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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: mick101 on March 17, 2008, 09:22:54 am

Title: dye on tiles
Post by: mick101 on March 17, 2008, 09:22:54 am

hi does anybody know how are if there is anything that will remove dye from floor tiles, have tried graffiti spray and thinners but not touched it, any help would be greatly appreciated as i am doing a builders clean and the main foreman has asked if i can do it for him  ;).
reghards mick 

Title: Re: dye on tiles
Post by: BDCS on March 17, 2008, 04:30:18 pm

What sort of dye is it

Title: Re: dye on tiles
Post by: mick101 on March 17, 2008, 06:17:44 pm

hi its hard to explain,its come off some plastic corigated sheets they laid down to protect the floor  :-[ its the logo on the sheets that gone onto the tile and also the tiles or porus hope you can help
regards mick

Title: Re: dye on tiles
Post by: BDCS on March 17, 2008, 11:14:22 pm

It depends what the tiles are but I'd try nitromors or some methonol, they use this to remove inks and I have use it to remove phone numbers from bouncy castles

Title: Re: dye on tiles
Post by: mick101 on March 18, 2008, 07:49:31 am

thankyou for that will give that a go and let you know if it worked
regards mick

Title: Re: dye on tiles
Post by: Roger Oakley on March 18, 2008, 06:36:37 pm

Mick,
Another thing you could try is nail varnish remover, most have acetone in them, try a small test spot first, but if the tiles are dyed it might lift that so be careful. Any idea what the tiles are, slate, granite etc?