Red wine stains can leave unsightly on furniture, clothes, walls, or carpet. Fortunately, in most cases, the stains are fairly easy to remove with home remedies such as table salt, spa red, and vinegar. Even dabbing with other types of liquor like white wine and gin can remove the stain.
The use of bleaches and stain removers can also play a role in cleaning wine stains. However, it is important to make sure that, instead of red spots, there are no white spots. Therefore, its use on dark fabrics is not recommended.
Remove red wine stains from clothing
Nothing is more annoying than a stain on your beautiful white blouse. If it is also a red wine stain, it seems that it cannot be removed just like that. Fortunately, this is not too bad in most cases. There are a number of home remedies worth trying:
- Dab with warm water. Note: never rub. Then you rub the stain deeper into the fabric.
- Sprinkle table salt on the stain and let it soak in, then dab it with lukewarm water
- Pour some spa red or beer over the stain and let it soak in
- Let the garment soak in the milk overnight
Soak in bleach
When the above tips don’t work, it’s time for a stronger approach. Is it an all-white garment? Then let it soak overnight in the bleach. You can also try various stain removers, such as Vanish or Dasty. With this, you treat the stain very specifically.
It is also advisable to let the garment soak for a long time. Feel free to leave it for longer than 24 hours. You can then wash the garment again with a normal washing program. This also ensures that the (usually) aggressive stain remover is washed out of the garment.
Immediate action is required!
When removing red wine stains, it is important to take immediate action. That is when the stain is still wet. When you let the stain dry, it completely absorbs into the clothing. The stain is then only more difficult to remove.
Remove red wine stains from the carpet
Red wine stains on the carpet are also very annoying. Fortunately, there are also a number of home remedies that can be used here, which are successful in most cases!
- Pour white wine over the stain
- Pour gin over the stain
- Dab with cleaning vinegar
The tips regarding removing red wine stains from clothing can also be applied to red wine stains on the carpet. Please note, the use of bleaches and stain removers is not recommended on dark-colored carpets. These could cause light / white spots in the fabric.
Remove red wine stains from furniture
Red wine stains can easily adhere to untreated wood of a table or in a beautifully oiled laminate. The same applies here: be quick! If you can remove the stain immediately with a damp cloth, the damage is minimal. If the stain penetrates completely, it will be more difficult to remove. In this case, stronger measures are needed.
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Green soap
A good tip is to treat the stain with green soap. Let the soap soak in for a while and then wipe the furniture with a damp cloth.
If the stain has not penetrated deep into (for example) the table, it is sometimes a solution to lightly sand the table with sandpaper with a fine structure. You just sand the stain off. Of course, you have to be careful that there is no color difference. Then the entire table will have to be sanded for an even whole.
Avoid aggressive cleaning agents such as alcohol, turpentine, or benzene at all times. These will not solve the problem and will cause more damage to the piece of furniture!
Remove red wine stains from the wall
Red wine can also cause ugly stains on the wall. Is it a white wall of, for example, spachtelputz or stucco? No worries! You can rub the wall clean with a scouring pad with some diluted bleach. Another tip is a cloth with hydrogen peroxide. Dab the stain with a scouring pad and it will disappear. This is also only recommended on a white wall. If you do this on a colored wall, stains will be created by bleach or hydrogen peroxide.
