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!
The ammonia mixture and iron trick REALLY DOES work. Thank you.
Rodney
I spilled red margarita mix all over my kitchen, can someone please tell me the best way to remove the stain from my formally tan formica counter top? Thanks Jeff
I was so upset with my 11 year old for getting red kool aid on the rug. It’s a brand new house. When I read about the towel and the hot iron I thought these people have to be crazy. But I tried everything to get it out. So I thought I have nothing to lose. IT WORKED AWESOME!!!!! You can’t even tell the kook aid was there! Thank you so much.
I just tried Kristen’s ironing technique on several large red kool-aid stains on my family room carpet. The stains were approximately 3 weeks old. It worked like a charm; not a trace of the red stain remains! Thanks for the hot tip, Kristen.
When i was a kid I spilled red koolaid on our new blue carpet. I put a towel down on it and stacked the world book encyclopedia on top of it. One hour later i nervously removed the books and the towel. No stain, no chemicals.
You can also use rubbing alcohol to get sharpie marker stains removed.
WD 40 works for crayon on walls (except NOT red crayon)
I love “how to remove” tips!
How can you get permanent sharpie marker out of a t shirt?
Ah, red stains. Can’t wait for that stage of mothering! Great tips!!
Thanks for posting this! We prefer the darker evil-staining Kool-aid flavors and Gatorade in our home. I will file this tip away for our next inevitable disaster!
Great tips! Thank you for sharing them.