How does toothpaste do this?

A customer has splashed toothpaste on the black/white vinyl wall paper in her bathroom. She has washed it .. rubbed it with soap liquid but marks are still there. I imagine it will never shift ... unless someone knows better ?

Mike P

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Mike
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Probably only chalk, but of such a small particle size that it penetrates the impenetrable. Some cleaners do the same on vinyl floors.

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Stuart Noble

wash with mild acid. Vinegar etc.

I thought they used pumice rather than chalk though.

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The Natural Philosopher

silica these days I understand...

JimK

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JimK

An angle grinder will shift it.

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Frank Erskine

Toothpaste contains a mild abrasive (maybe even some whitener / bleach, too) so rubbing it onto a surface will abrade it and could leave deposits in the newly roughened areas.

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pete

from naturally occurring Diatomite

tim

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tim....

Well _I_ thought it was kaolin... and only chalk would be touched by the mild acid.

Andy

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Andy Champ

Well, certainly some toothpastes are still chalk

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Stuart Noble

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