Mounting foam has one unique property: it stiffens and adheres to any surfaces, including fabrics. Clearing a thing of fresh foam is a simple thing, but if it is already withered, things will take a completely different turn. In the article, effective methods will be considered, how to remove stains from mounting foam on clothes or furniture upholstery.
Special Tools
The most effective way to clean stains from mounting foam is to use specialized cleaners. As a rule, you can buy them in the same building stores as the installation foam itself. The substance is applied to the sponge, and then to the contaminated area. In half an hour the thing can be washed, so that it again becomes like a new one. The basis of such cleaners is acetone, which easily dissolves the mounting foam.
other methods
If there were no special cleaners at hand, you can use one of the folk ways how to remove yellow stains from the mounting foam:
- an unsightly stain can be treated with a cotton swab dipped in refined gasoline. After a while, gasoline will begin to corrode the mounting foam, after which the thing must be washed with a powder with a stain remover;
- Removing the dried foam with the help of mechanical devices, the remaining stain can be wiped with acetone. Specialists recommend holding the thing in the freezer beforehand so that it is easier to remove the foam from the fabric. After processing, the thing needs to be washed in a typewriter;
- also to cope with the remains of foam on clothing and furniture will help vegetable oil , which is applied directly to the spot for twenty to thirty minutes. However, after this, we will have to think about how to remove the stain from the oil;
- drug Dimexid, which is sold in any pharmacy, will also help to clear stains from the foam, but work with it is necessary in rubber gloves;
- as is known, the structure of the mounting foam is destroyed under the action of direct sunlight,
so a spoiled thing can be hung out in the street under the sun, periodically "razmynaya" contaminated sites.
It is not recommended to resort to any of the above methods, if the mounting foam has fallen on expensive, delicate fabrics (velvet, silk, etc.). In this case, it is better to immediately turn to a professional dry cleaning, otherwise the thing can be irretrievably spoiled.
In order not to allow the mounting foam to get on the clothes or upholstery, it is necessary to carry out any repair work fully armed, putting on old things, which then it is not a shame to throw it away, as well as covering the furniture surface with a polyethylene film.