A Conversation for How to Get Rid of Red Wine Stains
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Prez HS (All seems relatively quiet here) Started conversation Sep 19, 2000
On you, oh researcher!
First you discuss spilling red wine on the lowly floor instead of drinking it, which is a crime in itself but let's suppose that was an accident; you go on suggesting we deliberately pour even more wine in places other than our mouths!
The horror!
Blasphemy!
The horror! 
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Musencus II (Muse of Dilettantism in Multiple Arts) Posted Sep 19, 2000
Man, I applaud wholeheartedly! What are some stains compared to the blessings we derive from actually drinking the white wine the author so mindlessly advises us to spill?
What a sentence.
Anyway. Be proud of your stains, I say, they distinguish you from this ignorant bunch of beer-drinkers. Cheers.
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Richard Posted Sep 19, 2000
But if its someone else's carpet, someone you love ...
I think, no I know, this is excellent advice which works.
I've had to open a bottle of white wine, as suggested, on a number of occasions and it works.
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BuskingBob Posted Sep 19, 2000
I have found that it is better to use tissues, kitchen roll etc and try to absorb the spill, rather than rubbing it, which seems to make it worse. If you put the tissues down then press hard on them, and use a cleanish bit each time, it seems to pick up the spill OK.
It's all a bit academic for me however - years ago I decided to only buy carpetting that wouldn't show the occasional wine stain!
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Prez HS (All seems relatively quiet here) Posted Sep 19, 2000
We have a Dutch word for it, called 'deppen'. It's not rubbing, it's like patting and pressing hard... oo... 
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Witty Moniker Posted Sep 19, 2000
That would be 'blotting' here in the US. Pour seltzer on the stain to dilute it, then blot with paper towels. Save the white wine for drinking, please!
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Aurora (Muse au Chocolat; Muse of Fancy Footwear and Seraph of High Heels) Posted Sep 20, 2000
The german word would be "tupfen".
Funnily the word "Deppen" in german means "idiots"... . 
BTW: I'd rather live with stains on the carpet, than using more wine to get rid of them!!!!!
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Prez HS (All seems relatively quiet here) Posted Sep 20, 2000
hear hear!
*murmurs in concurrance from the Backbenchers*
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- 1: Prez HS (All seems relatively quiet here) (Sep 19, 2000)
- 2: Musencus II (Muse of Dilettantism in Multiple Arts) (Sep 19, 2000)
- 3: Richard (Sep 19, 2000)
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- 5: Prez HS (All seems relatively quiet here) (Sep 19, 2000)
- 6: Witty Moniker (Sep 19, 2000)
- 7: Aurora (Muse au Chocolat; Muse of Fancy Footwear and Seraph of High Heels) (Sep 20, 2000)
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