A glass of red wine can be a lovely weekend treat after a long, busy week at work. That’s as long as you don’t spill any of it on your carpet! Wine spots can become an absolute pain if they are not treated correctly. Fortunately, we’ll be outlining the best approach for treating wine spots in this article.
You’ll need the following items to remove your wine spot:
- Colourless Washing Up Liquid
- Hydrogen Peroxide
- A Sponge
- Rubber Gloves
- x2 Spray Bottles
- A Towel
For a fresh spillage, you want to act on it as quickly as possible, because the longer you leave it the more likely it is to become a stain.
The first thing you should do is use a towel to absorb as much of the spillage as possible. Most people intuitively scrub the affected area when doing this, but this is not advised as it pushes the wine deeper into the carpet, and depending on the carpet material, it may actually damage its fibres. Instead of scrubbing the wine into the carpet, you should blot it, starting at the perimeter of the spill and gradually moving towards its centre.
Pour the hydrogen peroxide into a cup and mix it with a teaspoon of colourless washing up liquid. Before applying this to the carpet you will need to test it on a small piece of the carpet to ensure it doesn’t cause colour loss or dye bleed.
Hyrdogen Peroxide can irritate the skin, so you’ll need to put on your rubber gloves before following the next step.
Take the sponge and dip it into the washing liquid/hydrogen peroxide mix, then squeeze out the excess moisture so that the sponge is damp. Blot the spot again in the manner described earlier in the article (don’t scrub). You may need to repeat this step multiple times, ensuring you rinse the sponge before dipping it into your cleaning solution each time.
Eventually, the wine spot will disappear.
Now we need to remove the hydrogen peroxide from the carpet. So take the spray bottle, fill it up with cold water and add around 5-6 drops of washing liquid.Spray the pot and blot it again until the carpet is damp.
Now that we’ve successfully removed the hydrogen peroxide, the next step is to remove the washing up liquid residue that’s still in the carpet. Failing to do this will lead to rapid resoiling.
So take the second sprayer bottle and fill it up with warm water. Spray the area you’ve just cleaned and blot it again. Repeat this a few times and remove as much of the moisture as possible.
You should have now successfully removed the wine spot.
Hopefully, this has worked for you, but feel free to contact us if you require the services of a carpet cleaner in Bedford.