What the hell is in Ribena???

[Parentingissotough]

Hi,
So, went to get myself a glass of ribena. Crap nights sleep last night so I’ll have some sugar. I think. I shook the bottle. The cap came off. In our white kitchen. This is now my ceiling. I have tried soapy water, bleach and now painting over it. What he hell do I do?!? Help!

No one???

Its blackcurrant. You wont get that off for love nor money. It will need to be repainted I think although bleach might work.

I use Ribena to dye clothes, its very good

The red colour in blackcurrant is anthocyanins. Try blotting with gin or vodka.

Thank you. I have the same up my living room wall. I knew that one of the kids a sprayed something up the wall but couldn’t figure out why it wouldn’t wipe off. This would have been droplets diluted in a sistema drink bottle.

I’ve tried bleach and painting over 😭 it worked on the walls but we have a wooden ceiling and I think the colour has soaked in. I’ll try some of that obliterate spray paint if a second coat of trade white doesn’t work 🤦‍♀️

Well if its wood sand it off then repaint.

Alcohol will get it off. vodka/gin - use to wet some kitchen towel, hold it on the stain for 30 sec and it should leach out into the paper.

Thank you @beyondthepage I’ll try that next time. I think one more coat of paint should just about sort it. That’ll be 5 🤦‍♀️

If stain comes through again get some stain blocker paint and then paint over that.

DS1 once spilled a glass of the stuff on his Grandfather's mostly cream and pale pink Afghan carpet . Just after he'd finished explained to DS that he'd brought it back from Kabul in the 70s and it would have been a year's work for a whole family to make it, it would cost thousands today... And just after he told me 'Ah, he'll be FINE!' when I'd said 'Ribena, a 4 year old and a pale carpet isn't a great idea, you know!'

Incredibly, dilution with vodka and a lot of Vanish spray got most of it out. No idea about paintwork though - the stuff seems indestructible.