The ‘Nightmare’ ; Scenario !!! (The morning after the night before - Dealing with the aftermath)

Member Name: Redhillmum

Product:	The morning after the night before - Dealing with the aftermath
Date:	24/11/00 (79 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy solutions

Disadvantages: May not work the first time

Stains! Smells! Burns!

It was an absolutely brilliant party! Everyone had a great time, wished each other a Merry Christmas and waved goodbye until the New Year.

Then, you wake up the following morning open the lounge/living-room door and stand there aghast.

We never drank that much did we?

Ok, so the bottles and plates of leftover food you can deal with, but what about those red wine stains on the suite and the carpet? (a)

Oh no, how many cigarette burns? Who the hell burned the wall unit? (b)

I don’t believe it! There’s candle wax all down the wallpaper and on the carpet! (crayons I can accept, it’s natural)(c)

You then walk into the kitchen and find the cremated remains of the ‘supper’ the lads concocted when you had finally gone to bed. Why do men have to use every single item of crockery/cutlery/pan in the kitchen and why can’t they multi-task and wash up as they go along? (Sorry you lads out there reading this who disagree, you are obviously one of the ‘few’ and I apologise to you the minority).

How many pans have they ruined? (d)

You decide to pay a visit to the bathroom to tidy up before you make a start on the Blitz and what do you find?

Ok, let’s be honest (if not a little crude), something must have crawled into the bathroom and died! (e)

Where does it all end, or is this just the beginning?

Thank God, my house has never looked like this, well, I did say it was a nightmare scenario.

So, here are the solutions to dealing with the problems (besides kicking the ideas of another party into touch or chucking out the partner).

a) Red wine stains on carpets and upholstery: Sprinkle upholstery with salt and follow up with lukewarm water. Carpets: squirt soda from a syphon onto the area (but don’t drown it). Sprinkle with talc and vacuum dry. Repeat until stain is unnoticeable
. Failing this move your furniture around to cover it up until you get the professionals in!

b) Cigarette burns. Carpets: cut some fibres from a scrap of the carpet (which you would naturally have saved when it was laid)(not)(ok, make sure you do next time). Place a blob of glue where the burn is and fill the hole with carpet fibres. Wooden bookcases/furniture: If the mark is light, rub with metal polish (go with the grain). If it has a wax finish rub with turpentine. If the burn is deep and dark, rub with fine sandpaper, fill with woodstopping and tint to match the rest of the furniture with wood polish.

c) Candle wax. On wallpaper: Soften with a hairdryer and cover with blotting paper, then use a warm iron to press it, then blot remainder with meths. (Then go and arrange a visit to B&Q to choose some new paper ‘cos I’m sure you’ll still be able to notice it!). On carpets: Chill the area first with ice cubes then gently pick off the excess wax, cover with a piece of blotting paper and press using the iron on a warm setting. Rub with meths , then diluted carpet shampoo and rinse.


d) Burnt Pans. Boil up 2 teaspoons of bicarbonate of soda in a panful of water or soak in washing-up liquid in hot water and then rub with a paste of bicarbonate of soda. To be honest, I have used washing powder in the past, which has worked ok.
e) And finally, for the half-life left up there in the loo. ‘ Strike a Match!’ – yes it does work (ok, so you can smell the sulphur, but I’m sure it will be an improvement on the previous whiff!).


Well, I hope you don’t have much of this to contend with, but I’m sure if you are having a party there’ll be somebody leaving you a reminder of their visit. Let’s just hope it’s not a big one.

Have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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