February 23, 2006

Red Wine Stains?

I just learned a new trick on red wine stains. A friend of ours was so drunk in our flat that he spilled his wine on the carpet. Someone suggested I put some salt immediately on the spot and leave it for the night.

I have had a nasty experience with red wine stains in our flat back in HK. Same situation. We were drinking in the flat and a friend accidentally spilled his wine. I ended up going to the grocery looking for the best stain remover. Someone suggested I put some soda water and it will all be gone but this didn't work for me. I bought this nifty spray that claims to take out all kinds of carpet stains. So much for truth in advertising. I still had a brownish spot on the carpet after.

This time, I tried our friend's suggestion and placed some iodized salt on the red wine spot. I left overnight and was excited to see the result. It really does work ( jeez... I sound like a commercial spiel). I took out the salt and just rubbed the stain with plain water and voila! stain gone! I was ecstatic!

Ahhh the joys of being a wife.

It's good to discover new things in our daily lives.

Posted by duke at 2/23/2006 01:07:00 AM

16 Comments:

JO said...: hi Duke,

thanks for the tip! will keep that in mind. ",); 2/23/2006 02:09:00 AM
yuri said...: my gosh.. didnt know that... i often spill wine on my cuffs and sleeves.. u know how bumpy it gets sometimes (both in and out of flt).... *wink*; 2/23/2006 02:45:00 AM
MrsPartyGirl said...: hey, ang galing! i know about the soda water thing, so hindi pala effective yun sa red wine stains? anyway, i'll take your word for it then. hindi ko muna susubukan at bago ang carpet namin, hehehe. :D; 2/23/2006 03:49:00 AM
Anonymous said...: I was so drunk I puked at my Armani shirt. It was all yukky brownish reddish gross kind of look & stinky gwarkish suka-odorish, pula-to-the-max. I make babad the shirt to this hot water, sprinkled the iodized saltish thingy plus droppish of lemonish on it, babad overnightish and voila! Andun pa rin sya!

Now, I make kuskus the shirt with clorox and stuff, it worked.

Buti na lang wala akong carpet or else baka kinuskus ko sya ng clorox.

Humour me! TY sa tipsy, I mean TIPS.; 2/23/2006 06:55:00 AM
silentmode_v2 said...: waw nice tip.

how about "pyuk" stains after having bottles of wine? :P; 2/23/2006 08:24:00 AM
duke said...: JO You are welcome :D

Sha 'Will try this next time I have a "spill".

Yuri lol.. Yeah I think this tip would be very handy for you, you cheeky git! :D

meeya naku! wag muna sa brand new carpet nyo. I tried soda water for minor stains and it works pero red wine hindi eh.; 2/23/2006 12:20:00 PM
duke said...: K Really you tried this and it didn't work? baka naman natuyo na yung stain when you put the salt ( the morning after drinking!).

My gosh! clorox! be careful with that thing... lol

Jeff hihihi I haven't figured that one out. I try to leave my clothes out of barf's way ;); 2/23/2006 12:22:00 PM
grace said...: Hey Duke ... this tip may really come in handy! in any case it doesnt work ... i can always call housekeeping :) heheheheh...; 2/23/2006 01:28:00 PM
Anonymous said...: i need this. altho the stain remover i'm using is really effective but used almost a bottle before the vomitus stain (my son was sick and vomitted) on the carpet totally disappeared. and iodized salt is way cheaper than carpet stain remover. i can even pour a box of salt on the stain.; 2/24/2006 09:32:00 AM
Analyse said...: that really works...i saw that trick when i was with some friends, and i was surprised when they poured some salt on the stain...; 2/24/2006 04:17:00 PM
Talang Pula said...: i wonder if that'll work on red wine stain on shirts. hmmn....
=); 2/25/2006 02:41:00 AM
Abaniko said...: I think I won't have such problem Duke. I rarely drink wine these days and we don't have a carpet at home. Hehe.; 2/26/2006 04:11:00 AM
Gayzha said...: salt is nature's cleanser or purifyer, but never tried using it on carpet stained by red wine. i surely keep this in mind!; 2/26/2006 12:39:00 PM
Anonymous said...: oh cool..thanks for the tip!; 2/26/2006 02:28:00 PM
Anonymous said...: ako naman, I read somewhere that you should put white wine. interesting that salt works. hmmm...; 2/26/2006 07:44:00 PM
Anonymous said...: I just read an article at www.savvymiss.com that said to use hairspray, let dry, then brush it off. Haven't tried it yet, but am willing to try anything once!!! Here's the link to the article - http://www.savvymiss.com/handy-miss/do-it-yourself.html; 6/09/2006 09:01:00 PM

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