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I got some turmeric powder on carpet. How do I get it off? Tried some dish soap and a random enzyme based pet stain remover and I don’t think it did anything.
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Looks like turmeric is the king of impossible stains 😬 We have a guy coming out to try a professional thing, and after that I’m going to try, in order: 1. Molly’s suds 2. Resolve 3. Oil to dissolve 4. Bleach This is a rental, so if I can’t get it out, I guess I pay.
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Stain removal is unfortunately non-ergodic so order of things you try should ideally be in order of increasing effectiveness so failed methods don’t make it worse. Somehow this shit really stresses me out. It’s like a car accident in stress terms.
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California law apparently treats rental carpets as having a 10-year life and non-normal-wear damage = you can be charged fir pro-rated residual life. Anyone have experience with what landlords charge fir carpet damage? Only for oath replacement or whole room?
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Turmeric is demon stain. Trying experiments on a rag. Baking soda just turns it orange. Oxiclean turns it red. Will try alcohol too. I’m not hopeful.
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That’s it. Blocking anyone who makes lazy “baking soda and vinegar” suggestions or the “stain the rest of the carpet” jokes 🤬 I have suffered what will likely be lifelong trauma security-deposit + more here. Enough to make me consider home ownership. Stain sufferers unite!
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So much schadenfreude in the world. Bastards. Making a list of names in my little black book for revenge. One day, you’ll be the one with the turmeric stain and I’ll be the one laughing AND NOT SHARING MY STAIN-FIGHTING SECRETS. 💀💀
This is Ph 7 ammonium hydroxide plus some other stuff. From a video I watched this is the approach for artificial color not plant based. Video used reducing bleach. He only charged for gas to come out since he couldn’t get it out. We’re now on my own. Molly’s suds next.
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Waiting for Molly’s sports suds to be delivered tomorrow, a glycerin based detergent someone said worked on turmeric. Stay tuned. After that, straight glycerin and detergent. Then H202+UV. Then alcohol. This saga of doom will unfold over the next week or so. Stay tuned.
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For all who were waiting for an update on this: WE GOT THE STAIN OUT!!! A professional organic stain remover (H202 based) + UV light. Details and pictures coming soon. Chemistry: 1, Nature: 0.
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Treat with gel, suck up with wet vac, treat with 2-liquid mix (it’s sold in combined because it’s explosive when mixed), UV lamp for a few hours.
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It’s basically accelerated oxidation. Not sure what ingredients are but I think H202. Smell of ammonia when combined. Something limits the bleaching. You can use an iron over a west towel instead of UV but apparently that risks bleaching effect.
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The lamp is supposed to come with long UV black light for stain detection, and a slightly different spectrum UV tube for reaction acceleration, plus regular tubes for inspection illumination but they shipped without the second kind.
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But regular fluorescent turned out to be enough. I guess they have some UV content. The real UV tubes are on their way. We’ll try them on a tougher test stain on a towel or something.
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