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Removing Wine and Tomato Sauce Stains Find out how to remove tough wine and tomato sauce stains. From "Home Made Easy" episode DHME-110

Linda Cobb, the Queen of Clean®, joins host Stephanie Lydecker and demonstrates how to remove tough stains such as red wine and tomato sauce.

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	The Queen shows you how to get rid of red wine, tomato-based and grease stains.
	Figure A
	Figure B

Materials:

rags
salt
Wine Away Red Wine Stain Remover
white wine

• Removing Red Wine Stains--It is not so tough. Never serve red wine without having white wine handy! Tend to the stain as soon as you can. Dilute the spot of red wine with white wine and then just blot it up (figure A). Be sure and pour the white wine every place the red wine was spilled.

• For napkins or table linens that have red wine on them, use Wine Away Red Wine Stain Remover. Spray it onto the red wine stain and then put the napkins or linens in the washing machine. The remover neutralizes the red wine. This remover is available at hardware stores and home centers.

• If you do not have the remover, wet the stained napkin or linen and then sprinkle it with regular table salt (figure B). Let it sit until you can wash it in the washing machine.

• Removing Tomato-Based Stains--Treat all tomato-based stains the same. First, flush stains well with cool water. Apply the water to the back of the fabric, like with all stains. That will probably not get rid of all of the stain, so pour some undiluted white vinegar onto the stain and let it sit for 15-20 minutes, and see if that will take the stain out. Flush it with water again. If that doesn't work, apply the Wine Away Red Wine Stain Remover before you put it in the washing machine. If you do not have the stain remover, a pre-wash is also good to use.

  Note: After you have washed your napkins or linens and the stain is not out, do not put it in the dryer because drying will set the stain.

• Removing Grease Stains--Grease stains, gravy stains, etc. can be treated with baking soda, cornstarch or even salt. These are good to use if you spill oil onto the floor, knock over a bowl of gravy, etc. Pour a pile of the soda, cornstarch or salt onto the spill and really let it absorb. Don't remove the soda, cornstarch or salt until it has completely absorbed the stain. Once it has absorbed all the stain, remove it and then vacuum it up and apply your favorite carpet cleaner.

Tip: Always think about a stain before you immediately start trying to remove it because you could use the wrong thing and set the stain in and then you won't be able to get it out.

GUESTS :

Linda Cobb
The Queen of Clean®
Website: www.queenofclean.com