Nancy Birtwhistle was on This Morning at the beginning of December to share her incredible hack to getting red wine stains out of tablecloth – the tip is handy as many people enjoy hosting guests for dinner
A cleaning expert has shared their ‘genius’ method to remove red wine stains in seconds with no scrubbing.
Nancy Birtwhistle was on This Morning at the beginning of December to share her incredible hack to getting red wine stains out of tablecloth. The tip comes in handy as many are preparing to host guests for dinner and drinks during the holidays.
She made clear that this works on fresh stains and not on stains that have been washed in. The best part is that you only need boiling water. In her demonstration on This Morning, Nancy clipped the tablecloth stained in red wine to a colander. She said you would want to put the colander in the sink for the next step.
She said: You would use freshly boiled water out of the kettle. Basically what you do is just pour that on. You can see that already have an impact and you can see that you will dissolve away. It breaks down and just disappears.”
She added that this tip works on fruit juice, jam and mincemeat. When it comes to stains that you cannot put in the sink – for example, the carpet – she shared another trick. Nancy said to make a solution with one part vinegar, two parts tepid water and a squirt of eco-friendly washing up. She said that then uses the solution and works from the outside to get the stain out.
One person online was grateful for the tip and wrote: “Nancy is truly a goddess.”
Earlier we reported how Nancy has also shared an environmentally-friendly way of unblocking clogged sinks. She advises using eco-alternative materials rather than going down the chemical route. Her comments were highlighted by the Daily Express and her tips show old-fashioned cleaning methods are often the best and better for the environment.
In her tips, which were published online, Nancy said: “Now before you go out and buy sink unblockers, with many of them being so toxic to the environment, try this!” Not using chemicals in her method, she divulged her go-to trick: “All I used was 200g of washing soda and dissolved it in 200ml of boiling water from the kettle”. The soda is also known as soda crystals and is a natural mineral salt which can tackle grease and other items which can clog up pipes.
Many home remedies use vinegar and baking soda for their blockages, but they don’t pack the punch needed against stubborn grease and fats. this excludes alkaline soda crystal, which has detergent-like power to bust through the grime. The method uses boiled water to clear any water around the plug before soda crystals are added and more boiled water is used to chase any gunk down the plughole.
