Life Hack: How to clean stains like wine and lipstick from any fabric

Cleaning tips for red wine, food stains, mud and lipstick

No point crying over spilled wine this Christmas

Wine 

Red wine is often the culprit when we stain fabric, especially during the Christmas festivities. The trick to avoiding a long-lasting mark is to act immediately. First, do not scrub the stain as that will cause it to spread further into the fabric and don’t reach for a hairdryer to dry it. Heat can make the stain permanent so you will want to treat it before you use anything hot on it. Instead, get any dry, powdery substance and apply it liberally to the spill. This can be table salt, baking soda/bicarbonate of soda, dry soap powder, talcum powder, or even cat litter. This will soak up much of the liquid and prevent it from soaking in further. Let that sit on the spill for a few minutes This alone may remove the stain, but if not, apply boiled water to it. This should cause the stain to dilute and spread out and the hot water will affect the molecules in the wine, making it easier to clean when you blot the stain.