How to Remove Blood Stains
Sometimes, accidents happen no matter where you are. And with
accident usually comes blood. Blood stains are tough and it can be on
the fabric permanently. However, if you have enough patience as well as
diligence, you will be bringing back your old fabric into a clean and
stain-free fabric in no time at all.
Treating blood stains must be done as soon as possible. Do not wait for
your laundry dry and let the stain sit on the fabric for too long. The
longer the blood stain remains on the fabric, the harder it will be to
get rid of.
As soon as you have the time to treat the stain, blot it with cold water
and a paper towel. However, if it is a “dry clean only” cloth, you must
not pre-treat the stain. Instead, take it to the nearest dry cleaner so
that they can immediately treat the stain themselves.
In removing the blood stains, you must be aware of the type of fabric of
your garment. This is necessary in order to know which solution will be
right for the garment and which must not be used. If in case the blood
stained an acrylic, cotton, fabric, spandex, polyester, nylon, linen, or
olefin, here is what you should do.
- Wash the blood stain on cold water.
- If there are still remaining stains, soak the garment in the
mixture of warm water, laundry detergent and ammonia. Leave it for
at least 15 minutes.
- Lightly brush the stained area so that the stain will be washed
away from the garment. Do this until no blood stains are seen.
- Rinse it well with water. Make sure that you would leave any
trace of ammonia on the garment as well.
- Hang to dry.
On the other hand, if the blood stain has ruined your wool, acetate,
rope, burlap, silk, rayon, triacetate, and fiberglass, here are the
things that you can do to get rid of the stain.
- Get rid of the stain as early as possible so that you would not
have a hard time removing it.
- Use light strokes to sponge away the stain with cold water. If
the stain is still new, this might do the trick.
- If there are still remaining blood stains, place a few drops of
ammonia on the spot. However, it is not recommended that you do this
for wool as well as silk.
- Let the ammonia stay on the garment until the stain is already
gone.
- Use a stain remover and wash the garment with cold water.
- See to it that you also removed traces of the ammonia on the
garment as well.
- Dry thoroughly.
Blood stains can be easily removed from things such as marble,
plastic, tiles, alabaster, bricks, and more. Simply wipe the area with
damp cloth and water if the stain is still new. You may also opt to
brush it with water and a laundry detergent as well if there are still
remaining blood stains.
On the other hand, if it affected your carpet, you may squirt on some
stain remover on the stained spot. You may also mix lukewarm water with
a non-alkali detergent and blot it on the stained area using a damp
cloth.
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