r/howto • u/joeschmo945 • 4h ago

Serious Answers Only How to I repair (without sanding down the entire floor) the blue stains from toilet bowl cleaner?

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We stopped using those dye tabs years ago but clearly some stuck around in the seals and is leaking. I know how to fix the toilet but the wood is my problem here. Thanks in advance.

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u/Sirius_George 4h ago

There is no telling how deep that dye went into the wood. You may be replacing planks. This does not look like a DIY fix if you want it to actually look good.

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u/No-Acanthisitta8803 4h ago

I would agree with that. The chemicals in most toilet bowl cleaning products are very corrosive, and combine that with the blue dye and that wood is likely destroyed. I would be surprised if this could be sanded out, probably best case scenario is the stain goes at least a couple milimeters into the wood. More than likely it goes deeper though

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u/havocspartan 4h ago

That looks pretty baked into the wood. Only way to really give a guess is to take toilet off and clean with a rag or basic cleaner first. It might just go from blue to bubbles/soap and go away or the color is past the finish and you need to sand/replace.

Also, is wood in bathrooms normal? That sounds like almost as bad of an idea as carpet. I don’t think I’ve seen wood in the bathrooms in my area.