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Step 1
Blot the stain immediately with paper towels. If it is a dry clean only garment make sure you do not pretreat the stain and get it as fast as you can to the cleaners. Pretreatment of the stain can cause irreversable damage and the dry cleaner may not be able to remove the stain.
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Step 2
Combine 1 teaspoon laundry soap or pretreatment (or dish soap, like Dawn) and 1 cup hydrogen peroxide in a small bowl. Soak a clean sponge in the mixture, squeeze it halfway dry, then gently blot the stain.
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Step 3
Review the washing instructions on the label of the fabric. Heed any special care instructions.
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Step 4
Wash in cool water and air dry if the fabric is machine-washable. Using a laundry additive such as Oxy Clean may help.
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Step 5
Wash gently in the sink with a mild detergent like Woolite if the fabric is hand-wash only.
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Step 6
Air dry. Do not use your dryer. The heat can make the stain set in if it does not come out the first time you try to clean it. If you air dry it and it does not come out you still have the option to take it to your cleaners because the stain has not set in.
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Step 1
Sponge the stain lightly with a solution of equal parts ammonia and water.
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Step 2
Apply a laundry pre-treatment, such as stain remover or detergent.
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Step 3
Launder as usual.
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Step 4
Air dry.
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Step 1
Sponge stain lightly with a solution of equal parts water and ammonia.
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Step 2
Rinse fabric in cool water.
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Step 3
Brush spot with a dry towel from the center of the stain out, using light strokes, blending wet into dry. Force moist area to dry from outside in, using a hairdryer or dry towel.
Comments
sarakerosene said
on 6/30/2009 Kay, I just thought I'd add to this.
I got some blood on my white bedsheet because evidently, my finger prick hadn't stopped bleeding.
I spit on it, and rubbed it with my finger. Now it's dry, and it's like it never happened.
So I found an old blood stain, that has possibly been washed and dried several times, spit on it, and it's fading!
Seriously, the people who promote the saliva technique are genius!
vintageginny said
on 10/3/2008 I can concur with Miss E that nothing works better than your own saliva. I learned this from my Mother who was quilting until her death at 90. In the quilting circles, when someone pricked their finger and left a blood spot on a quilt, it was extremely important that the same quilter spit on the blood and blotted it clean. Has something to do with individual enzymes of something.....maybe it's the same principle with urine as suggested by steveooo1984! Of course, the quilters were not dealing with great quantities of blood.
maleintheusa said
on 9/21/2008 I tried torch6576's suggestion on a blue cotton t-shirt that had fresh blood on it. I put hydrogen peroxide on the stain, put the salt on, waited 15 minutes, came back and the salt was red. I brushed the salt off and washed it. No stain. Thanks!
torch6576 said
on 9/2/2008 Pour peroxide on the stain and cover the stain with table salt. You will actually see the salt turn blood color as it soaks up the bloodstain. I did this on a pillow case where the stain had over a month to set while waiting to be washed.
Miss-E said
on 7/3/2008 Honestly nothing works better on a blood stain on clothes than your own saliva. It has to be your blood and your saliva though otherwise for some reason it doesn't work. But trust me. I had a blood stain on my pajamas, so I spat on it, and it literally disolved, put it in the washing machine, and nows theres no trace left :) Dont believe me? Try it :D