Wine stains on LE sleeve

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Binney4
Binney4 Member Posts: 8,609
edited June 2014 in Lymphedema

Okay, so I'm very clumsy and I spilled a glass of red wine all over one sleeve and glove. It was not much wine at all, but of course when it spills it somehow takes on the proportions of a tsunami. Huge mess, but as soon as I mopped it up I ripped off the garments and washed them out. Which left them with huge blotches of blue-grey stains.SurprisedYell Naturally this was my best pair, so I was, uh...bummed, to put it mildly.

Flash forward to two days later when I suddenly remember that I read somewhere you could get red wine stains out of fabric by soaking it in white wine. I pondered that for a couple more days, wondering what a good soaking in wine would do to the compression. We can't use bleach, fabric softener, you name it -- but nowhere have I read that we can't soak our garments in wine. Must be an oversight on the part of the manufacturersLaughing!

So I tried it. Fifteen minutes later the white wine had taken on a pink tint and I was hopeful. So I washed them as usual and -- ta-da! -- they look like new!Kiss Doesn't seem to have damaged the compression either.

Just thought I'd pass that along, to store in the back of your mind in case you ever need it. These accessories of ours are so stupid expensive that ruining them with wine amounts to a financial disaster. No sweat! Just crack open another bottle!Wink

Now, how to get the chocolate stains off my gloves....Embarassed
Binney

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  • SharonMH
    SharonMH Member Posts: 353
    edited January 2012

    Hi,  Good to know, It also works for carpets. Maybe white chocolate would help with your glove.  HaHa  SharonH

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  • BeckySharp
    BeckySharp Member Posts: 935
    edited January 2012

    So funny Binney--not!  I got an oil stain on a gauntlet from a gas pump.  I usually put on a plastic glove on top but did not when I got gas this time.  It did come out with the dreft that night but it still smells like fuel.  Luckily it was my oldest gauntlet!  It has made me almost left handed!     Becky

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  • Binney4
    Binney4 Member Posts: 8,609
    edited January 2012

    I don't believe this.Surprised I now have another problem, same set of garments. Anybody have any suggestion for getting candle wax out of LE garments? Green candle wax.Tongue out

    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!YellYellYell
    Binney

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  • carol57
    carol57 Member Posts: 3,567
    edited January 2012

    Have a glass of wine.  You will feel much better about your colorful garments.

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  • carol57
    carol57 Member Posts: 3,567
    edited January 2012

    More seriously, clearly you are not going to use an iron over a paper towel, the usual solution to candle wax.  Assuming you have peeled away all the above-surface wax, what about warming the garment ever so gently and massaging in some vegetable oil to help liquify the wax?  Blot, and then use your normal laundry product to remove the oil and wax?

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  • kira66715
    kira66715 Member Posts: 4,681
    edited January 2012

    Binney, or freeze it and crack it off?

    Just what are you up to with the wine and candles??? Sounds like you're having way too much fun

    Kira 

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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited January 2012

    Someone gave me this idea for getting gum and junk off a carpet or off wood..I think this would work on a compression garment.  Cover the spot with apple slices then cover it all with plastic wrap.  Supposedly the mild acid from the apple will "melt" the debris and then you should be able to clean the item as you normally would.

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  • Leah_S
    Leah_S Member Posts: 8,458
    edited January 2012

    Binney, I'd go along with freezing it (put the garment in the freezer).

    That must have been some party!

    Leah

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  • Kay_G
    Kay_G Member Posts: 3,345
    edited January 2012

    Binney, you seem to be having way too much fun!

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  • Binney4
    Binney4 Member Posts: 8,609
    edited January 2012

    Yes, well, an hour or so after I posted the candle-wax question it occurred to me that this thread sounds like a romantic evening gone seriously wrong.Kiss

    But no. My beautiful evergreen-smelling pillar candle needed some of the wax trimmed down, so clever me thought that rather than trying to hack through a half inch of cold, hard wax I'd just light it, get it nice and soft, and make an easy job of it. So I took my handy-dandy kitchen knife to the still warm, wet candle and...I'll leave the rest to your imaginations.Tongue out A cautionary tale.

    So, the glove's in the freezer, where no compression glove has gone before. I'll let you all know how it turns out.

    Those "garment care" instructions just don't go far enough, do they? What do they think we do, sit with our hands in our laps?!Undecided

    <sigh!>
    Binney

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  • Sher
    Sher Member Posts: 540
    edited January 2012

    Earlier as I was reading this about the wine, I was thinking to myself.....hmmmm wonder if the wine aroma stayed after the washing?  Now I'm thinking.........wine and evergreen.......who needs perfume!

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  • carol57
    carol57 Member Posts: 3,567
    edited January 2012

    Binney, do tell us how this worked out!

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  • Binney4
    Binney4 Member Posts: 8,609
    edited January 2012

    So, you freeze it and the wax gets hard enough to just sort of break away, but not entirely because it's in all those little spaces in the fabric. And it's still green, just not as solid green as it was before the freeze. So I got the faucet water as hot as it gets (which in our house is pretty hot) and ran it under the faucet, rubbed some soap on it and massaged that in, rinsed it and -- I'm back in business!Smile No green. It's not stiff, either, so I'm hopeful. I'll give it a regular wash cycle now and hope I haven't ruined the stretch.

    Man, I just looked down at all that green wax on my glove right after I'd finally solved the wine incident and thought, This can't be happening to me!  Thank you all for the suggestions. Tomorrow I'll be sitting on my hands.Yell

    Be well!
    Binney

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  • Leah_S
    Leah_S Member Posts: 8,458
    edited January 2012

    Binney, it didn't sound like a romantic evening gone seriously wrong. It sounded like a romantic evening gone seriously right!

    Sigh. And then it turned out to be cleaning up, business as usual. Burst my bubble.

    Leah

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  • BeckySharp
    BeckySharp Member Posts: 935
    edited January 2012

    Sheesh Binney!  Couldn't you have made up a nice romantic tale for us?  Reality is not as much fun sometimes.  Becky

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