How to Remove Red Wine Stain from Walls
06.06.2023 - 19:31
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It cuts quite an impressive figure when you’re elegantly holding a wineglass in your hand. However, walls stained with a splash of wine are not attractive at all.
Accidents happen when people are sober, so you can hardly blame your guests for spilling wine on your favorite wall after they’ve had a glass or two of Chardonnay. Since wall paints are quite porous, they readily absorb any colorful liquids like red wine, making the stains deeply ingrained in the wall.
The stubborn stain of red wine comes from a pigment found in the skins of the grapes. This pigment has been put in the family of anthocyanins, which are food-coloring chemicals. They’re quite similar to fabric dyes and efficiently attach themselves to fibrous and porous surfaces.
Even though there are numerous commercial cleaners in the market, one always doesn’t have a specialized wine stain remover at hand in time for a wine party. And when it comes to wine stains, the faster you act the better results you get.
Some household cleaners which are easily available in most residences can come to your aid when comes to wine stain removal. Since there are many household cleaners that are recommended to remove wine stains from wall, we tested bleach, hydrogen peroxide, Windex, Magic Eraser, a paste of baking soda and salt as well as plain old dish soap for their worth against the stubborn stains.
Bleach gave remarkable results with wine stains on the wall, followed by hydrogen peroxide as red wine stains, like tea and coffee, come under the category of oxidisable stains.
Magic Eraser also produced good results, but should be used on expensive wall paint with caution. Dish soap will work well if the stains are not particularly stubborn. If the stains are fresh and light,