Oh my.
Same problem, but two different threads in two different forums.
The chronically-helpless primitive, who seeks guidance from the other primitives on how to screw in a light bulb, is a buddy of the Curmudgeoness primitive, the primitive with a sensitive bottom, and who's still looking for a charity for the homeless operated by atheists, who's a buddy of the big guy in Bellevue, although I have no idea the connection.
They're all notorious tightwads, always trying to get stuff without spending any money, although Omaha Steve isn't known, like the other two, to be a packrat, collecting "treasures" to sell on eBay.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10261035Paper Roses (5,039 posts) Wed Jun 11, 2014, 06:33 PM
I now know that my kitchen counter is not silver! Damn!
As the price of silver drops, today I decided I should think about scrapping some junk stuff I've had hanging around.
One piece was unmarked so, genius that I am, I got out the old testing kit and checked. As I was testing, there was a huge screech of brakes in front of my house. Of course, I had to look.
In the process, I put the item down to run to the door for a look-see.
Came back to find the acid had dripped off the plate edge and left a purple stain on the Formica.
Actually, 2 stains. I've tried everything I can think of to get these stains out.
Phooey!
That'll teach me. (and the dumb plate is just that---plate.)
Callmecrazy (1,799 posts) Wed Jun 11, 2014, 06:42 PM
1. Have you tried muriatic acid?
You can find it in pool supplies. I stained my pool deck once, and the only thing that worked was a dilution of that stuff. It's pretty caustic so have adult supervision.*
*Judy grasswire, another packrat, who's always collecting stuff to sell on eBay but never does, is one who would need adult supervision.
safeinOhio (7,939 posts) Wed Jun 11, 2014, 09:38 PM
2. I use it to
remove rust from cast iron.
Callmecrazy (1,799 posts) Wed Jun 11, 2014, 10:24 PM
3. Take the skin off'n your hide, too.
safeinOhio (7,939 posts) Thu Jun 12, 2014, 05:54 AM
4. I had an old jug that
was supper strong, seems the new stuff doesn't work as well. I have to let the item soak a long time in it. I rinse it with a hose for quite a long time before I touch it and am still careful with it. Works good for cleaning cement.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/11583168Paper Roses (5,039 posts) Thu Jun 12, 2014, 08:12 AM
I need stain removal help--big time!
Idiot that I am, I managed to get silver nitrate* in my Formica counter top.
A distraction caused me to drop the item I was testing. As a consequence, the silver nitrate got on the counter top. The Formica is beige and now has several purple stains and it looks terrible. I have a slurry of baking soda/water on it now but I am afraid this will not do the job.
I know better, been using this material for years. I always have newspaper layers under my work but you know how it goes, the one time I didn't......
The solution was from a silver testing kit. Good use instructions but no advice on the data sheets about how to remove a messy stain.
Of course, this happened a week after having a realtor here to discuss the sale of my house. Now I have a eyesore.
Any help would be appreciated. I have Googled but have not been able to find a good answer.
*That's very odd.
When franksolich was 19 years old and undergoing the traditional family agony of haemorrhoids, for which physicians at the University of Nebraska just kept prescribing Percocet (which I flushed down the commode), I finally went back to the old hometown in the Sandhills of Nebraska, to consult with the old family physician.
He told me to bend over, and jammed a glass rod dipped in silver nitrate up in there.
That was a
very long time ago, and even though I've had desk-sitting jobs and somesuch in the intervening years, the haemorrhoids never came back; not the slightest twinge.
Which is remarkable, considering my family history and genetics.
<<<enthusiastic believer in silver nitrate; better than Preparation H.
Warpy (76,771 posts) Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:08 AM
1. Straight Clorox might bleach the stain out
but it will also bleach the countertop. Baking soda will do squat. Ditto vinegar, peroxide, and ammonia. There are resurfacing kits for formica (basically paint) if you want to go that route.
Get an estimate on replacing the countertop with something more trendy. It usually doesn't cost an arm and a leg and could help the house sell.
Yeah, like the chronically-helpless primitive is going to spend a dime on something, much less on a new countertop.
