my daughter has spilled red drink on my white carpet, how can i get the stain to come out?

Question

red cool aide is the worst, what can i do?

The child is 18 and while I was in Mexico, she had a PARTY without our permission. You all know the story!!!

I have almost got it out with hot hot hot water from a tea kettle. Poured directly on it then shop vaccummed it up.

Answer 1

White carpet is scary to me so I have no idea if this could work. All my carpets are tan & beige.
But.... you could try peroxide (the regular ole kind in the brown bottle). I've used it on tomato sauce stains & juice stains and it has worked for me everytime. Just saturate the stain, wait a few minutes then soak it up, then reapply until it's gone.

Answer 2

It's not always possible to remove kool aid stains from carpet. All "red stains" are difficult to get out. Red coloring used in pop, candy, and other foods generally doesn't flush out with water. However, if you try the methods used by professional carpet cleaners, you may get that stain out.

First, use a shop-vac to suck some of the kool aid out, if you can get to the stain quickly. This can stop the spill from entering the carpet fibers. Getting out some or all of the remaining stain takes time.

Start with Dawn dishwashing detergent - the original blue type. Add five or six drops to two cups of warm water.
Dampen a white cotton cloth with this solution and lay it over the stain. Then place a clothes iron on top of it, set on "low".

Let this sit for fifteen minutes, and don't press down. The red stain will start to wick up into the cloth. You should see red on the cloth. Fold it to use a clean part or apply a new cloth, and repeat the process.

It takes patience to get red stains out of carpet, but even year-old Kool Aid stains have been removed using this method. Repeat the process again and again until there is no more transfer of the red stain to the cloth. Rinse the spot with water, blot it up, and dry it quickly. Quick drying prevents any stain deeper down from wicking up to the surface.To summarize: use clean white cotton cloth (several), low heat, and don't press or rub. Let the color wick up into the cloth at its own rate, then rinse and dry the area quickly. You can, at the very least, lighten Kool Aid stains and other red stains in carpet using this technique

Answer 3

My answer is similar to one that has been posted already but it might save you a few dollars. All you have to do is take some dishwashing liquid (like Dawn) and mix it with some tap water. It doesn't take much (maybe about 10 parts water to 1 part detergent). Pour the soap-water over the stain. Take a towel (I prefer white because you can actually see the stain bleed into the towel) and cover the stain. Get a hot iron and hold it on the stain for a few seconds. Be sure to pick the iron up peridically because you run the risk of burning your carpet after about 40 seconds. Pick up the towel and see if the stain is gone. Repeat as necessary.

Answer 4

This begs the question why the "H" would you

a) have white carpet and children

b) let your child take the red kool aid into the room with the white carpet


It's not always possible to remove kool aid stains from carpet. All "red stains" are difficult to get out. Red coloring used in pop, candy, and other foods generally doesn't flush out with water. However, if you try the methods used by professional carpet cleaners, you may get that stain out.

First, use a shop-vac to suck some of the kool aid out, if you can get to the stain quickly. This can stop the spill from entering the carpet fibers. Getting out some or all of the remaining stain takes time.

Start with Dawn dishwashing detergent - the original blue type. Add five or six drops to two cups of warm water. Dampen a white cotton cloth with this solution and lay it over the stain. Then place a clothes iron on top of it, set on "low".

Let this sit for fifteen minutes, and don't press down. The red stain will start to wick up into the cloth. You should see red on the cloth. Fold it to use a clean part or apply a new cloth, and repeat the process.

It takes patience to get red stains out of carpet, but even year-old Kool Aid stains have been removed using this method. Repeat the process again and again until there is no more transfer of the red stain to the cloth. Rinse the spot with water, blot it up, and dry it quickly. Quick drying prevents any stain deeper down from wicking up to the surface.

To summarize: use clean white cotton cloth (several), low heat, and don't press or rub. Let the color wick up into the cloth at its own rate, then rinse and dry the area quickly. You can, at the very least, lighten Kool Aid stains and other red stains in carpet using this technique.

Steve Gillman has worked in the carpet cleaning industry for years. For more carpet-care information, and specific stain-by-stain removal instructions, visit http://www.HowToRemoveCarpetStains.com

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Answer 5

You can try Resolve Carpet Cleaner. I comes in a red spray bottle. Right now, blot as much up as you can with a paper towel or a white cloth. The Resolve neutralized a grape juice spill on my couch. But, yah, Kool Aid is a whole other matter. Good luck.

Answer 6

If the carpeting is white, you may be able to spot treat it with a bleach/water mixture in a steam cleaner. I've used alittle bit of chlorine bleach on my peach colored carpeting without any trouble. I would be sure to spot check an inconspicuious area 1st. Scotchgaurd spray treatments are wonderful things when you have children, also. Good luck.

Answer 7

I dont think I would try the Bleach method, just b/c its known to eventually eat through fabrics. A big whole in your carpet would be worse than a red stain.

However, I have a friend who says she got blood out of her carpet w/ Peroxide. If it can get Blood out, it should be able to get anything out.

Answer 8

Visit www.zeroresidue.com. They are miracle, and I do mean miracle carpet cleaners. Seriously. They have a very different treated water product with no soaps or detergents unlike anything on the market. Call them, and if the stain can be removed, they can do it. Hopefully, there will be a location in your area!

Answer 9

Oxykic oxygen activated cleaning kit. Just go to yahoo search and type in: "What gets out red Koolaid Stains out of carpets?" It gives you all kinds of stain removers. They might even have something cheaper than Oxykic.

Answer 10

your best bet is to poop on the red stain. take a toothbrush and scrub really hard until the red has turned to dark brown/green. next, go to Google and search for feces removal stain tips. this works every time