Question QUESTION: I have a beauty salon and hair color has spilled on my floor and rubber mats. I would like to know how to remove it. thanks
ANSWER: margaret,
This is not something that can always be removed. Obviously hair color is dye. If the rubber mats absorb the dye, it's usually impossible to remove. Same thing with the floors. Try washing the floor with a regular cleaner like Pin Sol first. The only other thing to try is bleach. You have to be careful though, because depending on what kind of floor you have the bleach can damage the floor or the color of the floor. If you can use bleach, make sure you dilute it about 10 parts of water to 1 part bleach. You can always make it stronger if it doesn't work. If the spots do disappear with the bleach, make sure you rinse the area out with water when you're done. Bleach does not stop working until it gets neutralized. So wait for the spot to disappear, then rinse it with water. Even if the bleach doesn't work, rinse the area out when you're done.
Todd
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QUESTION: same question. bleach doesn't work. I always try that first. thanks anyway
Answer If bleach doesn't work on the rubber mats, that's about it. Rubber will absorb the dye and if it can't be bleached out, it can't be removed.
What kind of floor do you have? If it's a synthetic wood floor, you may be able to very lightly sand the area without causing damage. Obviously with dyes, if they penetrate the surface of the floor they will dye the floor, just like they would dye anything else. So if bleach doesn't work your only other options are to do something to the surface of the floor. Which means sanding or scraping depending on the floor. You can damage the floor doing this, but there is sometimes no other way to remove dyes.
