Vibrant colours fill our mind during the festive season of Holi. It is an extremely joyous and playful festival celebrated with fun, music and dance. But without colours, Holi is meaningless. The first and foremost scene that will flash in our mind is throwing coloured powders, playing with water guns or blasting water balloons.
In this festival use of synthetic colours is very common. And these colours are a mixture of different chemicals like mineral oils, acids, heavy metals or glass powders. When compared to natural colours, it is more difficult to remove these synthetic colours from your floor, wall, furniture or garniture. This may hinder you from enjoying Holi to its fullest. You may be worried on how will be your living room after the celebrations, as Holi colours leaves marks and stains everywhere. But no need to worry as Boldsky brings few tricks to clean your home after Holi celebration.
Tips to clean your home after Holi celebration:
1.
The
most important point to be remembered is to remove the stains as soon as possible.
If it is not practical, try to pour some water over the colour stains, so that
it will not get dried up fast.
2.
For
comparatively small stains, you may use soap-soaked brushes. Scrub the floor
taking care not to leave any scratches. Use a nylon brush.
3.
Mild
stains of colours can be removed easily. Use a liquid detergent. Allow the
colours to get soaked in the detergent for some time and then wash it off. Repeat
the process if necessary. To avoid scratching, wrap some cotton in a cloth and
use this for wiping.
4.
The
colour-stained floors can be cleaned easily with a paste of baking soda and
water. Apply this paste over the stained floor and leave it until dried. Wipe off
with a damp cloth or a wet sponge. This method may not work on the walls as its
paint would get chipped off.
5.
Apply
acetone or hydrogen peroxide with the help of cotton or sponge. Wipe the floor
with a damp cloth giving some force. But remember not to make scratches on the
floor.
6. Be patient. It
may need several washes for the colour to be removed. Nobody wants to leave
scratch marks on their beautiful floors just because they celebrated one day
with colours. So do not even think about scratching the floor. Consider only
wiping.
7.
If
your floor is of white marble, you may use liquid bleach to remove stains. Do
not use it on coloured or laminated floors because the bleach will soak up its
colour.
8.
If
there are pools of wet colour on the floor, first blot them with paper towels.
Remove them as soon as possible. Leaving it for too long will make your task
more difficult. Use soap or detergent if it remains wet.
9.
If
you are a total failure in getting rid of the colours, do not worry, try an
attractive carpet or rug over it.
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