OH NO!!! Help Me Learn How to Get This Stain off My Wood Floor!

Updated on November 15, 2011
G.B. asks from Boise, ID
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Any of you have a wood floor business? I left a box of tomatoes, lined in plastic- on my wood floor. They started to rot, leaked out of the plastic garbage bag, onto the floor. There is now a white hazy stain on the wood floor in the shape of the box. HOW on earth can i get this off? Very fine sandpaper? Suggestions?

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G.S.

answers from New York on

Is it the plastic that has left an imprint on the wood floor? I had varnished my new table last summer and after a week of drying off, I came from the supermarket. I placed plastic bags on it and there were marks from the bags on the wood. The easiest suggestion from a cousin. Take a cotton ball and a little bit of alcohol and wipe off.
Vinegar is also very good at cleaning wooden floors, surfaces etc. Dilute it in water first.
Hope it works. There is always a way to clean it. Don't worry.

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B.C.

answers from Norfolk on

I think it's a surface stain, not one that goes down into the wood.
Is it a non laminated floor? If yes, remove old wax and re-wax and it'll be fine.
If it's a laminated floor, according to the Armstrong flooring site:

Spots Caused by Food, Water or Animals
* Apply Armstrong Hardwood & Laminate Floor Cleaner or Bruce Hardwood & Laminate Floor Cleaner to a clean soft cloth.
* Rub the area to remove the stain or spot.
* More stubborn spots may require additional cleaning with mineral spirits, followed by cleaning with Armstrong Hardwood & Laminate Floor Cleaner or Bruce Hardwood & Laminate Floor Cleaner.

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J.L.

answers from Minneapolis on

The great thing about real wood flooring is that it can be sanded and restained if worse comes to worse.

But before that, I'd head to the hardware store and look into a restoration kit first. They sell wood restoration kits where stain and varnish is sold. Minwax makes several varieties for wood furniture restoration. Many have water ring/stain removers for damaged table tops etc. Try that. I suspect the acid in the matos' reacted with the varnish on the floor. The restoration kit will have something to remove the varnish layer without wrecking the stain, and you'll recondition the wood, possibly stain and then reapply the varnish. I did this with our dining room table (cherrywood) after finding some coffee cup rings on the surface. It worked fine.

If you have questions, the folks at Lowes and Home Depot can be helpful.

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M.R.

answers from Chicago on

Last week I used toothpaste and it got a lot of permanent marker off my wood table. Maybe it will work for your stain too. Not sure if the toothpaste is specific to permanent marker, but it can't hurt to give it a try.

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