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Cleaner you tips Remove wood stain from skin

Submitted by Petua

I tried unsuccesfully to remove wood stain from my skin using hand soap, dish soap, Goop, and nail polish remover. When all of those attempts failed and left my hands sticky I turned to the web and read some suggestions including vinegar, lemon juice, and bleach. Unfortunately I did not have any of those items on hand so I kept searching. Finally, I found a suggestion of using vegetable oil (which I DID have). To my surprise, it worked great! Of course it's a 2-step process because then you need to remove the vegetable oil, but that's done easily with ordinary dish soap.

Note: Supposedly, vegetable oil also removes paint and grease although I haven't tried it yet.

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awesome! Comments By: anon@anon.com googled this question and the tip worked perfectly. just got finished staining a bunch of wood and wasn't able to get the stain off... the vegetable oil worked perfect. good tip!   I can't belive this works... Comments By: Jeff Good work son   Genuis Comments By: anon worked like a charm in seconds. Thanks!   thank you! Comments By: Lilly-PA We didn't have veggie oil - so we used corn oil instead. It also did the trick. I can't believe how quick it came right off. Thanks for your help!   Thanks... Comments By: Anon Canola oil works too!   ? Help ?? Comments By: Kevin After removing polyurethane and varnish with varnish remover, the stain left on my fingers will not go away. I tried the oil and dish soap, did not work. FIngers are still bright red. Any ideas anyone?   Thank you! Comments By: Angela I also didn't have vegetable oil, or corn oil... Olive oil works fantastically!   It worked! Comments By: Holly I tried bleach and soap at first and it was not working. That is when I did some research and found your tip. In seconds it was all off, even around the finger nail. Thanks!   Perfect! Comments By: Sarah Worked just like you said. Just rubbed the skin with vegetable oil and then washed with regular hand soap and I'm as good as new! Thank you so much   WOW! Comments By: Woodstock I can't believe this worked. I tried everything and nothing worked until I tired the vegetable oil. Thanks!!   Removing Polyurethane Comments By: Annetta My daughter & I used a Stain/Polyurethane mix and we got some on our hands; she more then me. An internet tip said to try Avon's Skin-So-Soft but we didn't have any so I tried Vaseline and it worked. Next time we do a project, we're wearing gloves!   You Rock!!! Comments By: Brittnie Worked like a charm! Thanks!!   amazing!! Comments By: Kelly Hogan My husband redecorated our eldest son,s room and he decided to restain the large baseboards. His hands were stained to the extreme, due to acheiving the best results required staining with a cloth. His work is corprate so of course panic set in after he realized soap and scrubbing were not working. I came to the computer straight away and read this first. I can,t believe it took 2 minutes to get all of the stain completely off of his hands!!! Thank you soooo much!!!!   THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Comments By: Beth I googled this problem when my latex gloves broke at the fingers and I had stain on my hands and nails. I had canola oil and it worked perfectly!   Unbelievable Comments By: Anon Worked for polyureathane as well! We previously tried mouthwash, pine sol, nail polish remover and soda water and nothing! Vegetable oil worked like a charm. Thank you TipKing!   THANK YOU! Comments By: Olivia I had tried everything before reading your tip. THANKS! Vegetable Oil worked like a charm.   Who Wood have thought!! Comments By: Jessi I just got done staining my kitchen cabinets. I tried to figure out what to do before I went to work to get the stain off of my hands. The vegetable oil really worked, it's like a miracle!!! I'll have to try that with other home improvements I get on my skin!!! Thanks!   cheap gloves makes one heck of a mess! Comments By: Lisa So i just finished staining a bookcase with dark walnut.... and the gloves i was wearing in the middle of the project decided to break, latex :( So i grabbed another pair that i use to garden.. it was all i had left... of course i had stain all over... so the first thing i did was a search on the net. I found your tip and it worked great! Thanks so much... now I wont be 2 toned!!   Take a bath Comments By: tonman23 forget the oils soaps etc. Soak in the bath tub for a half hour and you'll come out relaxed and stain free!   yep it works! Comments By: Clean skin Used cheap canola oil. just rub it in for about 5 minutes and it mysteriously disappears!   Staining sucks Comments By: Nick B. My wife and I tried, Orange Cleaner, Dawn dish soap, Tide free 2x concentrated & Melaluca Products such as Solumeal (all natural cleaner) None of these helped with the awful sticky mess. We used Olive Oil and it worked sooooo well. Be very liberal with the Olive Oil, then simply wash the left over oil off with luke warm water and hand soap. Or like my wife just dry your hands with a paper towel. Olive oil is in many skin care products and great for your skin, unlike most solvents.   SUCCESS!!! Comments By: Dez tried this because i got stain on my hands and everything was sticking to my hands...........worked in a second. so great!! thank you very much.   A GOD SEND Comments By: Brandon Thank you!   AWESOME Comments By: KATE THIS WORKED GREAT, I WAS VERY SURPRISED. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!   NIce Comments By: SRT, Portland OR I was staining my sons table right before going to work. I used gloves, but got stains on my other hand. To my suprise it the stains didn't come off when I washed my hands. I used alcohol without success. I looked up your tip. I found massage oil on my bath counter, poured some on a face scrub pad and all the stains where gone in a minute. Now my hands smell so goodand I don't have to explain my stains to everyone at work. Thanks.   So Excited!! Comments By: Jaxon Oklahoma My eight year old son got wood stain on his hands after staining some wood just for fun! He was hysterical after not being able to remove it with soap and water, and then polish remover. We finally got googled it, and found the vegetable oil tip. It worked perfectly!! He was so excited and we were relieved!!   awesome Comments By: jonathan worked like a charm   AMAZING!!! Comments By: anon i tired nail polish remover, bleach, soap, and lemon juice and nothing happened i did one more search and found this and i work so quickly i was thrilled!!! thank you so much!!!   just...wow... Comments By: Jay well...to honest i didnt think that was really true until i ran into a little staining project myself. Got it everywhere feet hands toes you name it, i dont know how but i did. so i then went for the soap, the the bleach...nothin. came on, heard this again. tried it and im set im good as new. thanks a lot. my appreciated.   Yay! Comments By: Lacey One more thank you! : )   magic Comments By: JD If only I could get rid of those troublesome relatives as easy!   LIke attracts like Comments By: Mattie This tip makes a lot of sense, as a lot of stains are oil based. So I think this is a very successful case of like attracts like! It worked like a charm, thanks!   Wood Stain Comments By: Alex I'll be damned...canola oil worked like a charm!   Wood stainer Comments By: Mike I was staining a wooden model and the stain got all over my hands and arms, so I tried (unsucessfully) scrubbing my hands with soap and water for around 20 min till I looked up this tip and the Canola oil worked great even thought my hands were a bit slippery after i washed off the oil. Thanks so much!!! Note: Surprisingly, the oil also helps heal blister and small cuts/scratches.   WORKS GREAT Comments By: Mohit This is a most awesome recommendation. It definitely did the trick for me! I used so much soap before I decided to look online. Thank you!   SUH-weet Comments By: Stef Worked fabulous! I used canola oil but worked the same!!! Thanks a ton!   YOU ROCK!!! Comments By: Anon Stain/Poly + Rag application + no gloves = Major stain on the hands!! I felt the panic starting to well up in my chest when the nail polish remover, alcohol, dish soap, hand soap, and steel wool weren't working and the next thought was maybe using gasoline (gag - not to mention that stuff is gold, why waste it?!). Google brought me this wonderful site and suggestion and I was singing the praises of veggie oil while it took the stain right off in a minute or two! You so totally rock and I thank you over and over again!!!   Worked Wonders Comments By: Doug After being a dope and staining some steps and furniture without gloves repairs my hands looked terrible. Your tip and a little elbow grease worked great. Now I don't have to explain how stupid I was. Thanks!!!   veegie oil Comments By: hank didnt have vegetable oil so i tried margerine. worked!   THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU Comments By: Rebecca My husband tried just about everything in the house -- toxic and non-toxic -- and then I googled the question and this is what came up -- worked like a charm!   GENUS!!! Comments By: Mari lol...who woulda thought? altho i still have (much lighter)stains under my nails, this worked VERY well...glad i tried this b4 trying gasoline (too expensive, rofl) TYTYTY :)   AMAZING Comments By: Sri I tried differnt methods for 2 hours and still unable to get rid wax out of my hands and I used vegitale oil it went off in 2 minutes   hair too Comments By: sarnhold Olive oil takes lacquer out of hair too. I just read this site and tried it. I had a bunch of it in my hair and it came out. Now I just need to get that out...Lots of shamoo will do it. Thanks   Thank God for the Internet and this Tip!!! Comments By: mickry Thanks so much for putting your tips online...it saved me a trip to home depot for turpintine...varnish remover!   Oh my gosh!! Comments By: Karen Jacobs I used the gasoline first, checked the internet, found this site and low and behold the Avon skin so soft really does work. Thanks so much   I cannot beleive it!!!! Comments By: Rahul I was so frustrated after I was done with wood polishing with the stains not going at all. Tried every thing but was out of luck. I realized of upcoming important next day and panic was at least quadrupled. Then this tip came as divine help. Thanks so much.   Unbelievable !!! Comments By: Chuck Thank You !! Worked great...I tried everything then did vegetable oil and it took the stain off in seconds...every man should have some vege oil in their toolbox :)   Thank you so much Comments By: Dave Found Corn oil and it was off - worked just as well on the keyboard keys that got gummed up trying to find the solution   Thank gosh!!!!!!!!! Comments By: Lisa First try it came off all of it! Thank goodness, the sticky feeling made me crazy!   Thanks, from NY Comments By: JR I was close to hitting the store for mineral spirits, when I decided to check the web. Thank you for saving my Sunday! Olive Oil worked like a charm! Best regards, JR from Rochester, NY USA.   works on little ones too Comments By: michelle this worked like a charm on my two year old son who decided to get into my 15 year old daughters room and play with her nail polish and paint all over his body including his mr winkie. I was so worried about how i was going to clean the area without hurting him. it came to my mind to use olive oil, but before using it i decided to look on the internet and found this site. thanks for the magnificent tip.   perhaps a little clostiphobic..... Comments By: piercee2k This was not funny... I was truly scared for the fact that my fingers would/could not open. Thank you for the vegetable oil suggestion ...it cleared my hands of all poly/stain and stick. Seriously, Thank you.   Great advice Comments By: Clarke16c You rock, it came right out and it is still cheaper than buying and throwing away plastic gloves!!   Comet! Comments By: Jan After using a dark brown stain, my husband grabbed the Comet Cleanser and scrubbed his hands for about 2 minutes...they came clean!