[heritagecleaning]

Just wondering what approaches people use. Red RX is the obvious, but I have had ammonia suggested, as well as M Power spotter.

[John Kelly]

Check with customer to see if they have used anything. Regardless it is good practice to rinse any stain with clean water first. This will remove the rubbish if the customer has used anything.
My standard product for wine stains was Spray & Go.

[jim mca]

Alltec do a good red wine spotter

[from edge2edge]

Hi Owen I had someone suggest on here using pureclean at 4 scoops to 1  litre as opposed to 1 scoop per litre(for stains etc) and it worked on lots of wine stains(rinsed as normal ) before  the need to get out the big guns(spray and go etc)......................Alan

[Griffus]

Sodium Met

[Griffus]

Be ready for a real stink though!

[Paul Redden Countryfresh]

As john says clear rinse first,
then microsplitter / rinse
then stain pro / rinse
residue sod met
final rinse

works for me

[heritagecleaning]

Stain pro did it. At last I have found a use for the stuff.

[Simon@arenaclean]

Stain pro did it. At last I have found a use for the stuff.

It's surprising how opinions differ on different chemicals, regardless if they are spotters or pre-sprays. In most cases if I go in armed with solvex and stainpro I can get 'most' things out, appreciate a stains nature can have an effect but both of these have proved consistent.  I know it comes down preference and even supplier but if it works, it works doesn't it?

Just an observation. 

[wayne zabel]

During the summer I bought a bottle of carpet spotter from Aldi for £1.99.Curiousity got the better of me.

I thought I'd use it to experiment with on some samples that I had prepared with various things.I thought it would be a load of rubbish.

It removed red wine from wool carpets with no problems.I made sure it was well rinsed and it has served me well on a couple of occasions since.

[Mike Halliday]

We talk like one wool carpet is like any other wool carpet..... It's just a 'wool' carpet

I' ve remove red wine from a wool carpet with just water so I could say thats all you need to remove a wine stain from a wool carpet.

Firstly how are we determining the carpet is wool? Did the customer tell you it was wool? The amount of times I've been told it's an 'expensive wool carpet' only to find it was nylon.

I think the success of any any stain is 50% due to the type of carpet the stain is on, the other half the stain remover we use

To say any chemical removes any stain from any carpet must come with the small print *depending on carpet type

[adrian marsh]

Sodium Met

Should be your absolute last resort, not the first. Some "red" wines aren't red at all, until the dye is put in them. Not all red wine stains are created equal.

[elliott cleaning]

Sodium Met

....... Some "red" wines aren't red at all, until the dye is put in them. Not all red wine stains are created equal.

Oh dear! - red wines do not contain any dye.  Anything containing dye cannot be classified as a wine.

A lot of emphasis in this thread has been put on the nature of the carpet fibre.  Yes to a certain extent this does have a bearing on the ease of stain removal.

What nobody appears to have raised is that different red wines have different levels of tannins as well as acidity.   Take that into account and you will always resolve any red wine stain issue

[Griffus]

Sodium Met

Should be your absolute last resort, not the first. Some "red" wines aren't red at all, until the dye is put in them. Not all red wine stains are created equal.

There was an assumption that those reading know at least a little bit about stain removal.  If not then maybe they're in the wrong place / job.

Each to there own, but this has worked for me when treating a stain that has had everything thrown at it before we've even been called.  I picked up the tip from here, it worked, I pass the tip onwards and upwards.

[adrian marsh]

Sodium Met

....... Some "red" wines aren't red at all, until the dye is put in them. Not all red wine stains are created equal.

Oh dear! - red wines do not contain any dye.  Anything containing dye cannot be classified as a wine.

A lot of emphasis in this thread has been put on the nature of the carpet fibre.  Yes to a certain extent this does have a bearing on the ease of stain removal.

What nobody appears to have raised is that different red wines have different levels of tannins as well as acidity.   Take that into account and you will always resolve any red wine stain issue

OH DEAR!! Some red wines contain additonal dyes (grape based dyes) in order to make them more red. If you're going to give me a slap, at least make sure you've got ALL your facts right

[jim mca]

During the summer I bought a bottle of carpet spotter from Aldi for £1.99.Curiousity got the better of me.

I thought I'd use it to experiment with on some samples that I had prepared with various things.I thought it would be a load of rubbish.

It removed red wine from wool carpets with no problems.I made sure it was well rinsed and it has served me well on a couple of occasions since.

Wayne
If it has a blue or pink spray top then have a look at who makes it

[elliott cleaning]

Sodium Met

....... Some "red" wines aren't red at all, until the dye is put in them. Not all red wine stains are created equal.

Oh dear! - red wines do not contain any dye.  Anything containing dye cannot be classified as a wine.

A lot of emphasis in this thread has been put on the nature of the carpet fibre.  Yes to a certain extent this does have a bearing on the ease of stain removal.

What nobody appears to have raised is that different red wines have different levels of tannins as well as acidity.   Take that into account and you will always resolve any red wine stain issue

OH DEAR!! Some red wines contain additonal dyes (grape based dyes) in order to make them more red. If you're going to give me a slap, at least make sure you've got ALL your facts right

Oh dear, oh dear -If you are referring to Mega-Purple then that is purely a concentrate of the Rubired grape which has a very dark drupe.  In other words this is one type of grape being BLENDED with another to enhance colour and body.

If you want to call that a dye - feel free

[wayne zabel]

During the summer I bought a bottle of carpet spotter from Aldi for £1.99.Curiousity got the better of me.

I thought I'd use it to experiment with on some samples that I had prepared with various things.I thought it would be a load of rubbish.

It removed red wine from wool carpets with no problems.I made sure it was well rinsed and it has served me well on a couple of occasions since.

Wayne
If it has a blue or pink spray top then have a look at who makes it

It has a Blue top and is made by a German company as far as I can see.