Stain Removal: Wine

A wine stain can take the glitter out of a good time

Be it a wedding or New Years celebration, that accidental spill of the celebratory beverage can take the shine out of a perfectly good party.

Save your clothing, carpet and money by doing the following:

If there’s one thing that every wine drinker experiences over the years, it’s spilling wine. You knock over bottles, you knock over glasses, wine ends up all over the place. White wine isn’t bad - it doesn’t really stain. But red wine is full of dark colors and tannins and can leave a really nasty stain. How do you get rid of it?

Boiling Water
When a wine stain has just happened, the liquid hasn’t set into the fabric yet. If it’s clothing, then stretch it out over a pan and then pour boiling water through it. The stain should wash right out.

For a dried stain, white wine will help to bleach out the red color. Baking soda will also soak out the color if you lay on a paste.

Detergent and Hot Water
A variant on the hot water theory, mix a bit of dishwashing detergent into hot water. Again, blot gently at the stain - your aim is to pick out the red bits and then clean the sponge before getting more, vs. mashing the red color deeper into the carpet.