Help! Need to clean a sweater / jumper!!

[mkmound]

Didn't know quite which topic to put this under . . .

One night at dinner in a lovely Italian restaurant, I bumped my glass of chianti . . . it splashed on the off-white cotton sweater laying across my lap. It was on top of the kilt, but now my favorite sweater has red wine on it

Any suggestions on how to get the wine out?

Mark

[bubba]

Any suggestions on how to get the wine out?

Mark

Mix 1 part woolite, dishsoap or carpet shampoo to 1.5 parts hydrogen peroxide in a spray bottle and spray it on the stain. The stain will literally vanish. Then rinse in cold water.

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

The knowledge of this board knows no bounds! Let us know how that works mkmound. Not doubting you Bubba, I just don't have a sweater with wine stains at the moment, and the only wine I have in the house right now is white!

[starbkjrus]

If that works then LET US KNOW. My answer would have been to just toss it out or use it to change the oil.

[auld argonian]

Bubba's solution sounds like a good possibility...just to add something from my experience: until you're sure that you've got any stain out, air dry the item and do not throw it in the dryer...the heat often sets stains.

Best

AA

[pdcorlis]

If that formula doesn't work to get the stain out just get a lot more chianti :rolleyes:

[mkmound]

Mix 1 part woolite, dishsoap or carpet shampoo to 1.5 parts hydrogen peroxide in a spray bottle and spray it on the stain. The stain will literally vanish. Then rinse in cold water.

Bubba, thanks!! I'll definitely try it tonight.

I knew that with the collective wisdom, someone would have a solution.

Mark

[mkmound]

If that formula doesn't work to get the stain out just get a lot more chianti :rolleyes:

Phil,

I considered that, but then I'd have a wine-colored sweater, and none of my kilts have wine tones, but more reddish tones, so the wine-color would clash and I'd need a kilt to coordinate with . . .

Hey, wait!!!! What tartans have a wine-related color??? :rolleyes: Hmmm . . . status of plastic . . .


Mark

[jjoseph]

If that formula doesn't work to get the stain out just get a lot more chianti :rolleyes:

That is actually what folk would have done. Peroxide is really good on getting out blood because it reacts with the iron in the heme. Not sure about wine. Before giving up, try one of the new detergents with enzymes -- they work on a lot of organic stains.

My mom and grandmom, however, saved items with wine or tea stains and once a year did just as you suggested, staining or "dyeing" the whole garment to match. This was a favorite on rugs which always seemed to catch drink and food.


BTW, keep away from heat, salt and vineagar as they will all set the stain.