How to get hair dye off a plastic shower wall?

u01jet4

Hi,

In desperate need of some help to her dots of dark dried hair dye off my plastic cynical shower walls. Did my hair 2 weeks ago and been on holiday, tried to make sure there weren't marks before I left but I've come back to splurges of colour all over

This morning I sprayed a whole load of petrol surface cleanser on it but I am pretty confident that will do absolutely nothing. It just runs straight over the stains and down the wall anyway.

Can anyone give me some ideas of what I could try?

Thanks very much x

jackieglasgow

The way I remove dye is to go over it with some fresh dye, leave it for a few seconds and clean off straight away, the science bit is that the peroxide in the fresh dye, strips the colour out of the old dye, and you clean it off before the new colour "takes hold".

Allegra

Bleach. Neat bleach on cotton wool or tissue, stick it on the stain, leave until the stain is gone.

Mind you, are the walls coloured ? If they are, the bleach might leech colour out of them - best try a bit in an incospicuous spot first. If they are white or clear there shouldn't be a problem.

TryingHardToSave_2

I agree with the bleach. When i get hair dye stains on hair line i have also used baby oil and cotton bud dipped in nail varnish both of these do the job x

u01jet4

So just bleach on cotton wool and hold it on til the stain goes should work? The walls are White plastic so hopefully colour wise should be ok. Do I need to scrub it or not? X

zippychick

this thread may have some ideas as well? I would use a soft brush with the bleach and scrub. Maybe try a small bit first if you are nervous and just to check it causes no damage ( i wouldnt think so but im just being cautious!)

Sunnyday

In our bathroom there is white plastic capping on the windowsill, there are also brown circular marks on it - no idea what it is as its a gift from the previous occupants. It looks as if the colour is actually in the plastic instead of on top of it IYKWIM.

One of the workmen who was here suggested T-cut to remove them. I`ve not tried it yet though.

HTH

SD

u01jet4

Thanks very much for the advice, the bleach worked an absolute treat! Xx