Comments on: How to Remove Blood Stains from Fabric

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!

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.

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!

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.

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

on 5/26/2008 I have had to deal with quite a few blood stains in my day. Having 3 boys under ten, this does tend to happen. This may seem a little crazy but this works unlike any other treatment. Urine... yes people urine works the best. Just use a liberal amount to the stained garment and its gone. I learned this trick from my grandmother and never understood it until I questions my brother-in-law, a chemist. After a 30 min. lecture is was tought why this is the most effective aproaach to the much hated BLOOD STAIN!!!!!!!!!!

on 5/26/2008 I have had to deal with quite a few blood stains in my day. Having 3 boys under ten, this does tend to happen. This may seem a little crazy but this works unlike any other treatment. Urine... yes people urine works the best. Just use a liberal amount to the stained garment and its gone. I learned this trick from my grandmother and never understood it until I questions my brother-in-law, a chemist. After a 30 min. lecture is was tought why this is the most effective aproaach to the much hated BLOOD STAIN!!!!!!!!!!

on 5/26/2008 I have had to deal with quite a few blood stains in my day. Having 3 boys under ten, this does tend to happen. This may seem a little crazy but this works unlike any other treatment. Urine... yes people urine works the best. Just use a liberal amount to the stained garment and its gone. I learned this trick from my grandmother and never understood it until I questions my brother-in-law, a chemist. After a 30 min. lecture is was tought why this is the most effective aproaach to the much hated BLOOD STAIN!!!!!!!!!!

on 3/13/2008 Step 1: placed my garment in the sink and poured hydrogen peroxide concentrate (approx 5 caps full or slightly more, allowing the garment area to be submerged) Step 2: I used an old toothbrush and attacked the stains and they came right out. Step 3: I rinsed the garment again in cold water to dilute and rid the extra peroxide. Step 4 I prepared normal washing instructions. Note: I caught the stain within the first 10 minutes because I had a nose bleed. On the long standing stains, I did not have the same results. Good luck!

on 12/3/2007 Key being getting the blood stain before it sets. ~3 hours after finding a blood stain on my T-shirt, I got it out within 5 min with cold water and detergent. Emboldened, I tried to get a very well set (1 year? of multiple washing/drying) stain out of a dress shirt. Threw everything I could think of at it: peroxide, followed after hang drying by a contact lens protease solution, ivory soap and dishwashing liquid, then a laundry stain remover with “enzymes” (quotes as they don’t say which ones), and finally an ammonia containing window cleaner. If anything should have worked, I would have bet on the contact lens protease solution. The enzyme I used is one of the most nonspecific I know of. Meaning it does a really good job at degrading proteins. (Problem is these enzymes do a good job at degrading themselves, hence why they are sold as dehydrated tablets.)

on 11/10/2007 I just applied Hydrogen Peroxide with a Qtip on some blood-stained linens and it worked perfectly. I never knew!

on 10/31/2007 The peroxide was a perfect solution to blood on my new couch! I'd like to point out that I have used Tide Stick on a few pieces of clothes and it has ruined them. The stain left by the stick shows up like a siren under florescent lights! I have sent this comment to Tide so I'm not speaking behind anyone's back!!!! Thank's for the help with my blood stained couch.

on 9/11/2007 My husband loves to play with our little dog but she sometimes gets a little vicious. Here he comes carrying his favorite jeans and his new Skynard tee with blood. I was online, looked here, and started spitting. I couldn't believe how well this worked!!!! Outfit saved!!

on 9/11/2007 Spit, spit & more spit. It is free, comes in unlimited supply, & works great!!!!! If for some reason you don't have any spit, then peroxide works good too & it never stained my dry clean only bedding.

on 7/12/2007 My son had a nose bleed and to get the stain out I looked on here. I saw a lot of hydrogen peroxide suggestions and a lot of saliva suggestions so I tried both. The saliva worked immediately, with no rubbing needed. The hydrogen peroxide took longer and rubbing. I would highly recommend saliva over the hydrogen peroxide. It's quick, easy, AND works 100%.