How to rid prints off of a clear glass mug?

[UTUSN]

The pic is similar, exact shape doesn't matter. I've had the couple of the mugs for about 5 years, and I rotate them daily. This must be a relatively "modern" type of glass ("tempered"?), because I dropped one on a concrete floor once and it bounced interminably without a chip or crack and I microwave it daily. I've had some older type of glass explode in a microwave before, not this. It's my fave, exclusively so. So about a month ago I noticed for the first time that it kept a print on it after washing, specifically my lip print ----- GROSS!1 I mean, it's not pronounced, can only be seen if you are actively *looking* for it and hold it to the light at a certain angle. But it would be *horrible* if anybody else saw it!1 Since then I've gone all hyper about it, washing it extra specifically with hotter water and anti-bacterial soap, and extra stroking on the lip. But this "shadow" print will not be rid!1

What's the solution -- vinegar? Alternate question: Should I be screened for some disorder, including my behavior in Lounge?!1

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. Chill....since you can see if you look hard

and you are worried that someone else may have to drink from it by accident
just keep it a wee distance from your other glasses and make it all yours.

or...see if Windex will help.

If not, Resolve surely will. I use Resolve for all sorts of stubborn stains.

[pinboy3niner]

2. That might work

If not, I'd try soaking in a bleach/water solution. That always works to remove stains from coffee mugs. But read and follow the directions on the bleach, because you want to use a very diluted solution.

[UTUSN]

4. Hey, son, *GREAT* to see you back! Don't do that disappearing act again, hope you're well. n/t

[pinboy3niner]

7. Hey, brother!

I'm hanging in there, hope you're doing same.

[UTUSN]

3. "Resolve"?!1 - like the LAUNDRY ring-around-the-collar "Resolve"?!1

I'll try your suggestions -- Windex, Resolve, anything/that's what I'm here for. Thanks.

But please "resolve" my "Resolve" clarification!1 Haha? No, seriesly!1 What kind of Resolve?

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. Resolve comes in a plastic spray bottle, bright red.

It has been around for ages, sells as a carpet stain remover.
You should be able to find it somewhere in the bathroom/kitchen cleaners area of the store.

Also works great on some kitchen/bathroom floor stains ( would not use it on marble).
I've used it to remove cat puke stains from a cotton comforter.

The thing with dishwashers, I have noticed is if they do not remove the stain, the drying process seems to bake them in.

[UTUSN]

16. Thanks for clarifying. I'm very familiar with Resolve but thought it was for fabrics/laundry.

Never thought of it in terms of glass. Also, "stain" doesn't match my mental image of this regarding glass. This is like a cloudiness in the glass in the shape of what a blurred lip print is, certainly not like a lipstick design. See post below, NOT "greasy" and NOT feel-able on the surface like something encrusted or able to be scraped.

Well, so far I've got a repetoire to try: Bleach, Resolve, Windex, Goo Gone, vinegar, citra-solve, hand sanitizer/alcohol, a nuke... And an OCD test for myself!1

[dixiegrrrrl]

17. Now that I am hearing about the "cloudiness" IN the glass

I am not feeling positive about a fix.
Have had similar problems with dishwasher doing that.

Is what you have actually all glass?
You mentioned it dropped but did not break or crack.
does it make that clear "ping" sound of glass when you tap it lightly with a spoon? or is it a duller sound?
There is a glass/plastic combo that looks and feels like glass but is not all glass.
Might explain how the that "cloudiness" got set into the rim.

[UTUSN]

18. O.K., I tapped it both lightly and whackingly with a spoon.

It doesn't "ping" because it's thick (glass?). It sort of "clanks". This is NOT a wine glass, is not thin so as to "ping". But it isn't a "DULL" sound. It is a clear sound, like thick glass, a clear clank.

The dropping incident was a one time thing back when I first got the two mugs about 5 years ago. I mentioned it to suggest this was a perhaps more technologically newer kind of glass than the old kind of glass that exploded after heating in a microwave. Does "tempered" mean like Pyrex? It might be something like Pyrex?

This looks and feels like glass, so if there is any plastic in it, that's incredible.

[dixiegrrrrl]

19. Yeah, tempered is like Pyrex, I think. Not supposed to shatter in high heat.

Let us know if any of the suggestions work, yes?

[UTUSN]

20. Yess!1 Especially a shipment of C4 from pinboy!1 n/t

[Bryan]

5. I just use hand sanitizer

It's largely alcohol and very caustic, and deals well with greasy stains.

[UTUSN]

6. just to clarify (also previous post) this is not a 'stain" per se

Not something on the surface like to be scrapeable, and not greasy. It's like a ghost shade/shadow almost inside the glass

[pinboy3niner]

8. Nuke it from orbit

[denbot]

9. Maybe it's not a lip print.

Could it be an inperfection in the glass that wasn't noticed at first?

[pinboy3niner]

10. Maybe it's a factory stamp

"Inspected by #12 and sealed with a kiss."

[denbot]

11. The perfect gift for a slightly annoying OCD'er

How cruel would that be?

[dixiegrrrrl]

15. I like how you think.

[UTUSN]

12. 2 mugs, prints same location each. I'm right handed, print where i drink

Maybe the microwaving sealed them.

[surrealAmerican]

13. The vinegar might work.

If it doesn't, you could try leaving some citra-solve or goo-gone on it for a while.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

21. Magic sponge.

[demmiblue]

27. That is what I was thinking... or, Bar Keepers Friend (wash well after, though). n/t

[Hassin Bin Sober]

28. I'm using them on a glass and stone backsplash I just did

The white grout has a lot of pigment that leaves spots where water droplets sat. Scratchy sponge doesn't work but magic sponge works great.

[Goblinmonger]

22. Well, there's always

[blogslut]

23. Are you sure it's not a hard water stain?

[UTUSN]

24. 1st like I say, I don't think of it as a stain. It's like a cloudiness. And a hard water type thing

would be random, no? In random places on the item. And there are two mugs, identical products, which I rotate & microwave daily.

So both mugs have the same cloudy, blurry lip print, each in exactly the same spot just below the rim of each mug, exactly where right-handed me would lift the mug to put to my mouth to drink. Each "print" is the blurry bottom lip of my lips, in the exact place where I drink from.

So. I use one of the two mugs per day, a few times per day -- first for a full mug of water for the morning meds; next for a half mug of instant, microwaved coffee; then a couple or three times later in the day for full mugs of instant cold tea. So we can start with my supposedly corrosive saliva, mixed with three different temperatures of liquid per day (room temp; very hot; cold).

Lounge knows more about me than anybody I know in person!1

[lastlib]

25. Try spraying a little WD-40 on it

Spray on the stain, then wipe off. That stuff will cure a lot of ills! If it won't remove it, then it's probably set permanently anyway.

[Codeine]

26. Bath soap or shampoo.

You want something formulated to deal with human skin oils.

[So Far From Heaven]

29. What's the worry?

Are you afraid you'll leave it behind?

[Donkees]

30. Try Jewelers Polishing Rouge (cerium oxide) ...usually part of dremel kits in case you have one