How can I get red Gatorade stains out of beige carpet? The stain is about 2 years old and I've tried everything.
Melissa from Fairfax, VA
have you tried oxy clean? you get it wet and kinda make a paste let it sit a minute or so and wipe with a wet cloth.
Get some Spot Shot - dark blue can with an orange top - you can find it at Wal Mart, Home Depot, etc.
Cost a little more than some cleaners, but I haven't found a stain yet that it wouldn't remove.
I had a problem once with a red stain on a pale gray carpet and I got a product from a janitorial supply that you pour on the spot, put a white cloth over it and then press a steam iron to it. The steam draws the red coloring into the cloth.
I spray peroxide on any red stains. So far so good.
I've tried the Oxiclean paste and it didn't work. I have done everything, vinegar, baking soda, tonic water, steam cleaner, ammonia, Windex, and anything else I could find. We have a rental house so I had to get this stain out before we were charged damages.
I found a website that said to place 2-4 cups of water and about 4 drops or squirts of Dawn dishwashing detergent over it (I used cold water, but I don't think it matters). I then placed a white towel over the stain and turned my iron on to "cotton". I placed my iron over it and waited about 30 seconds. I had to repeat it a few times. (My iron shut off after the 30 seconds to prevent burning so I just redid it.) I am "shocked" that after the stain of red Gatorade being there for 2 years, it came up. I have some more to do, but I just had to share.
My daughter spilled red Gatorade on my multi colored burbur carpet. Windex took it right out,blot it up good first then I used my steam cleaner did nothing,big ole red spot still there,then next morning took my Windex sprayed it thoroughly, you could see it just fading away,let the air get to it with Windex on.
I used the peroxide suggested here and the red gatorade stain vanished! Thanks for the tip!
I have a rental unit at the beach and we had some tenants spill red Gatorade right smack in the middle of the living room. I thought I'd never get it out and even thought of replacing the carpet, until I found this site! I tried the suggestion from Susan in Concord CA, using hot water and dawn dish detergent! Blotted on the solution and then covered with a clean white cloth and then used my steam iron to draw the stain into the towel.
I was in a nice hotel this morning my son and a friend spilled red Gatorade, on the carpet! I was more than desperate I saw this site and I had a little less than two hours before checkout. I went to the 7-11. and bought both the hydrogen peroxide and the dawn. I used the steam iron that they had at the hotel.
Nope, none of these solutions worked on my Burbur carpet.
My son spilled red gatorade on my carpet last night and I found it this morning. I've tried every single solution here. Does anyone have any other suggestions?
I followed the comment below about mixing 2-4 cups of water with some Dawn soap and then ironing a damp rag over it. This worked AMAZING! I tried many things before this that did not work.
LOL!! No kidding. I just tried this. I just tried shampooing my rug, with no luck. So I found this board and tried it. I didn't have any Dawn, so I used some Polmolive (green) and poured on a generous amount of peroxide from the dollar store. I am dumbfounded, becausee the stain came out!!
OMG I just tried this and it worked. I have a 100% wool area rug from pottery barn. My daughter spilt red gatorade on it years ago. Tried carpet steam cleaner, oxyclean, peroxide nothing worked and I gave up-stain was under the sofa. Move ahead 5 years later and I am using this same rug in my dining room and the red stain screams at me everytime I walked into the room. With Thanksgiving approaching, I am entertaining and just had to try again to get this stain out and I found this recipe with the Dawn and the iron-it works. Be patient-I went thru 3 towels but it all came out. This is amazing. The stain was 5 years old.
I was skeptical too. I used ajax dish soap and it worked fabulously!! Who knew so many people spilled red gatoraide on their carpet!
I'm so happy I found this board. My son had a sleepover and a friend spilled RED gatorade on our carpet. The windex, hot iron, towel solution worked! The steam transfers the stain to the towel. And yes, the key is keeping the fan on the spot and drying completely before doing another round. It took a good 24 hrs and 7 attempts but I am very happy with the results. My stain went from red, to pink to now almost gone! The key is patience as you won't see a big change right away.
I used the iron/water/Dawn method and it worked great!!!!
So happy with the results. :)
The dawn, water and iron absolutely works! My son also had a sleepover, where someone spilled red Gatorade on the rug. I used a white long cotton cloth purchased at the grocery store and kept leaving the iron on parts of the cloth for 1-2 minutes until it was all used up. Then just threw it away. The heat absorbs the stain. Great, economical solution to annoying problem. Thanks for posting!
I was skeptical to say the least but had tried everything so I tried this method and could not believe as the towel started showing pink spots--- it REALLY does work all gator ade gone!!
My son spilled red Gatorade on his bedroom white carpet. Tried the Oxi clean stain remover - nothing happened. Tried peroxide - nothing happened. Tried the Dawn dishwasher soap and water and ironed with a towel and stain went bye-bye!! It works!!!
Have you tried Biz and water?! Just pour water over the stained area and then take a towel and pour Biz on it and scrub the area! Worked for my floral carpet.
OMG, it worked! I have tried so many things (peroxide, bleaches, Clorox pens...) and NOTHING has worked. I was gonna give up, but tried this as a last result. All I did was saturate the area with water that I wanted the stain removed from and then I rubbed a lot of blue dawn dishwashing liquid into it till mixed together. I put a white cloth over it and with the iron on the cotton setting, I set it on white cloth and heated it about 6 times total, about 30 seconds each time. Stain is gone.
