# Red wine stains **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 1, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-wine-stains/487842 "2009-03-01T02:21:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-wine-stains/487842/1 "2009-03-01T02:21:46Z")
Bother! I was at a great birthday party tonight – or at least it was great until a drunk guy jostled my arm and spilled red wine on my Very Favorite White Shirt. The one that is the _only_ shirt that goes with my great purple skirt, the one that I can wear to work _and_ to the theatre, the one that fits perfectly and has excellent darts that makes my waist look tiny and my boobs look _amazing_. I spent about three hours with a giant red drip down my front (twenty minutes at the party making my excuses plus two and a half hours on Night Buses). When I got home, I immediately wet it and sprinkled some salt on it, then checked the Internet, which told me to soak the stain in white wine for a few hours to dislodge it. I am now doing so. I plan to leave it overnight and then wash it with detergent in the morning, but I figured if there were something better I could be doing, the Dope would know. How do you get rid of red wine stains slightly after the fact? It is – as I have said – my VERY FAVORITE WHITE SHIRT. VERY FAVORITE. WHITE. SHIRT. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-wine-stains/487842)._