5 things you should know about red wine stains

Host a dinner or cocktail doused funny ... until someone with enthusiasm and sends flying a red glass gesticulating. No panic! Jolie Kerr, an expert presenter and cleaning Ask a clean person: The Podcast has solutions for all mishaps Merlot and Burgundy - Spots.

1. Move quickly to avoid permanent damage to the clothing.

Size. Now there is a point, the size of Delaware on your vacation white sweater. "Time is the enemy, and this is particularly true for the red wine stains, the more feeling of being oxidized," says Kerr. In washable clothes, rinse immediately with cold water, rub with a little detergent or detergent clothes, then rinse again until the stain is gone. For articles only dry cleaning, stain as much as possible with paper towels or a cloth, then make yourself as soon as possible in the cleaning.

2. The same goes for carpets and upholstery.

If your carpet is the victim, absorb the lion with a super-fast stain with a cloth, and then give saline in a container mouth and the hill on top of the stain. "The salt draws wine and fibers," says Kerr. "It is to say in a position when the salt is the most absorbent of wine, how to sweep a vacuum cleaner or a broom and dustpan".

Zap any remaining discoloration oriented product like wine away or carpets and upholstery furniture spreads as clean Resolve . Spills on the couch, do the best, blot with paper towels or rags and let the salt. Recourse to the addition of wine to solve, or something similar now.

3. Whatever you do, do not rub.

You can also spot rub be tempted with anger, shouting "Out damned, spot!" But that's basically the worst thing you can do. Rub pushes spots substantially further into the fibers. Not ideal, since their goal is to remove the stain.

4. Do not lose hope.

in one place only to discover in mind that it is set in the morning? washable clothes can oxygen bleach and hot water to come clean in a water bath with a bath. "Leave it for an hour or up to overnight before washing as usual," Kerr said. For stains that do not have nail on the carpet or upholstery, carpet cleaner handy as the Rug Doctor or green machine will do wonders. "Strength solutions in some points of the cleaning, then suck, and everything in red, from the fibers," says Kerr. If you do not buy one that is available for rent at hardware stores.

5. Kitchen surfaces are treated differently.

Rings or spots on the tables or wood floors can with a kind of magic sponge rubber as deleted Mr. Clean the. "Make sure to test on a hidden area," says Kerr. If the sponge finish March whisk lemon juice and baking soda and elbow grease stains away on the spot.

For colored mortar layer wines with a paste of hydrogen peroxide in bleaching powder as OxiClean and water, and let stand for one hour, before clean or clean brush.

Laminate, marble, granite and wine can deacidified bleach. Use a cleaner like Soft Scrub , laminate, you can stand for 10 to 15 minutes before treating them with a damp sponge. "Although bleach should not be used as a daily cleaning of granite or marble, for old stains set in, bleach is an excellent choice, not mad," he said. Pour to hold a small amount of bleach directly onto the stained granite with plastic wrap covered. "You can see the point of lightning in an hour, but can also take overnight to completely disappear."

All clean? Next time, I think, cover glasses for your guests blunt.

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