Red Wine - Light Carpet Interface HELP ME PLEASE...!!

[NicoG]

Hello All.

Whilst my Mother is in Italy I am looking after her house.

I say looking after, what I have actually done in fact is empty a very large glass of Red wine all over a very very new, large light coloured carpet. I wont expect any of you to believe a cat at my feet was actually to blame but anyway....

I legged it up the road and grabbed my George extraction machine and got to work but it hasn't removed all traces...

Help - Is there anything that'll work to get the stain out? either through the extraction machine or otherwise!!


Huge thanks in advance - Nick

[Don]

"Vanish". But red wine is a real git.

[s3fella]

They say white wine works.

Mind you, when I spilled some white on my cream carpet, putting red on it didnt help.

[neilsie]

hire a rug doctor from the local supermarket. incredibly good at cleaning carpets. do test it first - some wool loss may occur.

[Puggit]

White wine immediately, mop up, salt and soda water later...

Jobs a goodun!

[Puggit]

Mind you, if it happened last night, you're fd

[NicoG]

Puggit said:

Mind you, if it happened last night, you're fd

This had occured to me.

I was at it til 1am with the machine, it looked ok after being gone over about 5 times.

This morning it looks ''less ok''

[NiceCupOfTea]

TheCarpetCleaner!

I would get a pro in.

not sure how that would help with the carpet though

[NicoG]

NiceCupOfTea said:

TheCarpetCleaner!

I would get a pro in.

not sure how that would help with the carpet though

It might if they can suck hard enough?

[Steve_W]

Twice we've had folk spill red wine on our cream sofa - just glad it wasn't me either time!

Guy we called in said "you haven't put anything on it - like white wine or vinegar have you - as that just makes more work to get that out too?" We hadn't, and he got the lot out some 3 days after the incident (delay due to insurers being slow!)

So, get a pro cleaner in & hope for the best would be my advice.

[remedy]

I fell asleep with a full glass of wine and ended up saturating my girlfriends lounge carpet.

Best tip is don't scrub - just blot and use soda crystals or simple washing up liquid.

Second best tip is go and get a 'red colour' stain remover from the rug doctor stand in the supermarket. Works really well - blotting again.

[BoRED S2upid]

Your fked.


Cut a very neat square around the wine, cut another square from a clean piece of carpet ... see where im going here...


Im sticking by my first answer your fked.

[Dogwatch]

Apparently soda water (i.e. fizzy mineral water or contents of soda syphon) is the thing to use,

but should have been applied promptly.

[smack]

I have used a spray I bought at the supermarket. I bought it at Sainburys, and has done the job twice for red wine

http://1001carpetcare.co.uk/product-range/spot-sta...

[rudecherub]

You can get specialist aerosol spray in a can from carpet shops IIRC which lifts stains, and dab don't rub with an absorbent material

[mouseymousey]

I've tried many things over the years but the only thing that has ever worked was a shampoo for blondes that contained 10% peroxide.

[Simpo Two]

Chem-Dry for me - or claim on the insurance.

BoRED S2upid said:

Cut a very neat square around the wine

Years ago my cat threw up on the hall carpet. I got a Stanley knife, cut out a square of carpet and removed the offending mess. A friend came in and commented on the hole in the hall carpet. I replied 'Yeah, the cat threw up'. I left him thinking I was mad.

What he didn't know was that the carpet was due to be replaced very shortly anyway