Store bought prewash sprays never seem to be good enough for my family. Also my fingers get tired of squirting the stuff all over our clothes. What I've come up with has worked on everything I've thrown at it including old dried blood, chocolate, grease, etc.
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I also used this when I worked for a car detailing company. We would squirt on the cloth seats and the carpet to remove anything before we started soaping it down. Worked GREAT!!!!
I will have to look for that stuff and give it a try. I've got some dried blood on my daughter's sheets and comforter from when she had a bloody nose and wasn't able to get out. I have also found that by adding either some Arm & Hammer Washing Soda or some baking soda along with my detergent that in most cases everything comes out clean and I didn't have to do the pre-treating!
I LOVE this stuff I have been using it for years and it can't be beat also gets dried paint off if used full strength. I use it for everything from the grill to the carpet. Never buy anything else. At $10.00 for 5 gal you cant go wrong
After reading this post I went to Walmart and bought the gallon size jug of Super Clean. I have been through so many cleaners that claim to do everything that I was leary of buying this one. I got it home and mixed it. This stuff really works, I tried it on and old blood stain full strength and let it sit just a few minutes. It got all of the stain out. I have never seen a product that would do that befrore.
I'm willing to try the WM stuff but there's NO way it could be better for blood and chocolate than my old stand by.... Hydrogen Peroxide. I buy a big bottle and replace the top with a spray top. You can use it on carpet (poof and it's clean), laundry, even the shirt you are wearing. It'll clean any stain that is biologic.
If you look at the ingredients of some of the "new" products you'll see good old HP. The Tide purse stick and Oxy Clean are two example of HP in the market now days.
I'm sure you should try a bit on an unseen location but I have never found any material that HP has hurt.
A bonus use is that with the sprayer on the top it makes it quick and easy to doctor up your child's skined knee, squirt squirt, blot blot, and you're ready for the bandaid. Not even time for a second scream.
I don't know if anyone will come back to this topic to answer me but just wondered what gets out set in blood. My daughter's sheets and comforter got bloodied up from a nose bleed in the night. My well-intentioned hubby washed w/o any pretreating and then put in the dryer. Needless to say, the blood is still there. I tried working on the stains but to no avail. I forgot to buy that Super Clean product and I've been at Wal Mart countless times!
Thanks,
Debbie
Editor's Note: Once it is set, it's harder to get out but you can try soaking the spots in hydrogen peroxide.
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