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Curry Chat => Lets Talk Curry => Topic started by: Cory Ander on November 16, 2008, 09:31 AM
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Hi All,
Can someone please advise me on how best to remove tumeric stains from a (cream coloured!) carpet? :o
Suggestions from those that actually have experience of successfully doing so would be greatly appreciated! :P
Having spent many years perfecting a replica BIR irremovable yellow curry stain (is this the true meaning of "spot on" I wonder? ;)), I accidentally dropped, what was a very nice chicken phal, all over a nice cream carpet....AND before a morsel of it had chance to pass my lips! :'(
Needless to say, I did scoop up the chicken and made the most of what was otherwise a very sad story ;D
...and then there is the carpet.... ::)
All suggestions greatly appreciated :)
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Can't think of any miracle cure, Tumeric is a real b****** for staining as numerous shirts of mine will testify.
It might be time to check out your contents policy.
M
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Tumeric is a real b****** for staining as numerous shirts of mine will testify.
Long story short. Rebuilding kitchen. Was keeping oven. Turmeric spilt and left on oven handle. Bloody great yellow stain, impossible to remove, on ceramic cooker. Bugger!
350 notes later, stain gone (new oven!) ::) ;D
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Try soaking the stain with Coke... Have you seen what it does to old coins.
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CA,
Keep the stain damp with a towel and water,
call an expert ASAP don't go for a good deal
just a company that knows how to help you now !
book them to come back next week.
hope this helps.
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Turmeric spilt and left on oven handle. Bloody great yellow stain, impossible to remove, on ceramic cooker. Bugger!
I use milton for any stains on my oven
It takes about an hour to work
Carpets though,I don't think it can be done
Anything that kills the colour of the turmeric also gets the colour of the carpet.
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Is your handle varnished wood? I noticed that turmeric stains on varnished/laquered wood tend to fade by themselves over a few days, particularly if exposed to sunlight. Stains on plastic tend to last a long time!
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Tumeric is a real b****** for staining as numerous shirts of mine will testify.
Tip: Always wear a white shirt when eating curry. :o
.... then you can use household bleach to remove the turmeric stains. ;D
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CA, How did you get on with this problem?
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Graeme
From experience, not Tumeric though, if the stain is that bad you should contact your insurers who will give you the number of their approved cleaners they will then assess the problem and advice accordingly.
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for a carpet try using a watered down bleach to spray on the spot where it is and dab to remove the stain. for hobs if they are white again bleach will remove the stains no worries. a good tip would be to get a simple gas cooker and place newspaper underneath it covering any area that may or should i say will splatter and colour that delightful yellow ;D
regards
gary
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Kill yourself! It's the only way!
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I have a light beige carpet (bad move) and ive split curry on it more then once among other things coke/beer etc
I use this
(http://www.vanish.co.uk/images/pnav_lndy_multiFab_2.jpg)
"Vanish Oxi Action
Multi Fabric Stain
Remover with Colour Protect"
Its actually meant for laundry, what i do is mix with water to a runny paste it bubbles, fizzes then apply to stained area.. works well only once have i needed to repeat.
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The chemical responsible for the yellow colour in turmeric is called curcumin and it is highly pH sensitive.
If you add bicarbonate of soda (sodium bicarbonate) or washing soda (sodium carbonate) to the stain, it will turn a pinky brown colour which may be less vivid than the yellow you have now. If this doesn't work, add vinegar to turn it back to yellow!
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The chemical responsible for the yellow colour in turmeric is called curcumin and it is highly pH sensitive.
If you add bicarbonate of soda (sodium bicarbonate) or washing soda (sodium carbonate) to the stain, it will turn a pinky brown colour which may be less vivid than the yellow you have now. If this doesn't work, add vinegar to turn it back to yellow!
Have you been playing 'The Witcher' recently? ;) ;D
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try using lemon kitchen spray-----this works on my hob and worktop it will turn the yellow stain red and then it wipes kleen off---not sure about carpet though!! ;)
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Thanks for all the suggestions guys 8)
I tried claiming off my insurance matt - but they told me I needed a policy first :P
I thought about buying a new carpet SS - bugger that! :o
I gave the coke a miss jeera - for the time being anyway (I have enough stains already! :P)
Darn, the stain is already dry graeme - but I think it's a sensible suggestion (ok ok I was drunk and went to bed and it dried :-[!)
Milton - yes, that's a bleach for nappies isnt it? - kids are all grown up (might try that later though)
I'm reluctant to try bleach (or peroxide) parker - it might end up white! :o
Kill yourself BB? _ I tried that and that didn't work! :P
I tried Vax carpet cleaner - nope
I tried vinegar - nope
I tried baking soda - nope
I tried Vanish (thanks UB) - didn't seem to do much (maybe a little?)
I tried lemon juice - it seemed to help best....well, made it lighter yellow!
So far, it seems that lemon juice and ultra violet light might do the trick - ever hopeful! (I just need a sunbed now!)
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Might be some useful stuff here CA.
http://www.homeabc.net/Cleaning-Laundry/1661-cleaning-laundry.html
SnS :-\
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Thanks for the link SnS, I'll work through the list!.....and THEN kill myself :P
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CA, here we are at stage two Eh...
BTW, Killing your self was a silly idea, that was
never going to work. I did not want to say
anything CA but we do have some silly posts at times.
so you have a couple of options left...
1) open your curtains very wide for a long period of time.
2) Pop the carpet into a bosh "max" washer and select the 90C wash cycle.
Please Note: no need to worry about the spin speed selected at this stage.
;)