In between working 400 calves with the neighbors, AI'ing our cows and putting fly tags in the neighbors' and our's, there was only so much DEEP cleaning I could do! (Good thing our house is small!)
Anyway...I pulled out the night stand in our bedroom, expecting to find some dog hair around the base, because when you have a huge dog that often sleeps in front of said night stand, that is bound to happen.
I had my Dyson ready to suck up the poodle-size ball of Saint Bernard fur I was sure to find -- but then noticed some red specks in the carpet. Since we are not known for having knife fights or throwing Ninja stars at each other, there was only one culprit it could be......WINE! Yes! Wine! Deep, red, dark, dried-on-the-carpet-for-months WINE!
Yes, I am guilty. I can't blame it on anyone else because I am the only wino living in our residence. However, I don't recall ever spilling any in that room since we moved in....8 or 9 months ago! And I really thought I had cleaned it up pretty good -- it's still a mystery how it even got under the heavy, huge night stand in the first place. I have tried a million remedies to remove wine stains, and yet this is the only one that has ever worked:
Animal poo - gone.
Cat/dog puke - gone.
Ketchup - gone.
Mud - gone.
Blood - gone.
I know you must be thinking that we sure have gross carpet -- I have not had to use it on all of the above items, but the people I work with have, and they sing its praises just like I do.
Wine - yes, even wine - GONE!
Spray it on the stain. Scrub with a brush (or towel). Let Dry. STAIN GONE!I once spilled an entire glass....not a 4 oz. glass...more of a fishbowl size glass of Merlot on our BRAND SPANKIN' NEW carpet. This happened less than 24 hours after my husband read me my rights about drinking wine in the basement living room with said new carpet. They went as such:
1. You will NOT drink red wine in the basement living room on the new carpet.
And that about summed it up. However, he was roping that night at the arena and I had an unwatched upside of ABC's Mistresses to watch....so I figured "what he doesn't know won't hurt him."
Imagine the panic I felt when I tripped trying to grab a blanket off the other end of the couch and SPLAT! My whole glass of wine "runneth over." I did what any good wife would do -- HURRY UP AND HIDE IT! Except, because I had this lovely, magic bottle of carpet cleaner, there was no hiding to be done. STAIN. GONE. in about 5 minutes. PHEW! To this day, Mr. Wine Police still doesn't know it even happened...and I doubt he will ever read this, so my secret is safe!
Get up from your computer, go to your local John Deere dealership. And buy a bottle....of carpet cleaner....then go buy a bottle of.....RED WINE!
You can't thank me later.
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