the box spring....  I mean, BSB at least *fades* in UV light.... 

Not sure how well Amodex would work on a surface like that.  I use it when getting ink out of fabric (you brush it into the stain from behind, and into paper toweling to blot as you scrub).  It does work really well, but also takes a lot of elbow grease.  

For a non porous surface bleach might be a better option (just remember to not use it mixed with other cleaning products because you can get REALLY noxious, dangerous fumes -- by which I mean TOXIC fumes... ).  And then rinse off the area with water really well.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Thank you Ruth - I will also try the bleach and thanks for the heads up about mixing,

I've made that mistake in the past! Clearly liquids arenot my forte!

[mzwasp]

On 2/5/2021 at 2:27 PM, sgphototn said:

Get Tri-Sodium Phosphate (TSP) from a big box store or Amazon. Get the real stuff, not a substitute.

 

Use a quart of very hot water. Dissolve 1/4 - 1/2 cup of TSP and 2 tablespoons of Dawn dishwashing liquid.Apply with a sponge. Let set for a few minutes, then using another sponge wipe down. You may need to repeat this a few times. Avoid rubbing too hard on woodwork, but as hard as you want on tile.

 

If your hands are sensitive you can wear gloves as TSP is an alkaline.

That you sgphoton - this is really helpful and I will try.

[mzwasp]

On 2/5/2021 at 8:02 PM, MoriartyR said:

I think your best option is to go full Jackson Pollock on your bathroom. Turn it into art.

 

Alternatively move to a new house. If you can sell the one that has Baystate Blue all over the bathroom. I bet there will be some buyer who thinks they could probably remove the stains or paint over it. Then after a couple of months trying they will come here and ask what you asked.

 

Hope this helps.

 

MoriartyR defacto Jackson Pollock may be the choice of last resort ...