How I removed stubborn water stains from my wall

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Unsightly water stains kill the mood in Even the most beautiful bathroomTo say nothing what you do with the appearance of other parts of your house. From shower moisture to internal leaks and ventilation problems, these stains have all kinds of causes. But after you have noticed what the brand did on your wall at all, you still have to remove it without getting worse.

Water stains usually do not appear on tiles. You need a more absorbent surface, which is why you appear on bare walls. Since your walls are likely to be painted, this is a problem: How can you wash a wall without damaging it and the risk of redressing the entire room? A few days ago I was introduced to this problem when I noticed a water mark on my walls. How did it get there? Hell when I know; It’s always something around here. As a tenant, I wanted to remove it without causing more damage.

Method No. 1: Soap and water

Before trying something more complicated, experiment with a simple solution of scarf soap and warm water in ratio of about one to two. Use a fabric immersed in the mixture to apply the soap water to your place. Grip it carefully from top to bottom, then rinse with simple water and dry them thoroughly with a hair dryer on a cool environment.

I gave this a shot and scrubbed half of the spot with a soap water mixture. The stain faded something, but it wasn’t really magical and required a lot of elbow fat from my side. I don’t own this house, so I’m no longer sweaty. I switched to the next step.

Method no. 2: lemon juice, vinegar and baking powder

If that doesn’t work – like it is not – I tried a mixture of vinegar, lemon juice and baking powder. This is a classic solution that goes a bit like this: shake it and spray it on the spot. Leave it for about an hour and then rub it with a damp cloth. You may have to repeat this process a few times to get the stain completely out.

So that worked – but it came at a price. When I filled my container, I forgot every lesson that I learned in third -class science lessons. It bubbled up over my table and out of the bottle. My dining area is now happy like vinegar.

Finally, the reaction calmed down and I was able to continue with the wall cleaning. And it worked: The required rubbing was also significantly lower than at the time when I went to the soap water route. I solved half of the spot that I set for this test and then used the excess on my rag to go over the other side again. The stain disappeared and I went back with a dry rag to ensure more Problems on an already problematic day.

Method no. 3: lemon juice and water

After I finished this method, I found a lot Online discussion About how vinegar and baking powder cancel each other, since baking powder is a base and vinegar, is an acid. What makes sense. (Here, too, I forgot my science lessons for the School School.) My conclusion, then: The lemon juice helped me. If soap and water do not work for you, you can try to add four tablespoons of lemon to a cup of water and use it first.

Here is a triptych of my progress, although the spots were light enough that this picture has no awards for contrast. Nevertheless, you can see that the middle picture that shows my attempt to extinguish the left part of the stain with soap and water on lemon juice/vinegar/baking powder combo.

How to get water stains made of wood

If you have wood paneling or cupboards with water stains, you have some options to remove the markings on your wooden areas.

• You can cover the stain in mayonnaise and let it sit there overnight, wipe it away in the morning and polish your wood afterwards.

• You can also mix the same parts of vinegar and olive oil and apply it with a cloth to the stain, wipes towards the grain until the stain disappears. Then wipe the surface with a clean, dry cloth.

• Try to put an iron on a cloth on a cloth on the stain. Press it down for a few seconds and remove it to determine whether the stain is subsided and try again until you are satisfied. (It is recommended that this still works best for still missing stains.)