arlene

got a viewer for the house tomorrow morning ( very early i might add) spilt half a bottle of red wine over the carpet, will have to get the hairdryer out to dry it off (or use the cat as he looks to comfortable at the moment)

arlene

Pollster

Have you got the stain out?

Use loads of towels on it, if so, to soak up as much water as possible!

arlene

pollster the stain is out (i think but we have a pink carpet, i know but we inherited it from the previous owners along with the pink velour curtains wonder why we arnt selling the house) but the carpet is sopping now have tried paper towels but still lokks a diffferent colour

hellllp

Bix

Arlene,

Cover with a rug ?
Stand on it when showing them around ?
Move the furniture around to cover the mark ?
Course if its in the doorway it would look a bit silly !!
Hang your hubby from the ceiling to distract them ?

CARDIFFKID

Can you claim and get laminated floor fitted that way you can spill as much as you like!!!

PS was it a good red wine?

mick n cheryl

Pour white wine over the stain!!! Trust me it will come out done it many times spill too much after 1st 3 bottles of red!!

Pollster

Towels, Arlene - proper towels - best egyptian cotton!!!

and just lay them over, tread on them to press them into the wet, when damp, move to a dry bit and KEEP doing it!

arlene

havnt got any white wine handy have just scrubbed it again with bleach (wrong move)

cost me 6 quid thought i would treat myself for a change instead of something that cleans my teeth as it goes down

arlene

Pollster

Put salt on it - that will soak it up then scrape off the resulting paste with a knife.

What a scandalous and dissapointing waste of good alcohol

ABCDiamond

Salt does work very well for red wine. I remember well the wedding reception that i attended, and I did the spilling But the nice young lady opposite me fixed the stain with salt.

tiredwithtwins

How did the viewing go??
Any good??

sue