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Help - Hair Dye!

During Money Saving, I decided to dye my hair at home! Big mistake!!!

I now have hair dye on my white gloss door and it won't come off!! Also on my beige carpets!

Please .... what can I use to get rid of the stains??

Hopefully someone can help!

Kittyx :confused:


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  • gems2381
    gems2381 Posts: 431 Forumite
    I've managed to get John Frieda colour glaze on my white bath (I live in a rented apartment so this is not good!), it's left lovely purple stains which I've scrubbed with scouring pads, bleach, flash and stardrops but still can't shift.

    Any ideas on how I can get my bath white again?
    Trying to sort my life out, and I'm going to get there!
  • wendym
    wendym Posts: 2,945 Forumite
    Astonish Oxy (small plastic tub, designed to add to washing powder) can be mixed with just enough water to make a paste, which I left on a similar stain overnight, and after a second application it had faded to almost nothing.
  • lil_me
    lil_me Posts: 13,186 Forumite
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    Jif/Cif/Vim whatever they want to call it usually works on getting hair dye off the bath, tip from my friend who's a hairdresser. Nail varnish remover (acetone based) works if it's really stubborn, hairspray probably would too but have never tried it.
    One day I might be more organised...........:confused:
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  • gems2381
    gems2381 Posts: 431 Forumite
    Thanks for the ideas I'll give them a go tomorrow and let you know if it works.
    Trying to sort my life out, and I'm going to get there!
  • gems2381
    gems2381 Posts: 431 Forumite
    Thanks for the Cif suggestion lil_me, went out and bought some yesterday and after a lot of scrubbing it worked and I have a white bath again!
    Trying to sort my life out, and I'm going to get there!
  • metherer
    metherer Posts: 560 Forumite
    glad to see you solved your problem.

    Just for future reference, I once died my sisters white plastic bath bright pink. She had some luminous yellow Flash floor liquid which brought the marks straight out.

    I have an enamel bath which I just bleach now.

    Metherer
    Not heavily in debt, but still trying to sort things out.
    Baby due July 2018.
  • Noctu
    Noctu Posts: 1,553 Forumite
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    Dyed my hair last night.. didn't realise that some of the dye leaked!

    Now there's a big red splotch on the bathroom lino :(

    I've tried soaking it with bleach to no avail.

    Any ideas? I'm desperate!

    I've got hair dye bleach kit (developer and powder).. would that work? Oven cleaner? Alcohol?

    Thanks guys!
  • shell2001
    shell2001 Posts: 1,817 Forumite
    Nail varnish remover??
  • Hapless_2
    Hapless_2 Posts: 2,619 Forumite
    baby wipe?
    Stardrops?
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  • Noctu
    Noctu Posts: 1,553 Forumite
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    Thanks everyone, trying out some of the ideas now. Fingers crossed ;)
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