Cleaning emergency

[Sleeplessem]

Posting for traffic and liberal use of the word emergency here but DH put DD colouring book on our wet kitchen table and it’s left a huge stain and I can’t get it out. The kitchen table is white plastic from harveys. I’ll upload a picture. Anyone know how to get stains out of the table or do I have to toss it and DH in the bin?

I’d agree with bleach.

@mineofuselessinformation

All the better if you can get it out, and I'm seriously not being horrible here, but I deliberately bought a kitchen table when DC were young that I didn't mind getting marked as it's a bit 'par for the course', eg banging forks prongs down on the table, (which did happen once they started to use non-plastic cutlery.)

The kids are one thing, i hadnt bargained on DH being the destroyer of tables 😢

I would not use nail varnish remover...some of it touched the plastic handle of my nail clipper and made the plastic go weird and tacky. I wouldn't risk it on your table.

Dettol Mould and Mildew Remover - the green spray. We have the same table and it cleans off everything, just like that

The pink stuff will get this off.

I’d try a Magic sponge too.
They get all marks off our limestone fire surround without damage.

This might sound stupid but... daylight / sunlight? Leaving stuff in the sun gets stains out - I have speeded this up by shining my UV gel nail lights on a stain on the floorboards and it made it disappear. The stain I had was from pollen from lilies.

You could test this by recreating the colouring book stain on something else and doing tests on that.

I have a white table like yours and I would cry if it got a coloured stain on it. Don't let your DH rub it with a green scotch brite

Magic eraser will make light work of that OP. Add a spray of something to dampen the surface and wipe away

Make a paste with lemon juice and bicarb, leave it to sit for a bit and then rub it in. That might work or try toothpaste which is a very mild abrasive and might cause less issues than Cif.

Magic sponge all the way.

oxygen bleach

I once got biro on a handbag and the Internet said hairspray? Worth a try 😂

I've had pen stains on an old melamine topped table before - the thing that worked was a flash kitchen spray with degreaser - yellow spray bottle. Got it for cooker grease splatter, but worked well.

Try neat Milton and leave it on for a few hours.

Chemico / the pink stuff (same thing i think) is perfect for stuff like this.

Elbow grease spray! Honestly!

Bleach!

Hope you can get the mark up using the recc products.

PS happy to have entertained people with the description.

Haven't read the whole thread but what about those Magic Eraser things, think you can get them from Lakeland. We have a white kitchen island and it gets all marks out. Milton Fluid (or Poundland equivalent) also is good.

If you've got any hairspray try spraying the stain and wiping off with kitchen roll.

@FlibbertyGiblets

This is the sort of mark I would use high alcohol hand gel for.

Pop a 5p size blob on the fringe of the stain. Rub it thoughtfully with index finger, circular motion, not rubbing hard, just a small area , maybe the size of a 50p piece. Wipe after 5 mins, have a look, what do you think?

If you don't rub it thoughtfully would it still work? 🤣🤣

I've found baby wipes amazingly effective with things like this. Must be the citric acid I suppose.

My second option would be a spritz of Flash Kitchen with Bleach spray (don't know if it's still called that as haven't bought it for years) wiped off quickly with a white cloth. This stuff rescued the freshly painted Farrow & Ball walls in a brand new house that I rented as a houseshare after a party when I discovered a glass of red wine had been thrown down the wall (thinking about it years down the line, the stress has just come flooding back!)

Is your H just sat on his arse whilst you try and sort it? Dick.

Test in an inconspicuous area before you use a Magic Sponge, they are abrasive. Actually, probably best to do that with anything.

White vinegar or sugar soap are other things you could try.

So far bleach, rubbing alcohol and wd40 haven’t touched it. The bleach has also left a yellow stain on the table. I could cry I’m so mad at ‘D’H