Yikes! Someone just spilled red wine on your carpet. Grab a bottle of white wine, but make sure it’s champagne! Or another form of carbonated white wine, such as Prosecco. You have to act fast. Blot up as much of the red wine as possible, then pour a little bubbly white onto the stain and scrub with a damp sponge (one with a scrubby surface works best). Wipe up any foamy leftovers, and the red wine should be gone.
If you don’t want to waste your champagne, grab a can of shaving cream (the regular white foamy kind) and squirt enough to cover the stain completely. Wipe into the carpet (with aforementioned scrubby sponge), lifting up any excess cream. Your stain should disappear! We got the shaving cream tip from our neighborhood liquor-store guy when we were buying our delicious champagne. It works great…and is fun to use, if you don’t mind your carpeted room smelling like a barbershop for a bit.
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