Request: Removing Blood from Fabric
Archived on 06/21/2009
How do you get dried blood out of clothes, especially sheets, pillowcases and men's khaki pants?
By Pat from Brookfield, WI
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RE: Removing Blood from Fabric
I have had good luck soaking the blood spot in milk. After soaking the item for a while rub the spot and soak longer if needed. You need to try to soak the item as soon as possible and not let the blood dry; you will have much better results at getting the blood spot out. (03/27/2009)
By Dixie's Mom
RE: Removing Blood from Fabric
Ammonia also works very well. Just soak the stain until it disappears. If the stain is on a heavy fabric, you may want to scrub it a bit. Also, I had always learned you should use only cold water to remove blood. Recently, my sister-in-law mentioned that she uses hot water. I've discovered that if I've used soap and water and a blood stain is not quite removed, hot water gets it all out. (03/27/2009)
By straightace
RE: Removing Blood from Fabric
Plain old peroxide. (03/27/2009)
By keeper60
RE: Removing Blood from Fabric
In the past, on a stubborn blood stain, I put the part that has the stain on it over the drain opening and run the cold water till it's wet with a little puddle. Then I take table salt and pour a good layer over the stained area. Let the water drip just enough to slowly melt the salt and keep it wet. I just put it in the bath sink and I forget about it for a number of hours. Just check now and then to make sure that it is still puddled with water and the salt is still there.
When it's been a number of hours, you take it out and scrub the material together to get as much out, then soak in a bucket of cold water with BIZ Stain, detergent cleaner. BIZ is really great. Soaking in a bucket may take a few days, but I check it like 2x a day and rub the material together to check. Eventually it comes out. (03/28/2009)
By C T
RE: Removing Blood from Fabric
My granddaughter turned me on to this trick and it even works on other stains and clothing that has one through the dryer. It takes some elbow grease, cold water and bar hand soap. Wet the stain and scrub it with the bar soap until the stain is gone. It really works. (03/28/2009)
By deebomb
RE: Removing Blood from Fabric
A nurse I know uses Zout stain remover and cold water wash. (03/29/2009)
By Carol in PA
RE: Removing Blood from Fabric
I have always used 409 Formula sprayed onto the blood stain straight from the bottle without diluting. Try scrubbing the fabric together by hand and it should start coming out. If not spray more onto the stain and let it set for awhile, maybe half an hour and try again. It always worked for me even after being dried into the material for a week or more (depending on when I could get to the laundry mat). (04/01/2009)
By 1burrell
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Request: Removing Blood from Fabric
Archived on 03/27/2009
Is there an easy way to remove dried (human) blood from white T-shirts? I have had great difficulty in removing dried blood.
Robert
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RE: Removing Blood from Fabric
I use Lestoil, it is a heavy duty cleaner. It works great. It will turn the dried blood like a muddy green, I use some cold water and work it out, sometimes just letting it sit for a while will help also.
Good Luck
(06/28/2007)
By Kim
RE: Removing Blood from Fabric
Trying laying the t-shirt on the lawn and soaking blood stain with lemon juice. Leave out in the sun. The sunnier the day, the better. (06/29/2007)
By cat lady
RE: Removing Blood from Fabric
I have had good results with either peroxide or Oxiclean. (06/29/2007)
By teddygirl
RE: Removing Blood from Fabric
I've found that liquid dish soap works. Just did it actually. Take liquid dish soap over the stain, rub and rise in COLD WATER. Do that till it comes out and wash as normal. (04/27/2008)
By Lyn
RE: Removing Blood from Fabric
Use shampoo, it works, and cold water, just dab the stain. It doesn't take long at all. (05/13/2008)
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I have always used peroxide too, until recently. It never really worked that well for me anyway. A surgical nurse told me try salt. I just rinse out as much blood as I can with cold water, and then lay it flat in one of those plastic (not Styrofoam) trays hamburger comes in. Cover it with cold water and pour salt on it. Come back the next day, viola! Blood's gone! I just rinse it out and throw in the wash. I've found it to work much better than peroxide, Oxiclean, or any other cleaner I've tried. (01/20/2009)
By Zyla
RE: Removing Blood from Fabric
Peroxide! pour a little bit on the blood. It bubbles up. Gently wipe off with tissue, pour on more peroxide, let it bubble up, gently dab off blood. The peroxide bubbles and actually turns a foamy brown as it absorbs blood. Nurses do this in the hospital. Good luck. (01/28/2009)
By Angela
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Tide + Head and Shoulders + Cold water = NO STAIN!
Today I ended up getting blood on my khaki work pants. In a panic I ran home and checked out some sites on how to remove blood from clothing. I presoaked the stain in Tide laundry detergent then ran cold water from the tub over the stain. I then took a wash cloth and scrubbed as much of the remaining blood as I can. A majority of the blood came out but you could slightly see the stain still. I took the Head and Shoulders shampoo and rubbed it into the pants and rinsed again. There is absolutely no trace of blood on my pants. (02/14/2009)
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Tip: Removing Blood from Fabric
Archived on 06/28/2007
Hydrogen Peroxide
Need to get blood stains out of clothing? Use hydrogen peroxide, full strength on whites. On colors, dilute the peroxide with water and then apply with a Q-tip. Rinse immediately.
By Kristina
When my mom broke her leg, she bled a lot on our dining room floor and the paramedics made a mess walking it all over the floor, they told me to use peroxide and I did and then steamed cleaned the floor with my carpet cleaner and voila!, it came right up! Peroxide breaks up the protiens and it works on anything!
By Lynne
I agree with the peroxide for removing blood, seems to work a little better for me if I wait until the blood is dried. It also works fine even after the item has been washed and dried already. I have had the best of luck with peroxide. An oxy clean spray also works in bad cases.
By makaylasmom
To help get blood out of clothing including jeans, use a capful of peroxide with liquid laundry soap, rub in and let sit for a few minutes then just throw in the washer, and voila!, no more blood stain.
By Kaylasmom
A happy accident. Found some more blood from a heavy nosebleed on the white side of a hand-made gift quilt, the day after. Scrubbed the dried blood with cold water 'til it wasn't going away any more (but not too hard, 'cause the white backing isn't exactly robust). Scrubbed a little more with some pre-wash. Looked it up here, applied a little hydrogen peroxide, followed with a little rubbing, and the remaining blood vanished before my eyes. Threw it in the washing machine and now I can't find the spots (only a very close examination shows the surface abraded from my attentions with the scrub brush).
Thanks for the tips!
By JonahsDad
Hydrogen peroxide is great on blood just make sure you launder the item soon after the peroxide. If the item is not washed, the peroxide keeps working and may eat a hole through the material. I learned this the hard way after a Red Cross volunteer got blood on my pants and removed it with peroxide.
By austin95mom
Editor's Note: There were many more tips and success stories about hydrogen peroxide but we wanted to leave room for other ways. Hydrogen Peroxide is the hands down winner within the ThriftyFun community!
Rubbing Alcohol
Need to get fresh blood out of fabric? Dab the spot with rubbing alcohol before putting through the wash. My nurse friend gave me this tip when I got blood on a new bedspread and it worked perfectly.
By Laura
Clear Ammonia
Clear ammonia will also work. It will not fade colors and I like to soak it overnight - it never fails me.
By annie
Spit On It
I learned this tip many years ago from a person who worked in a furniture factory responsible for cutting very expensive fabrics. If by some chance, you find an item with blood on it, find the person whose blood it is and have them spit on the blood and work it into the stain. It can only be the spit of the person whose blood it is. I have done this through the years and shared many times. You just wash as you normally would after working the spit into the area and let it sit for a few moments.
By MC
I'm a costume designer and it seems actors are always bleeding on costumes. For fresh blood, having the person who's done the bleeding spit on it works very well. It's a great solution when you don't have quick access to water. The other thing I use is Windex. It has to be Windex brand, not just blue glass cleaner. Just spray the spot and wash.
By alpenfraulein
Cold Water And A Bar Of Soap
For 40 plus years, to remove blood stains from washable fabric, I just dip the stained area in cold water, and rub a bar of hand soap (any brand) into the stain, and rinse in cold water. Repeat the process until stain is gone and launder as usual. For small stains, one repeat is usually sufficient. If the stain is larger, it takes a little more scrubbing.
By Harlean from Arkansas.
Homemade soap will get blood out of clothing, it actually works for most all stains.
By klr2080
Shampoo
Use shampoo even for set in blood stains. Don't know why but something in the shampoo takes the blood out. I use cheap stuff like Suave and keep it in the laundry area.
By Guest
After reading this site, i was going to try this hydrogen peroxide, but we didn't have any, so i tried shampoo because someone else recommended it, and we put some dandruff shampoo on the blood stained (light coloured) jeans, and let it sit for about 20 minutes, and the blood came RIGHT out.
If you want a cheap, easy way to get blood out of jeans, use shampoo.
By Courtnee
I tried the shampoo (Suave) on my 93 year old dad's colored shirts and dark green sweater. It worked. I used a sponge to lightly rub and then soaked it in cold water. Within 2 hours, it was gone. I rewashed in cold water with regular load. Thanks for the tip.
You are great folks.
By Momma2
Ice
Without washing, put ice on the stain. Believe me, it is the best way. I own a laundry and, believe me, that's the best you can do.
By ifi
Milk
Pour milk on the spot as soon as you get blood on it and you will see the milk rinse the blood right out of the fabric.
By linda
Purple Power
Best thing I have found is called Purple Power! This stuff works absolute wonders! I add it to my daily wash and have been for about 2 years now. My grandmother got a very horrible nosebleed and it was all over the front of a blouse she favored, and when I say all over, I mean it was EVERYWHERE! I shot it full strength with Purple Power, put it in the washer, let it go through all the motions, along with a full load. When it came out, it was absolutely spotless! TRY IT! Autozone and Advance Auto Parts carries it!
By Bob
Borax
Borax works great too; my DH is notorious for using his shirt to clean it off and it always comes out. I just wash it right away with regular detergent and at least 1/2 cup borax on WARM (I was always told cold water sets in most stains)
By camo_angels
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