After getting rid of all the Sharpie permanent marker stains, I was still stumped by the red Kool-aid decorating my carpet. I got a lot of great suggestions in comments on that post though, so I thought I’d share them in a new post for everyone’s benefit.
Heather noted that:
If you catch it early, club soda will take out red koolaid. The Queen of Clean (as in Linda Cob) recommends club soda even for old koolaid stains (at lest it will make it lighter pink). She says that, after using the club soda and blotting it with a clean towel, use Spot Shot Instant Carpet Stain Remover
. If the stain is still set, saturate with hydrogen peroxide (which I’ve tried before and turned my carpet ORANGE, so use with care!) or undiluted lemon juice. Wait 15 minutes and blot. Continue to apply, checking progress to make sure you aren’t lightening the carpet. (Taken from Talking Dirty with the Queen of Clean
Kristen has “THE red koolaid/gatorade stain getter outer”:
Mix equal amounts of ammonia and hot water. Spray the stain. Take a towel and place over the stain. Go over the towel with an iron on its highest setting and watch the stain transfer! It was amazing. I did this 5 or 6 times over the stain and it was gone. It was an old stain too! Test in an area first.
Julie used Scrubbing Bubbles
Have any other tips to share?? Add them in comments and I’ll update this post!
WOW!! A big jug of Gatorade leaked on my tan carpet and mat in my Mercedes. I tried every suggestion I could find on the internet. Thought I was going to have to replace the carpet and mat. The ammonia / iron combo worked!! Amazing…THANK YOU so much!!!!
I came across this site looking for a way to take red koolaid out of my carpet. I tried Kristen’s method and it came out completely. Thanks for the good advice.
Shaving cream work great also:)
This worked Great!!! My little cousin spilled strawberry sunny-d on the carpet and after cleaning it with tons of cleaners such as oxy-clean and Resolve which picked up most of the dye but still left a pink hue. Once we tried this all of the pink came right out….it worked great! thanks so much for the tip now I know what to use on all my spills!
Tried every thing out there. Then came across this web page and tried Kristen’s solution and it worked like a charm. Thank you
I tried almost everything and every cleaner to get out my red kook aid stain and nothing worked. Then I found this post and tried the ammonia and hot water and WOW it really worked. Wish I would have googled this alot earlier. BUT THANK YOU