Quick and Easy Way to Remove Hairspray Buildup From Floor
How do I remove the hairspray buildup from my bathroom floor?
It's a question many of us have asked ourselves. We may have even heard varying answers.
Today I'm sharing the best way to clean hairspray off the floor. How do I know? Well, I experimented with all the things and I'm sharing the results with you.
Update 04-16-2019: This post was originally shared on 04-11-2013. Six years later and I still get comments about how this helped people. I hope it will help you too!
I'm going to share something very unflattering in this post. You will see me {or rather my bathroom floor} at it's worst.
Here's the before and after of my bathroom floor.
Since I found a great solution, I thought there might be others who would benefit.
Even if it is embarrassing to show you.
How to Remove Hairspray Residue from Floor
We have lived in our house for over 10 years now. The main bathroom is the one that we all use. We all fix our hair in there.
As a result, over the years the hairspray buildup had gotten ridiculous.
Myself or the kids mop it regularly, but it just wouldn't come up with our regular floor cleaner.
The before picture above was taken right after mopping.
Best way to remove hairspray residue from bathroom floor
So I decided to do a little experiment. {And I wish I would have thought about this a few months ago when my daughter had to do a science experiment for school.}
I scoured the internet for solutions.
I found tons of advice for different products to use, which were all household items.
I gathered everything up in the bathroom.
I had several bowls and spoons to stir up the different ingredients.
In each square of the floor I tried a different concoction.
I scrubbed each section with an old toothbrush for one minute to see which would work best.
{Scroll down to see the results picture}
Following are the products I used:
1 - Shampoo
This was recommended because it gets hairspray build up out of your hair. It did NOT work. Not even a little bit.
2 - Vinegar and baking soda with a splash of lemon juice
I made it into a paste. This was also a failed attempt.
3 - Baking Soda and Water Paste
This worked fairly well. When I started scrubbing it, I noticed that it had started working a bit where it had been sitting.
4 - Rubbing Alcohol
This worked ok - but it was messy and smelly. {As a side note, I used rubbing alcohol to get some hairspray buildup off of the door - be careful with it, it got off the hairspray, but it also got some of the paint too.}
5 - Baking Soda and Lemon Juice Paste
I thought this would work better than #3, because of the lemon juice, but it didn't work as well.
6 - Mr. Clean Magic Erasers
I actually used the generic version erasers. It kind of worked, but after only a minute my arm was tired. I couldn't imagine trying to do the whole floor that way.
7 - Borax and Water Paste
This was hands down the best cleaner. There was a huge difference where the borax had been sitting and you can see in the picture below that I got a lot more of the square cleaned in one minute.
8 - Rubbing Alcohol and Baking Soda Paste
This was an after thought. I thought that if the rubbing alcohol was mixed with something to make it less messy and give it something abrasive to scrub with, it would work better.
And it did work better than plain rubbing alcohol, but it was too smelly to try to clean my whole floor that way.
Three other ideas that I did not try:
Ammonia
This was recommended with the caution that it might discolor your floor. I decided not to try it.
Shaving Cream
I didn't have any, so I didn't try this.
Fabric Softener
This is something I learned after the fact from a reader. Use one part fabric softener to two parts water. Let it sit for 5 minutes and wipe it up. I have not tried this method either.
So what is the best way to clean hairspray off floors?
The verdict is Borax and Water! (see instructions below)
I cleaned the whole floor with it. I used a toothbrush to scrub, until my husband reminded me of a little scrub brush we had. Then it went a lot faster although it still was not a speedy process.
Steps to Clean Hairspray Buildup off of Bathroom Floor
- Add borax to warm water to make a paste.
- Using a scrub brush (an old toothbrush works well), scrub the floor with the paste
- Clean up the paste with a wet rag
I will continue mopping as before each week. But once a month I will be making some borax mop water by adding some borax to hot water.
I'm hoping that this will keep the hairspray residue from building up so badly.
FAQ's
Will this get the hairspray off on my ceramic tile floor?
Yes, a borax and water mix will work for all types of flooring. Vinyl, Linoleum, laminate, wood floors, and tile. It will work well to remove the residue from tile grout too.
Will borax clean hairspray from my wall?
Yes, it will work for walls, countertops, doors and even glass.
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