Comments on: How to Remove Blood Stains from Fabric

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%.

on 6/16/2007 My Mother took a nasty fall and when the med. tech. was changing the bandage today, the wound on her arm started to bleed all over again from the pressure of removing the old bandage. She had on one of her favorite white summer blouses and ended up getting two pretty large blood stains. I immediately put it in some cold water and bundled it up to bring home for more stain removal. Thanks for all the great tips here. I used the one calling for a liquid soap and peroxide mixture. The blouse was wet from the cold water rinse, so I just blotted the mixture on the stains with a sponge and before my eyes the stains were gone. I've got the blouse soaking in a plain cold water bath at the moment. It was a miracle and I'll certainly remember this valuable tip in the future.

Joyce of NC

on 5/9/2007 Here is an odd approach, that is best applied if: your aren't wearing lipstick, the stained fabric is relatively thin (not multiple layers),it is your own blood, you lack any blood borne contagions, and the stain is relatively small. First get a glass of water and rinse out your mouth. Following that, place a less important piece of fabric behind the stain. Finally, place your lips over the stain, and force your saliva through the fabric and into the cloth behind it. The natural enzymes and pH of your salive will disolve the blood quickly, diluting it and pushing it into the backing fabric. After all, house hold cleaners are little more than synthetic enzymes.

on 5/8/2007 My daughter woke up this morning in a dried pool of blood, from her nose, on her brand new white sheets! I immediatly googled staine removal and found this treatment. It worked phenomenally! The stain came out with little effort and the sheets look brand new again. Thank you eHow, and thank goodness for the internet!

on 3/13/2007 The solution that has been missed!!! What happens if you don't have peroxide?? If the person with the spit is not available??? I learned my solution from a 95 year old "country woman" Spray the fabric with water, make a paste with good old Table Salt, (the kind found in any kitchen cabinet or at any resturant). Throw in the washer and be amazed. No presoaking or scrubbing necessary. This will not work with clothes that have already set in with heat from the dryer, but can be used even if the clothing article has set around for a few days.

on 2/12/2007 I used the Hydrogen peroxide solution on a blood stain that i had on my mattress. It worked instantly. The stain had been there for almost a year. I needed to return my mattress because it turned out to be a bad one, after only 2 years of owning it. It was warrantied for 10 years. When i called to let them know, the first thing they asked me was if it had any stains on it. I said "no". Then when i was able to remove the stain, they took it back, no questions asked. Phew!

on 8/25/2006 I tried to use Dove soap and it worked! Just wet the fabric, rub it with the soap, and rinse under cold water and voilà, the stain is gone. But when I tried the same thing to a fabric with an older blood stain, it didn't work. Not even the hydrogen peroxide solution worked. I guess it has got something to do with how fresh the blood stain is on the fabric. The first one was just last night. The other one is much, much older and has been put in the dryer before.

on 8/24/2006 I didn't have any peroxide, so I used a household cleaner called Fantastik. It must have peroxide in it, because it worked very well.

I first wet the stain, then sprayed it with Fantastik, let it set for about a minute, and then scrubbed it with an old toothbrush. The stain came out quite easily.

on 8/20/2006 A friend of mine worked at a medical lab and told us the best way to remove blood is to first pour straight hydrogen peroxide on the blood stain, then launder as usual. My son gets very bad nose bleeds and this works every single time!

on 8/16/2006 Believe it or not, but the best thing to remove bloodstains (old or new) is your own spit. My grandmother is a quilter and she taught me this.

on 8/8/2006 Hydrogen peroxide is great for blood stains, but it's very harsh on your fabrics and can wear it down with time. Cold water has always worked for me and it's so easy. I just soak the stain in cold water and use some soap to rub the stain. For fresh stains, you only need to soak it for about 30 minutes. After rubbing with soap, the stain should be gone. If you can still see the stain, spray a little stain remover prior to laundering. This has also worked for me with set stains. You just need to let the item soak longer. I generally soak set stains overnight.

on 8/8/2006 Everyone's been right about the hydrogen peroxide getting stains out. My boyfriend got hurt in a row playing basketball, and got blood on two different shirts. His white shirt was covered in blood, so that took a lot of work. First, I poured hydrogen peroxide on all the stains and blotted the liquid with paper towels. This definitely faded the stains, but didn't get rid of it. So I put Shout (the ultra concentrated kind) and face wash and Dove soap. I scrubbed at it with a toothbrush and voil, stains gone!

For his other shirt, I was kind of worried about fading it (it's gray) with peroxide. So I put 1/2 peroxide and 1/2 water in a spray bottle and sprayed the solution directly on the stain. This worked right away! I blotted it up and the shirt was as good as new.

After working on all the stains, I washed the shirts on the heavy duty cycle with cold water.

on 1/9/2008 I've had experience with a lot of blood stains, and nothing works better than Dove brand bath soap (the white bar). It's best not to use warm or hot water on stains, but Dove soap takes out stains that are dried up, hard and even stains that have been soaked in hot water. Just put the stain under running warm water, scrub with the soap, rinse, and it's gone. If the stain is not large, it's not even necessary to throw the clothing into the wash after being cleaned with the soap.

Of course, if you don't have Dove soap, you can simply wash the stain under cold water with normal soap. You can also use an old toothbrush to scrub the stain with hydrogen peroxide. However, peroxide will take the color off clothing and doesn't remove it immediately. You will still have to throw it in the wash and scrub it yourself, though the peroxide helps a little.

on 6/30/2006 I always keep a bottle of hydrogen peroxide in the laundry area. Just pour a small amount onto a stain and you will see it working immediately.
It will even work on dried blood, but you may have to re-apply a small amount again.

on 6/30/2006 If the stain is small, use your own spit directly onto the spot. The reason that the stain has to be small is because you don't have enough spit to do a large spot. After you see that most of the stain is gone, rinse with cold water and wash as usual.