Things You'll Need:
- Landry detergent, laundry pretreatment or dish soap
- Clean sponge
- Washing machine
- Paper towels
- Hydrogen peroxide
- Towel or washcloth
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Step 1
Blot the stain immediately with paper towels. If it is a dry clean only garment do not pretreat the stain and get it as fast as you can to the cleaners. Pretreatment of the stain can cause irreversible damage and the dry cleaner may not be able to remove the stain.
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Step 2
Combine 1 teaspoon laundry soap or pretreatment (or dish soap, like Dawn) and 1 cup hydrogen peroxide in a small bowl. Soak a clean sponge in the mixture, squeeze it halfway dry, then gently blot the stain.
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Step 3
Place a dry towel or washcloth between the front and back of the garment if the stain has not penetrated through to the back of the fabric. This will prevent staining on the back of the material.
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Step 4
Review the washing instructions on the label of the fabric. Heed any special care instructions.
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Step 5
Wash in cool water and air dry if the fabric is machine-washable.
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Step 6
Wash gently in the sink with a mild detergent if the fabric is hand-wash only.
Comments
grammalo said
on 12/18/2009 The person who suggested milk as a stain remover made my day! Last night, I spilled a glass of red wine (broke the glass, to make matters even worse) on a floral wool rug with an ivory colored background. I immediately blotted up as much as possible and used Bissell rug cleaner. When the cleaner dried and I vacuumed the spot as instructed, the stain was still visibly purple. This morning, I tried the milk cure, and the stain is gone. Thank you so much.
cory72 said
on 10/22/2008 A solution I've long used for a red wine spill is to douse it in white wine and then sponge up with paper towel (don't rub, just sponge).
It's a waste of good white wine and paper towel, but this method has got rid of a LOT of red wine dots and spillages on my cream carpet over the years.
I normally have an old bottle of opened white in the fridge just in case.
Not sure about longer soaked in stains though. This Spray'N Wash sounds worth a try.
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 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.