HELP! Stain on the ceiling!

[bekkiz]

My stupid 19 year old cousin stuck some of those sticky hands toys (the kind you get out of a candy machine or something) to the ceiling. I told him they would leave a mark, but he did it anyway. And they wonder why we're moving!

Anyway, as this is a rental, and now there are 3 long skinny stains, how do I get rid of them? They almost look like oil stains or something. Would a magic eraser work? Any other ideas? My DH is about to kill him.

 

[parrothead365]

Try stain killer paint I think it is called "Kilz". Works for water stains, might work for this.

 

[luvdzne]

Some paint? If it is a white ceiling I would go to a craft store and pick up a small bottle. Either that or hand your cousin a can of paint and a paint brush and make him redo the whole ceiling, that would teach him. Anyways, I hate those things and DD's are not aloud to bring them in my house!

 

[PrincessKitty1]

I would try the Magic Eraser-- I have had amazing luck with it on a couple of wall stains that nothing else budged (one from a magazine that stuck to a damp wall in the bathroom--the other from a black cast iron candle screen that rubbed against a white wall).

Kilz or painting would be a last resort for me--it's very difficult to spot-paint and have it blend in.

 

[doxdogy]

If it is a smooth ceiling (I have popcorn ceilings in my house), I would give the magic eraser a try. If it doesn't work, do what was suggested in a previous post. Had him a bucket of paint and a brush.

 

[Rafiki Rafiki Rafiki]

This reminds me of something I saw on snopes.com about a similar toy...called the Frog Tongue. The instructions for the toy were translated into English. The instructions, printed here, remind you not to hit the wall with it....

Claim: The following are the instructions enclosed with the novelty toy TOUNGE OF FROG, manufactured in Taiwan.
Status: True.

Origins: Products
manufactured in Asia often include instructions in somewhat fractured English. The "Tounge of Frog" is no exception.




Frog. If it is thrown with full of your strenght, it will spit out the tounge, which is like the genuine one from the frog.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR TOUNGE OF FROG


A product has the stickness and is just like a soft rubber band with high contractility. It can be played to stick the remote objects.

Inspite of it is sticky, it is never like the chewing guns which is glued tightly and cannot be separated.

If the stickness is not good enough, it can be washed by soap. After it is dried, it cab be used continously many times.

The packing paper has printed the bug picture, which can be cut as per the black frame and placed on the table; then you can stick the picture with your tounge of frog.

The key point for throwing far away is the same as the throwing of fish rod, i.e. to throw out slowly with full of your strength. Separate it with two hands, then release one hand, throw it with full of your strength.

No matter what you make a round ball, it will recover the original shape.
CAUTIONS:


Never throw out the other person's head.

Keep away from fire.

Inspite of it is non-toxic, it cannot be eaten.

Never pull out tounge of frog hard, as it might be separated.

Its content has the oil, so if it touches on cloth, precious object or wall, the stains will remain if you don't care about it.

Never put on surface of any object, shall keep in polybag.


Last updated: 30 July 1999