I had a bottle of API ick cure which is apparently "benzaldehyde green" and the bottle leaked and I can't get it off my countertop! Tried dishwater liquid and alcohol and scrubbed, nothing! Any recommendations?
Help me remove ick-cure stain from my countertop before my mom kills me
- Thread starter Nabbig2
- Start date
I had a bottle of API ick cure which is apparently "benzaldehyde green" and the bottle leaked and I can't get it off my countertop! Tried dishwater liquid and alcohol and scrubbed, nothing! Any recommendations?
I'd love to be a fly on the wall when he puts that idea to his mom. He'll probably be the one turning blue when his mom strangles him, lol.
Good luck. Magic eraser is a good bet, but you are up against the porosity of the countertop material so to a degree the stain is “in” the surface not “on” the surface may need to be polished out.
Hello; Not familiar with the particular Ick cure you used but it may be one of the ingredients is methylene blue. If so, the stain may be permanent. Decades ago I learned to be very careful with that chemical. It is used as a stain in biology labs. I have had it turn some things blue such a plastic tubing and the tubing stayed blue for years.
It appears you may be doomed. Let us hope your mother is not truly homicidal. Maybe you will get lucky and she will only strop your hide.
It appears you may be doomed. Let us hope your mother is not truly homicidal. Maybe you will get lucky and she will only strop your hide.
You could try vinegar (as mentioned) or lemon juice both are acidic.
Mix a little baking soda and peroxide make a paste, you don’t need much. Then scrub this paste into the vinegar directly on the stain it should foam up a little from the reaction.
Could also try the paste and add some Dawn liquid soap (or similar).
A sacrificial toothbrush works for scrubbing.
Good luck.
Bleach maybe, but this has other dangers so be careful with that. You don’t want to spill bleach on the rug or clothes.
And never mix bleach with anything else.
Mix a little baking soda and peroxide make a paste, you don’t need much. Then scrub this paste into the vinegar directly on the stain it should foam up a little from the reaction.
Could also try the paste and add some Dawn liquid soap (or similar).
A sacrificial toothbrush works for scrubbing.
Good luck.
Bleach maybe, but this has other dangers so be careful with that. You don’t want to spill bleach on the rug or clothes.
And never mix bleach with anything else.
Try nail polish remover. It works for things like hair dye on countertops, might work for that. Or at least help.
Eventually it will fade/wear away...but it'll take a while.
Eventually it will fade/wear away...but it'll take a while.