How do i remove red wine stains from white shorts?

Answer 1

1. Blot the stain immediately with paper towels.

2. Sponge the stain with cool water or sprinkle it with white wine, if readily available.

3. Sprinkle generous amounts of table salt directly onto the stain.

4. Review the washing instructions on the label of the fabric. Heed any special care instructions.

5. If the fabric is machine-washable, immerse the garment in cold water and gently rub the stain out. Apply a laundry pretreatment such as a stain remover, wash in cool water and air dry.

6. If washing by hand, rub the table salt into the stain. Then pour boiling water onto it from a height of 12 to 36 inches if the stain persists and if the fabric can tolerate high heat.

7. Sponge with a spotting mixture of water and two to three drops of vinegar until no color is lifted from the stain.

8. Rinse with cool water.

9. Brush the spot with a dry towel from the center of the stain out, using light strokes and blending wet into dry.


Tips:
Always use white paper towels, as colored towels may stain.

Dilute the spotting mixture to one part vinegar per three parts water for cotton and linen. If the fabric is acetate, the mixture should be one part digestant, one part water.

Before applying alcohol, pretest the fabric for adverse reactions by applying a small amount of the spotter to an inconspicuous portion of the fabric.


Warnings:
Avoid scrubbing or rubbing the stain excessively. This can cause the stain to further penetrate the fabric.

Tips from eHow Users:
Spray 'N Wash by eHow Friend
Believe it or not, Spray 'N Wash Dual Power pre-treatment just removed red wine from white pants that had almost 2 weeks to set in. I just doused the stained area with the the Spray 'N Wash Dual Power, and let it sit while I was watching a 1 hour TV show. By the time I checked on my pants, the red wine was completely gone. I then just washed them in a normal cycle (didn't even use bleach) and my white pants now look as good as the day I bought them!

Answer 2

The best thing I found was Carbona, carbona.com 888-227-2662. Its a solution in a small 1.5 fl oz bottle. They're called stain devils. They have numerous versions to treat different stains. You can buy at the grocery store usually by the fabric dye called Rid. I bought a 10 piece set at Linens and Things years ago. I've gotten everything from grease, blood, wine and spaghetti sauce out of my clothes. Each bottle treats a different type of stain. Good luck!

Answer 3

Supposedly, club soda is supposed to do the trick. Otherwise, try that Oxy stuff or that new Spray N Wash stuff that has two colors to it that add together when the come out of the bottle. It's in that commercial where they rub a strawberry and a blueberry on a women's shirt. Or, I just saw something on www.hsn.com called Stains R Gon. They put a lot of different types of things on some material and they all came out.

Answer 4

If it is still wet pour table salt on it until the salt turns pink. Scrape off the pink salt and pour fresh salt until the salt no longer turns pink. You WILL go through a LOT of salt, but it is worth it. If you drink red wine (Or worse yet, people who come to YOUR house drink it) might be a good idea to buy salt in bulk and keep around. This technique is GREAT for tablecloths.

Answer 5

Spot shot is supposed to be the best cleaner for that type of stain. Try that.. you can get it for $5 at walmart or walgreens.

Answer 6

If you paid a pretty penny for them the best way to go is to take them to a cleaner's and let them know what the stain is''

Answer 7

If bleach don't do it, probably nothing will. Try a bleach gel pen.

Answer 8

How long has it been there? Try using kerosene if its quite long. Or else bleach it.

Answer 9

bleach