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If you’re lucky, diluting and blotting the stain may have been enough to prevent a stain.But if there’s still wine patches on the carpet, move onto the next section..
Never scrub a wine stain.Always use a dabbing motion to blot away the stain to avoid pushing the wine deeper into the carpet fibres.. How to Remove a Red Wine Stain From Carpet.For this red wine cleaning method, you’ll need absorbent white cloths,.
distilled white vinegar., and washing up liquid..
But before you get started, we always recommend testing any new cleaning solution on a small patch of hidden carpet before using it on a larger area.. White vinegar and washing up liquid are safe for most carpets, but it’s hard to predict how a certain carpet will react.
You don’t want to cause discolouration in an area that’s always visible!.Create a cleaning solution with a tablespoon of distilled white vinegar, a tablespoon of washing up liquid, and 500ml of warm water.. Pour a small amount of the cleaning fluid onto a clean white cloth.
Use this to dab at the stain, which should hopefully transfer onto the cloth..Frequently blot up the area with a separate dry cloth.. Repeat the process of wetting and drying the stain until it’s gone (or no more wine is being removed onto the cloth)..
Using another clean white cloth, apply cold water to the area to dilute any remaining cleaning solution and wine.Blot it up with a dry cloth..