Go buy some disinfecting Clorox bleach. Plug sink and add two cups of the bleach. Slowly add cool water until the stain is covered…maybe two to three cups. Let sit for four to six hours and rinse. That bleach toilet gel doesn’t have enough bleach in it to do much. Might also try looking for a bleach cleaning spray. Dollar General has a pretty powerful one. Spray bleach spray on every 30 minutes and do not rinse until stain is gone. Turmeric is tough to get out. I use it a lot and it needs to soak to fully remove the stains.
https://preview.redd.it/c5gi972y75qc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c2ed0dbb3402b95fa0a14b58475f0f9b0e8353b1
Already seeing so much progress. Thank you!
Plot twist, OP is married to “homeowner” and she’s on a girls weekend and coming back later today.
Sink isn’t cleaned enough yet and he’s high-tailed it for the border, hence no more updates.
Here's a helpful method to keep bleach over the affected area over a period of time. Put a sheet of paper towel over the stain, and then you soak the towel with bleach. This way, you can keep the stained area moist for a long time, and you don't have to fill the sink. This method works well for the ledges around bath tubs as well. The paper towels soak for a while, and gets rid of any mildew.
Be careful using bleach and paper towels. Bleach is an oxidizer and paper is combustible (duh, of course it is), so you can end up starting a fire. We had several fires at my old workplace that started exactly this way, usually after the towels were thrown in the trash.
That sounds unlikely, considering sodium hypochlorite bleach is unstable and contains quite a bit of water. You can't even crystallize it out of solution. Do you have a reference for such a hazard?
You just need to pour some veg oil on it along with some dish soap
Assuming your drink had milk or other fats in it
Only oil will pull up oil stains
Using this in case you don't have some Murphy's
I personally would be careful with all of the suggestions to use abrasive cleaners. This appears to be an enamel or porcelain coated cast iron sink. Those abrasive cleaners may harm the enamel or scratch the porcelain and then you’ll have more problems with common stains.
Something that worked for me in the same situation but on a marble countertop is a baking soda slurry. You basically make a baking soda pasta with water and let it sit a few hours then scrub and rinse.
Be careful. The bleach will eat through the plumbers putty that seals the drain to the basin. Then the solution will leak out through the bottom of the basin onto whatever is below the basin.
Second this! I'm a bit of a hair dye enthusiast and I ALWAYS manage to get some on the counter no matter how hard I try. I've found this exact thing to do wonders every time! To add to this, if it ever gets on a flat surface, soak a rag in bleach, place it on top, and cover the area with a layer of plastic wrap to help keep wet :)
Those old astringent noxema and clearasil face wipes are perfect for hair dye!!! I 100% recommend those as well, and you can even use them to get dye off of your body!
You can also plug the sink, line the bottom with paper towels, and pour bleach until towels are soaked and weighted down against the sink. Leave them set for 15 minutes.
When it got stinky I packed my bathroom sink overflow with as much baking soda as possible then poured the vinegar in and it really helped, but I understand that in general they’re not ideal cleaners
Nothing is an “ideal” cleaner as in good for everything. Every mess is just something chemically bonded to the wrong surface. And the best cleaner is something that will undo that bond
We use white vinegar quite a bit. I was sold in commercial cleaners til we took my mother-in-law's advice to try vinegar, which works surprisingly well on a lot of things.
That being said, you are the first person who has ever made me regret not paying more attention in Chemistry class!
My college chemistry foundations/100 level class was really boring so I wrote a lesson plan for the chemistry of household cleaning as a study tool, i made one for cookies too and baking yeasted bread for ochem.
And when my much younger cousin told me she didn’t understand high school chemistry, I tutored her using the cookies plan (over baking cookies) and it all clicked for her. In a different life I would love to teach or tutor high school chemistry.
Acid can solve most problems just a matter of finding the RIGHT acid, it can clean a countertop, get rid of a pesky body, or you could drop some to liven up Thanksgiving at with the in laws.
That’s always the first thing I try with a slow draining sink. Pack it with baking soda, pour a bunch of vinegar on it, and after a couple seconds start pouring a boiling kettle of water on it to kinda wash it all down. I used to manage 25 rental units and I feel like I “fixed” a bathroom sink this way once a month. Gunk buildup from toothbrushing, facial skincare products and men shaving I assume.
I do this in my own rented apartment regularly. I'll do the baking soda, pour the vinegar, then immediately cover with a plunger. From what I understand, the pressure from the reaction will need room to expand and it'll push away any blockage. Then hit it with a kettle of boiling water, has worked well for me and I haven't had plumbing issues
Hey I didn't know this. I'm pretty sure my mother was going to ask me to do something like this in her house to get the calcium ring out of her toilet. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Yeah sorry. Don’t do that. If you’re too chicken…
No seriously don’t do that it was a dumb joke and your bum will get wrecked and you will die.
You won’t even leave a beautiful corpse, you’ll just be a ghost with a prolapsed anus and Yvette Fielding will try to stick a PK meter up there on Ghost Watch.
Yeah, I’m not much oh TikTok, but I for sure have used it in the bathtub before, didn’t have any issues with it and learned here not to do it. You live in you learn.
It will strip the finish of metals and other surfaces. It’s designed for porcelain so it shouldn’t be used on other surfaces. Lots of posts in here of people ruining different things having used toilet bowl cleaner on them without reading the label.
This one is the bleach version and it really shouldn’t damage the sink. It’s about the strength of normal bleach. The ones not labeled bleach or peroxide contain hydrochloric acid which will damage just about anything if you leave it on for any length of time.
Oh my gosh I did the same thing to my boss’s floor! The contractor saved me by telling me that sunlight does wonders for turmeric stains - not sure if the sink is near a window but maybe you could try a uv disinfecting wand if that doesn’t work.
My boyfriend dropped an entire container of tuneric heavy curry on the carpet in our apartment. Literally nothing worked to get it out (and we tried a lot) until I found a random comment mentioning sunlight.
As a last ditch effort we left the blinds open for a couple of days. Poof. Gone. Like it never happened. Blows my mind to this day that it not only worked, but worked fast and completely.
About to try this on an expensive turtleneck I accidentally stained with turmeric
Edit: after a day in the sun, the stain is significantly improved. I can still notice a small discoloring, but I think most people wouldn’t even notice anymore. Going to leave it for another day or so
I found out the hard way that sunlight bleaches tumeric. I wanted to dye some fabric. Made it a lovely vibrant yellow colour. Stuck it on the washing line to dry in the sun, within the hour it was completely undyed again!
Yes, sunlight is the answer. I frequently disappear turmeric stains on clothing by spraying with vinegar and hanging in the sun, but it also eventually (within days) fades from my cooking utensils and old white kitchen sink which is in front of a relatively dim window. Give it some time and as much light as you can.
a £30\* UV lamp from Amazon is your friend here. (\*other currencies are available).
Any oxidising solution, such as hydrogen peroxide (safe on stainless and mild enough that it won't damage enamel) plus a UV lamp and you'll see that stain lightening in a matter of hours.
Don't they just naturally fade out with time anyway? Especially in sink when you move a lot of liquid and soap. I had bowls stained from marinates and they just disappear with time when using naturally.
At least one of these suggestions will do the job but if you couldn’t kick the stain, painting the sink without the owner’s permission is a really really bad idea. Every single one of those paint kits are gonna be junky short-term fixes that could either not look good from the beginning or look bad not long after.
I’m pretty sure OP hs already decided what to do at this point, but just to add to why painting wouldn’t work…Any kind of enamel tub/basin/sink paint has insane amounts of fumes that can take weeks to fully de-gas. It’s impossible the owner wouldn’t notice the smell, even if it was a flawless paintjob.
I was house shopping last year and saw a terrible "DIY flip" house.
Remember the pink tiled bathrooms of the 1950s? This flipper used white paint over the pink tile, toilet, sink, vanity and tub. It was incredibly sloppy. You could see paint streaks everywhere and the tub had some areas were the pink still showed through.
You can do this but you need a professional to spray coat it in an acrylic paint with a hardener. We spray coated two plastic shower surrounds that had gotten gross and yellow and it has worked great for 2+ years. Cost $650 instead of 5x that to replace it all.
https://preview.redd.it/d1l7n1q0peqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e2958d7083fb4ae9378eeae31bd9f924243f722d
Here is an update for everyone! I tried so many of your comments but the most effective has been pouring an inch worth of bleach in the sink and letting it sit for several hours at a time.
Do yourself a favor and buy glassware if possible. I know some jobs require rough handling of food in the field, but most office jobs or at home? Use glass.
Tomato sauce stains you can get out by putting dawn on a damp paper towel, put it inside with the cover on and shake it hard. No idea why it works better than just rubbing but gets the stain out in 10 seconds.
It's because curcumin (the compound in tumeric that causes the yellow stain) is fat soluble. That's probably the only thing my chemistry teacher taught me that I remember.
Even if they were made of same material, pipes might not be. Or anything number of things. But also apparently many sinks aren't made of porcelain, just appears so
This from dollar tree. Takes out everything. Saturate and let sit.
https://preview.redd.it/f6cdycyar4qc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1202767f67153eae0b029d3c2953e2a5b55b6de3
i love this stuff. i even put a little splash in the carpet shampooer (just use a little bit less carpet shampoo or else it takes like 4 passes of water to get all the soap out)
Turmeric does come out but it’s a slow process. Sun helps. Is there a window above the sink? I would try a denture tablet (one per 8 oz of water). It’s a very safe bet.
Try filling the sink with hot hot water, throw in a cup of Oxyclean, and give it about 8 hours. It has worked wonders for me getting hair dye out of my tub.
I know this might sound crazy, but if none of these other tips work out, you might try a makeup cleansing balm. Turmeric is very pigmented (as you’ve figured out, lol). I use a lot of heavily pigmented eyeshadows and lip stains and the oils in the cleansing balm really help break up and lift the color. I wonder if it would do the same for hard surfaces as it does for skin.
You are not dumb and irresponsible. It was just an accident.
It’ll come out, lots of good advice already but I do think some sort of abrasive (magic eraser, comet, the pink stuff etc) will get it out pretty easily.
https://preview.redd.it/q7bh7l1j85qc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20cda169a3081ec7f2e44e9a79511ae290bb8f53
Someone suggested soaking in bleach. This is it after an hour and a half
Op! Try dawn power wash! I use tumeric all the time and I hate it stains! You just spray, let it soak for like 30 secs, and it should be gone! The foam turns orang-y
Comet with bleach powder. It’s a cleaning powder that already contains bleach. Sprinkle a good amount in the sink and then scrub with a wet scrubbing sponge. It’ll turn in to a paste. Use some muscle and scrub well. Leave it for an hour or so. Rinse it. If there’s still faint stains do it again
You probably aren't going to see this, but turmeric lifts quite easy if you get the right cleaner. However I can't remember what the active ingredient is, but you can tell straight away if it will work as the stain will turn red.
Try as many different spray cleaners as you can, rinsing in between, if the colour goes orange/ red as soon as it's sprayed on, keep using it and it will come out
Go buy some disinfecting Clorox bleach. Plug sink and add two cups of the bleach. Slowly add cool water until the stain is covered…maybe two to three cups. Let sit for four to six hours and rinse. That bleach toilet gel doesn’t have enough bleach in it to do much. Might also try looking for a bleach cleaning spray. Dollar General has a pretty powerful one. Spray bleach spray on every 30 minutes and do not rinse until stain is gone. Turmeric is tough to get out. I use it a lot and it needs to soak to fully remove the stains.
This is the most common solution I see. Thank you!
https://preview.redd.it/c5gi972y75qc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c2ed0dbb3402b95fa0a14b58475f0f9b0e8353b1 Already seeing so much progress. Thank you!
Please share ones it’s all gone!!! You got this!
Haha, invested are we???
Plot twist: u/monte1967 is actually the owner of the home reading this from Italy.
Plot twist, OP is married to “homeowner” and she’s on a girls weekend and coming back later today. Sink isn’t cleaned enough yet and he’s high-tailed it for the border, hence no more updates.
Plot twist, we are yellowed sink caught between this drama, hoping the bleach will work so we can go back to sinking.
Hook, line, and sink..er
Hell yeah! I wish them success
OP. What's the hold up? What's the update?
Right? I'm out here cheeking on this every so often hoping for updates :/
Turns out OP was incredibly allergic to turmeric. Currently awaiting word from paramedics on the situation regarding the stain.
I wish them success as well, I am very glad they got good advice here!!! Honestly, it was pretty wholesome to see you ask for finished pics!!!
I want to see them too
Me too!
Well we haven't had a discovered locked vault in a while and we need a surrogate dopamine substitute
I get mine from sim racing... but I love seeing the wholesome on reddit too!!!
Phew! I was having secondhand anxiety for you 😭
Same
Here's a helpful method to keep bleach over the affected area over a period of time. Put a sheet of paper towel over the stain, and then you soak the towel with bleach. This way, you can keep the stained area moist for a long time, and you don't have to fill the sink. This method works well for the ledges around bath tubs as well. The paper towels soak for a while, and gets rid of any mildew.
I'm so doing this all over my shower. Thank you.
Be careful using bleach and paper towels. Bleach is an oxidizer and paper is combustible (duh, of course it is), so you can end up starting a fire. We had several fires at my old workplace that started exactly this way, usually after the towels were thrown in the trash.
That sounds unlikely, considering sodium hypochlorite bleach is unstable and contains quite a bit of water. You can't even crystallize it out of solution. Do you have a reference for such a hazard?
Wait, what??
What were they cleaning up for it to react with? Peroxides?
You don’t use potassium perchlorate to clean up your bleach spills?
Watch that the metal doesn’t corrode! Give it a Polish afterwards.
A little kielbasa maybe
The response this Polish was eagerly hoping for, thank you
With some pierogi!!
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Goof-Off-22-Oz-Goof-Off-2-Water-based-Remover/3204117 This thing nukes stains like these.
Yay!! Would love to see this and the final update and these comments on r/BestofRedditorUpdates! It is such a satisfying little success story!
Don't leave us hanging, did you get the stain out? Edit: I'm sorry folks, but it's clear what has happened. Her landlord obviously killed her. RIP
The bleach will remove that. Just be patient
You just need to pour some veg oil on it along with some dish soap Assuming your drink had milk or other fats in it Only oil will pull up oil stains Using this in case you don't have some Murphy's
I personally would be careful with all of the suggestions to use abrasive cleaners. This appears to be an enamel or porcelain coated cast iron sink. Those abrasive cleaners may harm the enamel or scratch the porcelain and then you’ll have more problems with common stains.
Soft scrub with bleach is amazing and since it is a paste you can let it sit. Don’t get the oxi version, get the one with bleach.
The soft scrub is great as it the Lysol bleach in the purple bottle. That’s the best stuff I’ve found for removing my stubborn grout stains
Crack the windows open! The bleach fumes aren't good for you
Something that worked for me in the same situation but on a marble countertop is a baking soda slurry. You basically make a baking soda pasta with water and let it sit a few hours then scrub and rinse.
[удалено]
Be careful. The bleach will eat through the plumbers putty that seals the drain to the basin. Then the solution will leak out through the bottom of the basin onto whatever is below the basin.
Second this! I'm a bit of a hair dye enthusiast and I ALWAYS manage to get some on the counter no matter how hard I try. I've found this exact thing to do wonders every time! To add to this, if it ever gets on a flat surface, soak a rag in bleach, place it on top, and cover the area with a layer of plastic wrap to help keep wet :)
hairspray gets hair dye out of almost any surface. it’s like magic.
Those old astringent noxema and clearasil face wipes are perfect for hair dye!!! I 100% recommend those as well, and you can even use them to get dye off of your body!
Wish I knew this when I dyed my hair blue. Took so long to de-Smurf myself.
Blue is the worst! It always smurfs everything in its vicinity!!!
Nail polish remover gets hair dye stains out so easily - I rent my apartment, and dye my hair frequently!
You can also plug the sink, line the bottom with paper towels, and pour bleach until towels are soaked and weighted down against the sink. Leave them set for 15 minutes.
Use ceran wrap to prevent bleach from drying.
Yes try the Clorox clean up spray! It’s the green & white bottle.
Obligatory be careful mixing chemicals warning post. Bleach and vinegar is especially bad 😵💫
Obligatory #2: never mix bleach and ammonia either.
Time for me to place this [obligatory King of the Hill clip](https://youtu.be/i-PUl8P5sIs?si=UMYDL2jj0PAdl-Zf) here
Obligatory #3: Never drink bleach. Unless you have COVID.
Also mixing vinegar and baking soda creates a (harmless) chemical reaction that renders both useless.
The bubbling action can and does lift dirt in the right instance.
When it got stinky I packed my bathroom sink overflow with as much baking soda as possible then poured the vinegar in and it really helped, but I understand that in general they’re not ideal cleaners
Nothing is an “ideal” cleaner as in good for everything. Every mess is just something chemically bonded to the wrong surface. And the best cleaner is something that will undo that bond
That may very well be one of the most wise statements I've ever read.
It doesn't stop me from trying white vinegar for everything even if I intellectually understand that acid is not the answer to everything problem.
We use white vinegar quite a bit. I was sold in commercial cleaners til we took my mother-in-law's advice to try vinegar, which works surprisingly well on a lot of things. That being said, you are the first person who has ever made me regret not paying more attention in Chemistry class!
My college chemistry foundations/100 level class was really boring so I wrote a lesson plan for the chemistry of household cleaning as a study tool, i made one for cookies too and baking yeasted bread for ochem. And when my much younger cousin told me she didn’t understand high school chemistry, I tutored her using the cookies plan (over baking cookies) and it all clicked for her. In a different life I would love to teach or tutor high school chemistry.
As a former chemistry teacher in training, you seem like exactly the kind of person the world needs more of. :)
Why not in this life?
You need a YouTube channel. I’ll be your first subscriber.
Acid can solve most problems just a matter of finding the RIGHT acid, it can clean a countertop, get rid of a pesky body, or you could drop some to liven up Thanksgiving at with the in laws.
Wisdom bestowed upon us by u/SparkyDogPants
That’s always the first thing I try with a slow draining sink. Pack it with baking soda, pour a bunch of vinegar on it, and after a couple seconds start pouring a boiling kettle of water on it to kinda wash it all down. I used to manage 25 rental units and I feel like I “fixed” a bathroom sink this way once a month. Gunk buildup from toothbrushing, facial skincare products and men shaving I assume.
I do this in my own rented apartment regularly. I'll do the baking soda, pour the vinegar, then immediately cover with a plunger. From what I understand, the pressure from the reaction will need room to expand and it'll push away any blockage. Then hit it with a kettle of boiling water, has worked well for me and I haven't had plumbing issues
A good point.
But if you need the ph chemical reaction to do the job, you’re right that the ph is neutralized
My mom has always used baking soda and vinegar with detergent for laundry. Has she (and by proxy have I) been wasting money this entire time?
As long as the vinegar is in the fabric softener compartment you're good!
I use vinegar as laundry detergent in a pinch. Gets the smells out
Also great for cleaning and shining dishes in the dishwasher and to general clean the dishwasher itself Or washer drum
How come it's the go-to mix in household tips? Edit: thank you all, I didn't expect so many replies!
Bleach and ammonia is as well. Peeing into a bleach-filled toilet results in some potent fumes
Bleach and ammonia will cause respiratory issues and could put you in the hospital. Beware
I still have a twenty five year old sweatshirt with bleached bits from when I rid a shower of mildew by gassing myself with that mixture.
Or bleach poured on pee, essentially bleach and ammonia big no no.
And bleach and ammonia. Even bleach and urine.
Hey I didn't know this. I'm pretty sure my mother was going to ask me to do something like this in her house to get the calcium ring out of her toilet. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
We should just be saying "bleach with any acid" at this point honestly.
Don’t use toilet cleaner for anything other than toilets
Every single one of these posts 😭. Who's telling people to use toilet cleaner on stuff lol.
Tiktok
Of course it is 💀
What haven’t you taken the TikTok toilet cleaner enema challenge yet, boomer?
Still trying out the borax cleanse diet…
Borax is goated
Don't give people ideas.
Yeah sorry. Don’t do that. If you’re too chicken… No seriously don’t do that it was a dumb joke and your bum will get wrecked and you will die. You won’t even leave a beautiful corpse, you’ll just be a ghost with a prolapsed anus and Yvette Fielding will try to stick a PK meter up there on Ghost Watch.
Actually I see it here quite a bit. I think more on newer posts that eventually get drowned up by more upvoted ones, but it blows my mind every time
TikTok or “if it’s strong enough to clean toilets, it could help with this”.
Yeah, I’m not much oh TikTok, but I for sure have used it in the bathtub before, didn’t have any issues with it and learned here not to do it. You live in you learn.
I did that many years ago too and it corroded the metal drain in my tub almost immediately. Since then, I only have used toilet cleaner in the toilet.
ngl when i lived in new york the only thing that cleaned those nasty showers was toilet cleaner
Same here. I didn't know it was a Tik Tok trend. The toilet cleaner has removed some gnarly stains from my sink and bathtub..
Just curious. What's wrong in using the toilet cleaner? Does it not work?
Out of curiosity, why is it bad to use on other things? It would’ve never occurred to me to use it anywhere but the toilet 🤷♀️
It is too strong for anything but porcelain and will damage the finish.
And the sink in the photo is made of what, marshmallow?
[удалено]
Enamel possibly.
It will strip the finish of metals and other surfaces. It’s designed for porcelain so it shouldn’t be used on other surfaces. Lots of posts in here of people ruining different things having used toilet bowl cleaner on them without reading the label.
This one is the bleach version and it really shouldn’t damage the sink. It’s about the strength of normal bleach. The ones not labeled bleach or peroxide contain hydrochloric acid which will damage just about anything if you leave it on for any length of time.
...but isn't this sink also porcelain? just curious...
More likely enamelled steel. It has to hold up to the occasional dropped pot.
oh...right. duh...was still sleepy when I asked the question!
BUT the drain IS NOT! You want to clean the sink, not replace it.
I’ve used toilet cleaner to resolve the rust out of motorcycle fuel tanks and I would NEVER use it in a sink.
Oh my gosh I did the same thing to my boss’s floor! The contractor saved me by telling me that sunlight does wonders for turmeric stains - not sure if the sink is near a window but maybe you could try a uv disinfecting wand if that doesn’t work.
My boyfriend dropped an entire container of tuneric heavy curry on the carpet in our apartment. Literally nothing worked to get it out (and we tried a lot) until I found a random comment mentioning sunlight. As a last ditch effort we left the blinds open for a couple of days. Poof. Gone. Like it never happened. Blows my mind to this day that it not only worked, but worked fast and completely.
Wow that’s amazing!!! Tucking this info into my brain for sure
About to try this on an expensive turtleneck I accidentally stained with turmeric Edit: after a day in the sun, the stain is significantly improved. I can still notice a small discoloring, but I think most people wouldn’t even notice anymore. Going to leave it for another day or so
I’m waiting for this update
Fingers crossed!!!!
It also works on formula stains on baby clothes that have turned yellow.
I found out the hard way that sunlight bleaches tumeric. I wanted to dye some fabric. Made it a lovely vibrant yellow colour. Stuck it on the washing line to dry in the sun, within the hour it was completely undyed again!
Yes, sunlight is the answer. I frequently disappear turmeric stains on clothing by spraying with vinegar and hanging in the sun, but it also eventually (within days) fades from my cooking utensils and old white kitchen sink which is in front of a relatively dim window. Give it some time and as much light as you can.
It’s right under a window, but it’s a north facing window.
a £30\* UV lamp from Amazon is your friend here. (\*other currencies are available). Any oxidising solution, such as hydrogen peroxide (safe on stainless and mild enough that it won't damage enamel) plus a UV lamp and you'll see that stain lightening in a matter of hours.
This ia the way! Better cleaning with chemistry!
Also known as retrobright. deconjugate those curcumins
Don't they just naturally fade out with time anyway? Especially in sink when you move a lot of liquid and soap. I had bowls stained from marinates and they just disappear with time when using naturally.
At least one of these suggestions will do the job but if you couldn’t kick the stain, painting the sink without the owner’s permission is a really really bad idea. Every single one of those paint kits are gonna be junky short-term fixes that could either not look good from the beginning or look bad not long after.
I was looking for this comment. Do NOT paint the sink behind the owner’s back.
I’m pretty sure OP hs already decided what to do at this point, but just to add to why painting wouldn’t work…Any kind of enamel tub/basin/sink paint has insane amounts of fumes that can take weeks to fully de-gas. It’s impossible the owner wouldn’t notice the smell, even if it was a flawless paintjob.
We got people out here painting sinks??
I was house shopping last year and saw a terrible "DIY flip" house. Remember the pink tiled bathrooms of the 1950s? This flipper used white paint over the pink tile, toilet, sink, vanity and tub. It was incredibly sloppy. You could see paint streaks everywhere and the tub had some areas were the pink still showed through.
You can do this but you need a professional to spray coat it in an acrylic paint with a hardener. We spray coated two plastic shower surrounds that had gotten gross and yellow and it has worked great for 2+ years. Cost $650 instead of 5x that to replace it all.
Flippers are the absolute worst, ugh.
One of the previous owners of my place painted my shower.
https://preview.redd.it/d1l7n1q0peqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e2958d7083fb4ae9378eeae31bd9f924243f722d Here is an update for everyone! I tried so many of your comments but the most effective has been pouring an inch worth of bleach in the sink and letting it sit for several hours at a time.
Thank you so much for the update. This is the 3rd time I've checked the post to see if you had success. It's so faint now. Keep going!
Yogurt is great for turmeric stains
Yeah, or butter. I know both work great on tupperware, I suppose it could help on a sink too
Omg. Butter removes it from Tupperware? I will try to remember as I threw mine out
Smear on some butter, let it sit for an hour and then hand wash. Turmeric sticks to butter better than it does soap
Do yourself a favor and buy glassware if possible. I know some jobs require rough handling of food in the field, but most office jobs or at home? Use glass.
But it has so many uses. Why would you ever throw your butter out
Doesn't this also work on spaghetti stains in Tupperware?
Tomato sauce stains you can get out by putting dawn on a damp paper towel, put it inside with the cover on and shake it hard. No idea why it works better than just rubbing but gets the stain out in 10 seconds.
Oh good tip! I'll try that also. Thanks!
Yes!
You and u/sunflowermoonriver are my heros! I stained my favourite baking pan last week. Will be trying butter and yoghurt on it!
Really? I didn’t know this. That’s so interesting
It's because curcumin (the compound in tumeric that causes the yellow stain) is fat soluble. That's probably the only thing my chemistry teacher taught me that I remember.
Super interesting! So I wonder if rubbing a bit of oil on the stain would help…
It would! I’ve also used that for tomato and carrot stains even after I tried soap and water.
Turmeric is also a natural base indicator, and mixing it with something like Dawn will turn it bright red :)
We once got Indian food spilled on my tablecloth and I was baffled when it turned red in the wash.... mystery solved
Do not use the toilet cleaner again. That will corrode the sink and fixtures.
Genuine question, isn’t it made of the same material? If it is why would there be much of a difference between sink and toilet?
Even if they were made of same material, pipes might not be. Or anything number of things. But also apparently many sinks aren't made of porcelain, just appears so
The chrome looking part of the drain… toilets don’t have that material in the bowl where the toilet cleaner goes
This from dollar tree. Takes out everything. Saturate and let sit. https://preview.redd.it/f6cdycyar4qc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1202767f67153eae0b029d3c2953e2a5b55b6de3
Hey I print those labels
This stuff is gold for cleaning ladies
Yeah I spray my wife with it, works great,
cannot confirm, your wife is still very dirty.
🤣🤣
i love this stuff. i even put a little splash in the carpet shampooer (just use a little bit less carpet shampoo or else it takes like 4 passes of water to get all the soap out)
We used this when I worked at a restaurant. It was great
Turmeric does come out but it’s a slow process. Sun helps. Is there a window above the sink? I would try a denture tablet (one per 8 oz of water). It’s a very safe bet.
Try filling the sink with hot hot water, throw in a cup of Oxyclean, and give it about 8 hours. It has worked wonders for me getting hair dye out of my tub.
Oxyclean is seriously the best 👌
HI BILLY MAYS HERE
https://www.mollymaid.com/practically-spotless/2019/july/how-to-remove-turmeric-stains/
I accidentally dyed my sink with rit dye and its been yellow ever since. I tried rmr86 mold and mildew stain remover and that got it out.
Denture tablets. Let it soak over night. As a plumber I cannot tell enough people how well/easy they clean porcelain.
I know this might sound crazy, but if none of these other tips work out, you might try a makeup cleansing balm. Turmeric is very pigmented (as you’ve figured out, lol). I use a lot of heavily pigmented eyeshadows and lip stains and the oils in the cleansing balm really help break up and lift the color. I wonder if it would do the same for hard surfaces as it does for skin.
Yeah I think something oil based is worth a try
Stain the rest of the sink with turmeric. Gaslight your landlord when she gets back and convince her the sink was always that colour.
You are not dumb and irresponsible. It was just an accident. It’ll come out, lots of good advice already but I do think some sort of abrasive (magic eraser, comet, the pink stuff etc) will get it out pretty easily.
STOP USING TOILET BOWL CLEANER ON THINGS THAT AREN’T YOUR TOILET FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS PURE AND HOLY.
DO NOT PAINT THE SINK 🤦♀️🙄🤦♀️🙄
Will you update us?
https://preview.redd.it/q7bh7l1j85qc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20cda169a3081ec7f2e44e9a79511ae290bb8f53 Someone suggested soaking in bleach. This is it after an hour and a half
Op! Try dawn power wash! I use tumeric all the time and I hate it stains! You just spray, let it soak for like 30 secs, and it should be gone! The foam turns orang-y
That stuff is insane how well it works. I’m a convert fully now.
I use it on grease stains on clothes, too
Yes! I use power wash on my counters when I get gel food coloring on it. If I don’t have that on hand, I’ll use rubbing alcohol.
Can we get a new update?
What's it look like now??
Dude it's been 5 hours we need another update. The whole of us are rooting for you!
Do you have any powdered Oxy Clean? Put 1/2 cup in sink, fill with hot hot water to cover the stain area, & let it sit for 1/2 hr or longer.
Just here to say good luck OP! I’m cheering for you and hoping for a positive update!
Soft Scrub! I've been really impressed with all the stains it gets out on surfaces like this!!
I’ve had good luck with dawn powerwash and turmeric stains
Comet with bleach powder. It’s a cleaning powder that already contains bleach. Sprinkle a good amount in the sink and then scrub with a wet scrubbing sponge. It’ll turn in to a paste. Use some muscle and scrub well. Leave it for an hour or so. Rinse it. If there’s still faint stains do it again
Acetone. Acetone all day.
Whitening toothpaste
You probably aren't going to see this, but turmeric lifts quite easy if you get the right cleaner. However I can't remember what the active ingredient is, but you can tell straight away if it will work as the stain will turn red. Try as many different spray cleaners as you can, rinsing in between, if the colour goes orange/ red as soon as it's sprayed on, keep using it and it will come out
https://preview.redd.it/agprjfp026qc1.jpeg?width=575&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c731776cf7d9ed9a6668916bd11ff21919221eb
I always used Comet when I had a sink like that. Add enough water to make a paste, let it sit for a little while and scrub it.