# Red wine out of linen jacket

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 2, 2011, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-wine-out-of-linen-jacket/584052 "2011-06-02T05:14:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-wine-out-of-linen-jacket/584052/1 "2011-06-02T05:14:18Z")

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I’m going to a wedding this Friday at 6pm. I have a light tan linen jacket I was going to wear that has red wine on it. Questions:  
[ul][li]Can I get that kind of stain out?[/li][li]If so, can I do it myself?[/li][li]If not, can a dry cleaner turn that around before Friday at 6pm?[/ul][/li]  
Much obliged.

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**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-wine-out-of-linen-jacket/584052/2 "2011-06-02T05:47:22Z")

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I once heard that _white_ wine is the preferred method for getting out a red wine stain. I think professional cleaners may even use this method. I don’t have any cites presently though.🙂

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-wine-out-of-linen-jacket/584052/3 "2011-06-02T06:07:01Z")

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Oxygen bleaches like Oxyclean get out red fruit stains very quickly and are safe for colored fabrics. I don’t know about your if particular jacket is home washable, though.

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**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-wine-out-of-linen-jacket/584052/4 "2011-06-02T13:42:02Z")

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I’ve heard the white wine theory, too. But would you believe that club soda actually works?

Those old wives were on to something, after all.

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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-wine-out-of-linen-jacket/584052/5 "2011-06-02T13:46:33Z")

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All three of those do actually work.

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**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-wine-out-of-linen-jacket/584052/6 "2011-06-02T13:52:57Z")

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Would you recommend a riesling or maybe a nice sauvignon blanc? Any particular vintage?

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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-wine-out-of-linen-jacket/584052/7 "2011-06-02T14:22:53Z")

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Take a bowl, drape the fabric over the bowl so that it is reasonably taut and the stain is in the middle. Pour boiling water (no soap) through the stain, holding it about a foot away from the fabric. The bowl is just to catch the water.

Also works on cranberry sauce.