Mouse Stain Off Oak Floor?

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Anyone have any advice as to how to get the stain of a dead mouse off my oak floor? Regular household cleaners don't help at all. This is a dark, black-looking spot on the floor where the mouse must have bled after it died (I don't know for sure).

I have been told to use some Oxi products, but I cannot find them anywhere, including Walmart, Target, Ace Hardware, etc. They all stare at me when I ask for any product including the word Oxi. I think this is a bleach product.

Thanks for any help !!

--James--

Des Perado · Accepted Answer

Go to a good hardware store like ACE Hardware and ask for oxalic acid andalso ask them how to use it properly.Des

Frogleg · Answer

I'm not the hydrogen-peroxide fanatic, but it *is* good on bloodstains.

Oxi-Clean and its relatives are now commonly available. Clorox is marketing "Oxi-magic" as a stain remover. Oxi-Clean is quite good with organic stains -- sure cleans out a teapot. The TV demos show fruit juices being neutralized. If your WalMart doesn't know what Oxi-Clean is, call for a manager.

Scout Lady · Answer

The Walmarts around here sell Oxi-Clean. You can also buy it at most grocerystores where laundry products are sold. I don't know how safe it would befor wood though.

b · Answer

Water color after you bleach it then revarnish.

James Nipper · Answer

What do you mean by water color it first please ??Thanks  !!--James------------------Water color after you bleach it then revarnish.

b · Answer

I'm not a wood expert.

Jay Pique · Answer

I'm pretty sure there's one in rec.woodworking who could help you out. I've crossposted it there in violation of god knows how many usenet rules of etiquette. (Apparently it's on a par with post forging.)

Oh well - I'd like to know too, as I take great pleasure in ridding my home of vermin (Not to be confused with "wimmin", mind you.) As such, this post really caught my eye - especially since I recently went *medieval* on those that used to taunt me by frolicing on my basement drop cieling. Since then, I haven't heard a pitter nor a patter in well nigh several weeks. It was a hard fought battle at the beginning though. One of the little suckers was able to make it fully to the other side of a three foot drop panel with the trap around its neck before packing it in. I was looking and looking for the trap, and then out of the corner of my eye - about an inch from my ear - I saw his gruesome little mug. That little f**cker scared me right off the ladder.

JP

***************** "You all right down there....?"

"Yeah, I'm fine!!"

James Nipper · Answer

Thanks JP !!         Let me know if you hear from rec.woodworking--James--

Bridger · Answer

tried muriatic acid?

Andy Dingley · Answer

It's iron stain.  Oxalic acid (Barkeeper's Friend) should help.

bob · Answer

Oxalic acid.  You can buy it at the grocery or Walmart under the product"BarKeepers Friend".  I haven't used it on mouse corpses, but it has takenup quite a few other stains.

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