favorite way of getting wine stains out of tablecloth?

[lalaland]

I got a beautiful linen tablecloth in a box of linens at a farm auction - it was starched and ironed and gorgeous. Used it at xmas dinner yesterday and....yup, red wine stains.

Now what? Any ideas?

 

[Diavolicchio]

OxyClean.

Billy Mays, R.I.P.

Alternatively:

Step 1
On a new, wet stain, sprinkle coarse salt to absorb liquid from the fabric. Then blot with cold water or rinse under cold water to remove excess sugars and prevent oxidation.

Step 2
For an older, dry stain, rub a bit of liquid laundry detergent into the stained area. Launder in the hottest water safe for the fabric with laundry detergent and color-safe bleach.

Step 3
Repeat as needed until the stain is gone.

 

[miss_thenorth]

Do not let the stain dry comptetely, once that happens it is prety much set. You can try club soda, or white vinegar, in a blotting method to remove--do not rub., If it is a fresh stain pour salt on it to absorb the wine into the salt. Shaving cream can work, but it can also ruin your fabric, so I would avoid it. If none of these work, you can try the oxyclean. Just bear in mind to read the instructions on the commercial cleaner. some of the home remedies you have tried, in conjunction with the store bought remedy, might set the stain permanently.

Goodluck!

 

[Dace]

When all else fails I lean on my trusty bar of fels naptha.

Rub it on the spots, wash, repeat as necessary, just do not dry it until the spots are out.

 

[lalaland]

no bleach in the house...but I forgot I had oxyclean. Am soaking it now in that, and am keeping my fingers crossed. Thanks for the help!

 

[lalaland]

ok, found the oxyclean stuff in the back of the utility closet, put the table cloth into the big soup kettle with the appropriate brew, and presto! no wine stains! I forget the oxyclean is there.
thanks everyone!

 

[Farmfresh]

Welcome to Sufficient Self Lalaland!

Your name tickles me. We called my sis Lala for years and when she first bought her 30+ acre place I sneakily made a big sign and fastened it to a remote gate that was visible from the road. It read ..."Welcome to Lala's Land!" They always enter the property from the opposite direction so the sign was up to embarrass my sister almost a MONTH before she spotted it!

 

[lalaland]

I actually do have a sign "la la land" but it is a ways up the driveway and not visible from the dirt road out front. When I moved here a couple of years ago, and had this small house built, everyone knew all the details of the house....I have a big galvanized horse trough for a bathtub as I like to soak, and the plain soaking tubs were $6,000 and a horse trough about $100. I still meet people in town who say, "oh, you're the one with the cow tank for a tub".

So I don't need the la la land sign out front to add to the impression I've created!

 

[Farmfresh]

That makes perfect sense to me! I have soaked in many a horse tank!