Topic: Red Wine Stain

[Serenity]

Well I was SOOO impressed with this tip I just Had  to share it with you  


  http://www.stratsplace.com/how_stains.html


I have a brand new cream sofa and accidently a  half bottle of red wine was spilt on it   I tried all the useful tips I know of and none worked (white wine etc) until I found this site... followed the instructions and Voila all trace of red wine removed withing 15 minutes

[Clive]

Good heavens - Pals is full of tips today.  Contraception, full screen and now red wine stains.  

[Sandra]

From that link

This is absolutely foolproof for any laundered items! Mix Dawn dishwashing liquid soap with hydrogen peroxide...then pour on the stain and let sit as a presoak. Neither of these ingredients works by itself. You must use BOTH. You'll actually see the red wine disappear as you drizzle the mixture on a stain!

Its a good job that you are a blonde Serenity and so had a plentiful supply of hydrogen peroxide handy  

[Lona]

Never heard of Dawn washing up liquid, would fairy work just the same.

[Sandra]

Apparently Lona, any detergent will do, it appears that the detergent opens the fibres to allow the peroxide in to do its job better  

I bet that you have spilled a few glasses of merlot in your day too  

[Serenity]

Never heard of Dawn washing up liquid, would fairy work just the same.

Sandra is correct, any cleaning solution seems to work, I used 1001 solution 40%/Hydrogen Peroxide 60% but do NOT use water at all to dilute any part of either solution.  I would never have believed the stain would vanish but it did!  

A tip for new parents: this solution also works to remove urine stains from childrens bedding too, a friend has a 2yr old who had had an "accident" and it also vanished  

[Dogsbody]

Wish I'd known that 23 years ago I could have made my two year old vanish, would have saved loads of cash