Methelene / Methylene Chloride Stain (Drinking Bird Dropped on Sheet Vinyl Floor)

Bleach?

Have you tried chlorine bleach?

Here is a methylene chloride remover. Don't know what it will do to vinyl or the urethane that usually topcoats vinyl floors.

Huh!? That doesn't remove methylene chloride, it is a paint remover *based* on methylene chloride!

Methylene chloride dissolves (into) vinyl (PVC). The dye is now embedded.

Maybe UV light would bleach it, if it is a fragile enough dye. But likely you're just completely outa luck.

Not sure you can remove stain. Methylene chloride probably dissolved top layer of floor, dye became mixed with vinyl, and, on evaporation, left dye impregnated in vinyl. Even if you bleached out dye, floor would probably be frosted and indented looking. I would repatch with retained piece of flooring, if you have.

Frank

You will not be able to remove the red stain IMHO.

Perhaps you can create an accent color "diamond" or add several to disguise the repair. A contrasting insert will be a better solution than trying to splice in even the original tile since the floor has probably changed hue from age, cleaning, etc. ___________________________ Keep the whole world singing. . . . DanG

Get more of the same stuff, and paint a compass rose over that spot, converting the stain to a decoration.

(Note to self. WHite floors are not compatible with pets, children, or work...)

--Goedjn