How do I get wine stains off my clothes?

Mix Dawn dishwashing liquid soap with hydrogen peroxide Patty S. Initially wrote us saying .. 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!

I have used it to take major red wine stains out of ALL clothing and table cloths (regardless of the color of the item). I have used it on old dried stains and stains that were laundered, bleached and subsequently turned "yellow". OLD, old stains have been successfully removed.

Just make sure the soap/peroxide mixture is relatively fresh. I used some the other day that was a few months old (I keep a bottle on my washing machine and pre-treat clothes as I see them coming through on wash day) and it did not remove a particularly large stain completely. The T-shirt went through the washer and dryer before I realized that my mixture had "weakened".

I mixed up a new batch and the second time around was PERFECT! You'll be amazed. (side note: the peroxide will turn the blue dishwashing liquid to a clear color--that does not reduce its effectiveness!) With this mixture there is NO NEED for any bleach even on the whitest of whites!

Keep on drinking that tasty red wine with confidence! This is so effective that we have become absolutely careless about spilling wine...and our wine tastings have become an absolute blast because clean up is absolutely CARE FREE. Believe me!

You gotta try this! Thanks for a GREAT website! She then wrote back saying:What a blast it was to receive your e-mail and then to see the message above!

Hahaha! (thought ..."he's not talking about ME, is he"?) Then I went to your website and reviewed all the comments on cleaning wine stains. Is this my 15 minutes of fame?!

I got such a kick out of all of the excitement of this wonderful tidbit of information. All this praise...it started going to my head! Actually, a friend gave me the "recipe" after I sloshed red wine down the front of a mustard-colored turtleneck sweater.

I knew the sweater was ruined (not to mention my embarrassment for having to go through the rest of a formal dinner with red wine streaked down my front! ). Anyway, that is when I learned from "Nancy O." this wonderful concoction that has saved countless clothes and fabrics from wine stains.

Recipe? Well, there is no exact formula. And I always thought it had to be Dawn, so I never changed the brand.

I think it does not matter what the final mixture ratio is, except that I always go heavier on the peroxide because that is what is doing the bleaching. In fact, I keep my bottle of mixture on the washing machine, and I have a bottle of peroxide nearby, so every once in a while I throw some more peroxide in it just to keep it "fresh". Now here is the latest update to my discovery of this remarkable wine stain remover.

(This is where I discovered Dawn is not essential as the "soap"). First of all, why is it that so many of us red-wine drinkers have white carpeting? But I do have white carpeting and the other day we sloshed a little bit on it.

I grabbed for the peroxide because I didn't really want a thick soap residue on the carpet. Anyway, I poured the peroxide on the spots and rubbed, but they were still there. I was surprised, but then I grabbed a spray bottle in which I had diluted a solution of water and Bissell Fiber Cleansing Formula (I use it for general "spot" cleaning of the carpet).

As soon as this diluted rug shampoo came in contact with the peroxide already on the wine stains...poof! All gone. Therefore, to make a long story short, I believe that any soap will probably work, and that it probably should be soap appropriate for the fabric (e.g. Rug shampoo for carpets, Woolite for wool fabrics, dishwashing soap for washables, etc. ) I think the soap helps make the stain soluble for the peroxide to work, as I discovered the stain would not budge with peroxide until I applied soap.

Again, I don't think it takes much soap in any "recipe" to make the peroxide work. The provided website also contains many comments on this one (mostly positive! ) Sources: http://www.stratsplace.com/patty_wine_stain.html .

Homemade miracle To whip up the super solvent, all you have to do is stir up nearly equal parts of plain old hydrogen peroxide and Dawn dishwashing soap (or Patti recommends using a soap that’s suitable for the fabric; i.e. , carpet cleaner for carpets, Woolite for wools, dish soap for washables, etc. ). Then apply it to the red wine stain.

Nancy O. Via Patty S. ’s simple recipe for red wine stain removal: A little suitable soap A little hydrogen peroxide You must use BOTH ingredients Spray, pour, or dab the mixture on the stain One warning: Since peroxide is a bleaching agent, the remedy could potentially bleach some colored fabrics.

Always test a small patch before going hog wild with this miracle recipe! Try it on: Clothing Carpet Tablecloths And more! Other red wine stain removal systems such as the age-old “add white wine to red wine” miracle method only seem to make matters worse.

The Patty S. Miracle juice really works. UC Davis believes in it, and it worked for Leef Smith.

Plus, this red wine stain remover is being touted nationally in the media and internationally on the Internet. More on Patty S. ’s concoction can be found at Strat's Place, a fine web site for wine aficionados.

Two More Solutions! If you are concerned about the hydrogen peroxide bleaching out your color, here are some other solutions. They are products designed specifically for red wine stain removal: StainRx and... Wine Away Red Wine Stain Remover (if this link doesn't go directly to the product, type "stain" in their search box) This product also helps.

Wine B'Gone Stain Remover Spray (12 oz. ) by The Wine Enthusiast See 1 offer from $14.95 Home & Garden: See all 38 items Sources: http://www.2basnob.com/red-wine-stain-removal.html, http://amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/105-4358847-2022048?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=wine+stain+remover&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go .

1 Thanks for your answers. This surely helps a lot. Have a few old stains that I will try to remove.

I hope it still works for clothes after a couple of washes. ;) .

Thanks for your answers. This surely helps a lot. Have a few old stains that I will try to remove.

I hope it still works for clothes after a couple of washes. ;).

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