You may have to leave the rag in place for an hour or so.
Removing tomato sauce stains from vinyl flooring.
Try to clean up tomato sauce and red wine stains promptly.
Dip a plastic scouring pad on the solution and use it to scrub the area gently.
Foods like fruit juice wine or tomato sauce can often leave behind stubborn stains on a vinyl floor that can be difficult to remove.
Removing food stains from vinyl floors.
Tomato has tannins that stain fabrics easily and if the stain was caused by tomato sauce one of the components of tomato sauce is oil.
You should be able to remove this stain by wiping it with white.
Though most of the time vinyl tablecloths are simply wiped clean some stains require a little more work.
The good news is you can remove the stain at home.
To remove stubborn stains and ground in soil from your vinyl flooring use a 1 10 solution of ammonia and water.
When through polish or wax the floor to keep it shining.
Bleach will often erase stains left by liquids like fruit juices tomato sauce and wine.
However do not put a tomato stained garment in the dryer until the stain is fully removed the heat can permanently set the stain.
I watched how clean is your house yesterday and one of them recommended vodka for getting tomato sauce stains out.
Clean residue with vinegar.
If you re patient however you can get them up with very little effort and just a little time.
Cloth or rag.
There is something in the vokda that will lift stains without doing damage.
How to clean tomato and wine stains from vinyl floors.
As a result the spill may leave a stain on the finish.
T omato and red wine stains won t dry and chemically bond with vinyl like some other spills but they are heavily pigmented and may result in permanent stains if allowed to sit and harden particularly on floors where the sealant has scuffed from wear and tear.
Alternatively you can use a ball of extra fine steel wool to cleanse the area.
An older thread on getting tomato sauce out of a t shirt might help though once you ve stained pvc that s usually it.
Tomato sauce has a ph of about about 4 0.
Mix one part household bleach with four parts water soak a rag in it and lay the rag over the stain.
If spaghetti was on the menu a messy reminder may remain marring the look of your tablecloth.
Apply the vodka then sponge off with warm soapy water.