Watermelon Stain On Granite

Follow these do it yourself instructions below.

Watermelon stain on granite.

Rub the granite with hydrogen peroxide using a cleaning rag to clean ink and marker stains and organic stains such as coffee and milk. To tell if it s time to re seal your granite countertops perform a safe and simple water test. Be sure that the pretreatment you use is one that contains enzymes and is formulated for such types of stains. Sprinkle a few drops of water on your countertop.

And we didn t even have to wait til the next morning. If the water beads up then your seal is probably going strong. If the stain persists the easiest way to deal with a watermelon stain is to simply apply a commercial stain pretreatment to the item and then launder as usual. I even used it on an old stain and the shirt was.

Work from the outside of the stain towards its center. I hated giving my girls watermelon. Choose a laundry detergent with enzymes also for added cleaning power. She gave me this totally awesome stain removal recipe for watermelon and other fruit juice stains.

Treat older set in stains. If the stain is older or mixed with a darker fruit juice mix a solution of oxygen based bleach in cool water following package directions. Our granite poultice is highly effective at removing stains from granite. Get a clean cloth or paper towel to blot up as much of the watermelon stains as you can.

If the water soaks in and darkens your granite then it s time to re seal. We didn t have any plastic wrap but we did have those big plastic freezer bags which seemed to work just as well. To fully remove the red stain you must draw it out of the granite in addition to cleaning it off the surface. Soak a clean cloth in the solution and use it to blot the stain.

And it actually works. Dip a clean cloth into the solution and working from the outside edge of the stain toward the center work the solution into the carpet. Of dishwasher detergent crystals to 1 cup of water. When red acidic tomato juice stains form on your granite surface they slowly absorb into the stone.

The care card suggested pouring bleach right over the stain and letting it sit overnight with some plastic wrap over it to keep the granite moist. The product usually takes about 24 hours to fully remove stains from granite depending upon the age depth and severity of the granite s discoloration and staining. That is until my totally awesome sister in law alicia who you can also thank for the honey butter recipe came to my rescue.