The porcelain serves as one of the most extensively used materials for the kitchen as well as bathroom sinks. The sinks that are made from porcelain offer exceptional toughness and durability and commonly feature a very bright white finish that accompaniment many types of decor. While the bright white finish helps to brighten up your room, it is also impressionable to stains, except those caused by the hair and fabric dye. Removing all these stains always requires a light touch to restore the look of your sink without damaging the already applied polished & glassy finish of the porcelain sink.
Step By Step Process, Tips & Warnings Of Removing Hair Dye From Porcelain Sink
If you want to remove hair dye from your porcelain sink by your self then you just need to gather all the required items and follow the step by step process. Here is the list of required items and steps for this process. Also, read the tips and warnings section of this process:
Items Needed
- Whiting (Calcium Carbonate)
- Bowl & Spoon
- Ammonia
- Sponges And Rags
- Dish Detergent
Steps For This Process
- First of all, you need to open your windows in your bathroom or in the kitchen area and also turn on your exhaust fan. Keep your door to your bathroom or kitchen closed while you try to work to avert fumes from entering the rest of your house.
- The next thing is to pour a small amount of your whiting powder in a simple water bowl. This mild abrasive, which is also famous as calcium carbonate, can be easily found at any nearby home improvement stores.
- You also need to add a few drops of the household ammonia to your water bowl of whiting powder. Simply mix your solution with your spoon until it forms into a thick paste. Also, add a small amount of ammonia to your mixture at a time until it reaches a paste-like firmness.
- Now you need to use your clean sponge or rag to apply your whiting powder and the ammonia paste to your hair dye stain on your porcelain sink but always remember that do not rub or scrub at the dye stain when applying your powder mixture.
- Next you need to allow your solution to remain on your dye stain for at least one hour. Never use your sink during this time.
- Simply, turn on the water in your porcelain sink and simply use your rag and some dish detergent to rine your whiting solution off your porcelain sink. The hair dye stain should wash away with your whiting & ammonia mixture.
- Finally, you need to rinse your porcelain sink comprehensively with the clean water to ensure that all traces of the ammonia have been removed properly.
Tips
- The "Reader's Digest" recommends a mixture of 1 cup borax to 1/4 cup lemon juice to remove stubborn stains in a porcelain sink. Apply this mixture by simply using your sponge and wipe mildly before rinsing your applied solution away.
- Try rubbing the hair dye stains with your clean wet rag that has been dipped in the luminous fluid as a last resort.
Warnings
- The institute of porcelain enamel warns that undiluted bleach should never be used on your porcelain sink and that any type of bleach-containing products should be applied to your porcelain sink for no more than a few minutes.
- Never try to scrub porcelain sink or apply any harsh abrasives, as this can damage the sink finish.
- Never try to mix ammonia & bleach, as this mixture produces the toxic fumes.