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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. 💀💀
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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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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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Damn, sorry I missed this whole saga. I used to have a neighbor that’d randomly put carpets out in our shared driveway propped up on chairs for a few days in the summer. Once I asked why since they didn’t appear wet or shampooed. She said “sunlight gets the turmeric stains out.”