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<p>[QUOTE="Bookahtoo, post: 2263751, member: 31"]Some of you may have seen the home bar and storage bench I recently purchased:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]256877[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Well yesterday I cleaned them, but there are some pretty large, bad stains on the top of the bench. They almost look like water stains:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]256878[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]256879[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I'll tell you what I tried:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Cold water and dish soap with a sponge and a nylon brush (we don't have hot water at the store). </p><p><br /></p><p>2. Windex </p><p><br /></p><p>3. Soft Barkeepers Friend with a scritchy sponge and a soft nylon brush. I was very careful with this one, rinsed and wiped often. </p><p><br /></p><p>The rest of the vinyl looks great - nice and bright and red. But there are at least 5 of these large stains. The bench could easily be recovered but I don't have any red vinyl and the colors I do have aren't bright enough.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anything else I can try to get the stains out? I appreciate any suggestions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bookahtoo, post: 2263751, member: 31"]Some of you may have seen the home bar and storage bench I recently purchased: [ATTACH=full]256877[/ATTACH] Well yesterday I cleaned them, but there are some pretty large, bad stains on the top of the bench. They almost look like water stains: [ATTACH=full]256878[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]256879[/ATTACH] I'll tell you what I tried: 1. Cold water and dish soap with a sponge and a nylon brush (we don't have hot water at the store). 2. Windex 3. Soft Barkeepers Friend with a scritchy sponge and a soft nylon brush. I was very careful with this one, rinsed and wiped often. The rest of the vinyl looks great - nice and bright and red. But there are at least 5 of these large stains. The bench could easily be recovered but I don't have any red vinyl and the colors I do have aren't bright enough. Anything else I can try to get the stains out? I appreciate any suggestions.[/QUOTE]
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