HELP! how do you get red wine stains off of your ceiling??

[MeMyself&I]

Geezus..... So I came home yesterday evening and found my primary(cab.sauv.with skins!) was overflowing(end of day 2) oozing from the bucket seal, sitting in a puddle, airlock full of oak dust and red scum. So I spent over an hour cleaning it up and racking into a clean bucket AND took a bit less than 1/2 gallon out to make some space(knowing I had already lost about 1/2 gallon to overflow). Everything is fine..... BUT that 1/2 gallon I took out to reserve for later... I have a giant flip top bottle. After a long evening and unexpected clean up, it was late, so I put the reserve into that giant flip top bottle. I figured I'd burp it in the morning and figure out what to do with it then. So this morning I blurp it.... sounded like a gunshot and as I tried to QUICKLY close it, it sprayed out the darkest blood coloured liquid all over the room like a lawn sprinkler. I found wine droplets 15ft away ! The biggest problem now is I have cleaned it off the ceiling.... Blotted, then cold water soaked paper towels.... but it looks horrible. Any tricks?? am I destined to paint the ceiling?? AND the biggest concern.... can it be fixed before my wife comes home?? lol

 

[balrog]

Try a Qtip w peroxide, or pbw, but if it's dried, you're likely fried.

 

[MeMyself&I]

You are correct !!! I think the ceiling was still damp from the wet paper towel routine, but I took a brand new bottle of peroxide and a clean towel and mopped the ceiling with it. It is 95% gone ! A helluva difference !! Now I'm going to treat my shirt and pants haha ! thanks for the timely response !!

 

[Blacksmith1]

My advice is kiss her at the door. Tell her you can fix it. That you were trying to make her the perfect wine. And go get some Killz. That $hit covers anything.

 

[Blacksmith1]

P.S. next time make a smaller batch or use a bigger bucket. And if you want to reserve a portion that is still fermenting, use a bottle that can take an airlock.
They make bungs all the way down to wine bottle size. I have one for a large Jack Daniels bottle for my " overflow" at racking.

 

[Dave Sarber]

Or you could paint the ceiling a nice shade of blood red....that way, the bloodstains wouldn't show after SWMBO kicks your butt!