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How to Remove Red Wine Stains From Fabric
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There are some stains you hardly have to worry about right away and then there are those that need to be taken care of right away. Red wine stains would be in the latter category. From painstakingly washing the fabric by hand to simply tossing it into the washing machine, effective methods are available for getting rid of those dreadful red wine stains.
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parakram said
on 3/21/2008 Don't you guys have anything better to do?? hahahaha.... Yeah it was kinda big help though....lol!!! hahaha
Anonymous said
on 8/8/2006 Believe it or not, Spray 'N Wash Dual Power pre-treatment just removed red wine from white pants that had almost 2 weeks to set in. I just doused the stained area with the the Spray 'N Wash Dual Power, and let it sit while I was watching a 1 hour TV show. By the time I checked on my pants, the red wine was completely gone. I then just washed them in a normal cycle (didn't even use bleach) and my white pants now look as good as the day I bought them!
Anonymous said
on 6/30/2006 While sitting, an entire glass of red wine was splashed all over my white jeans -- huge spots, tiny spots, back, front, and hours of drying. Coming home I soaked them in seltzer water with zero effect. I then tried the salt application. No change. I ran to the store (11:30 pm) in order to try the Spray 'N Wash Dual Power tip from 'an E-Friend'. The jeans' spots turned green, gray, and tan where the salt had been -- but kept getting lighter. About 20 minutes later I put them through a hot water washing machine cycle. Result: pristine, bright white, no trace of wine. Thank you E-friend and Spray 'N Wash Dual Power.
Anonymous said
on 2/20/2006 I once spilled a glass of dark red wine on my nightstand all over my clothes, the carpet, sheets, mattress cover and into the mattress. It was a disaster but i got every speck of it out after looking online.
1) Get it out as soon as possible
2) Blot up the excess
3) Use salt, lots of salt to soak up the wine.
4) Use super hot water and laundry detergent, such as Tide.
The combination of hot water, salt and laundry detergent will get out even the worst red wine stains if you act quickly. I wouldn't have believed it if I had not seen it myself.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Milk will remove any type of fruit juice stain, even wine. Blot the area to remove excess wine. Then pour on the milk. If it's on carpet, I usually blot the area with milk, but you will literally see the stain start to disappear. If it's on clothing, I just pour some on and let it sit in the sink for about ten minutes. Sometimes I have to put more on, but it always comes out. I have tried peroxide, but it can bleach carpet or clothing. With milk I don't have to worry about that. On carpets I use any type of rug cleaner to remove any milk residue, then rinse with warm water two or three times. Then I fluff the area with a towel (this helps raise the carpet fibers back up). Wet carpet fibers, when pressed down, stay that way when dry and gives your carpet that matted, yucky look.