OT sort of.... Cleaning RED wine carpet stain?

Hi,

Any expert ideas on getting rid of a large red wine carpet stain? I already tried several things, so maybe it's fixed in there forever. But I can't believe there isn't SOME way to make this grey ugly map-looking thing disappear from the middle of my beige carpet! (Hard to imagine one glass of wine could spew that much....)

All help appreciated.

PattyC

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PattyC
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If it's freshly spilled, pour salt on it, wait a while, and then brush the salt off. Launder as usual. It's amazing how well that works.

But if it already dried, then I don't know offhand. Try pouring fresh red wine on the stain, and then putting salt on it. Maybe the alcohol will dissolve the wine stain, and then the salt can get to it. Or, pour gin or something alcoholic (but colorless) on it and hit it with salt.

You may have to rub the alcohol in for a bit before the salt treatment.

Jose

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Jose

To add to my previous post, a google search on red wine carpet stain yields a lot.

Jose

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Jose

Patty,

Don't know if it will help now, but I have white carpet in my dining room, and often get some wine spills. A product, Wine Away, sold by Wine Enthusiast (

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has always worked. Even a glass full of burg, that resisted spakling water and salt came right out. Sometimes it will take two cleanings, as the first can leave a greenish spot, but the carpet looks like new. Might be worth a try. I'd spray a small bit, near the edge of your stain, and see how it goes.

Good luck, Hunt

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Hunt

I agree , Wine Away is great. I even used it to get a dried blood stain of a cotton shirt and it worked. Great stuff.

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sibeer

Look in Google for UC Davis paper from Prof. Andrew Waterhouse (also reported in lay press). The prof and a high school student studied stains on several fabrics using different chemicals.

A 1:1 mixture of hydrogen peroxide and clear laundry detergent seemed to do best overall. I have used this method on shirts and it generally does ok.

A commercial product, Eradosol, did ok too.

I have heard about the salt trick, but the one and only time I tried it, it did not work (then again, it was on silk, which is tough to get stains out of).

I would try the hydrogen peroxide - laundry detergent on an out of sight section of the carpet (e.g., on corner of closet floor) to make sure it does not screw up the fabric. If it doesn't, then do a little bit of the problem area and see how it does.

You may want to even purposefully put a couple of drops of the same wine on the out of sight test area to see if it works, before trying it on the big spill.

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Leo Bueno

Oxy-Clean or the like (percarbonate) will do the trick. Make a slurry of the stuff in water, spread it over the stained area (re-wet the stain first), wait awhile for it to turn light green, suck up as much of the mess as you can with a vacuum (shop vacs are useful here) and blot up the rest with lots of water rinsing, towels and judicious application of the shop vac (if you have one). Those suckers are really useful for cleaning up wet messes.

Tom S

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Tom S

FYI, I did some searching and found more info about the 1:1 mixture of hydrogen peroxide and detergent. I used clear Bissell rug cleaner along with the hydrogen peroxide. Mixed up one cup (total) and put that in a spray bottle. Sprayed the beige rug. Blotted dry. Repeated the process (because there was still a very pale grayness). The stain is now GONE.

Great idea and I'm surprised more people don't know about it. I'm thinking this would also work on other stains, as long as the rug is not a dark color, of course. The mixture is I guess bleaching the stain/rug, but that's OK with me.

One thing they found in that study... the white wine and salt methods were found to be the least effective.

Much thanks for all the replies. Check this out if you want to know more.

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PattyC

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PattyC

Saw this suggested on TV can't vouch for it. For fresh wine spills try soaking up as much as possible with paper towel. Cover with bicarbonate of soda for a minute or two, vacuum bicarb then wipe with white vinegar on sponge.

Martin

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Martin Field

"PattyC" wrote in news:vqsJf.21$yt2.19@trndny04:

The product Quick 'n Brite

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is wonderful. If you are looking for advice on getting it out it may already be too late. I spilled red wine on beige carpet and QnB was amazing. This was right after it happened. BTW, I have no affiliation with the company other than as a long term satisfied customer. QnB was available at Bed Bath & Beyond the last time I looked. Give them a call first.

Fred.

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Fred

My understanding is that laundering often works *by itself* and that the salt treatment is generally useless.

Has anybody tried this? I bet this will make the stain worse!

Maybe the alcohol

If solubility is the issue, then looks like alcohol (or a water-alcohol mixture, to avoid further damage to the fabric) seems like the way to go.

I still think there is not a whole lot of evidence that the salt (or salt and white wine) treatment works.

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Leo Bueno

Forget the mixing with detergent - which can unfavorably alter the natural surface properties of the carpet fiber - and go with straight 3% hydrogen peroxide. We have light gray carpet, and this simple solution has completely removed all traces of everything from port wine to blood to cat vomit. My process is to blot the area with a paper towel, soak the stained area thoroughly with hydrogen peroxide, let rest for an hour, then vigorously scrub with a clean, wet white cotton utility towel (I buy them in bundles of

100), and then remove excess moisture by scrubbing with a dry utility towel.

We first observed this method while at the home of friends for dinner. After spilling a glass of cabernet on their forest green carpet, our hostess blotted up the excess and dumped a half bottle of hydrogen peroxide on the remaining mess ... half an hour later, not a trace of stain remained and the color of the carpet was entirely unaffected.

Hydrogen peroxide loses its potency when exposed to light, so rather than putting it in a spray bottle, we simply salvage spray bottle tops and screw them on the original hydrogen peroxide bottle.

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mpwilliams

Personally i find that drinking more red wine, while not making the stain dissappear, certainly makes it easier to live with.

Just a thought.

Meanwhile, if its been there awhile, as with all stains, the longer it is there the harder it is to remove. Good luck though.

P.S. After living in a student house, all three of us oenology students, the red wine stains on our carpets mostly came up after a good professional dry clean. We were quite surprised, pleasently at that by the results.

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Clare

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