Getting rid of blood stains?

I have always used salt. Rubbed in, left to work for a few hours then put in the washing machine on a hot wash.
Always worked ( so far )

Ideally, you would want to tackle the stain with water right away. The fresher the blood is, the more effective it is to clean it off. And then, apply some soap on it. Give it a good rub all over the stain. And if you're dealing with light-color fabric, hydrogen peroxide (which will act as bleach) will be a good option. In worse cases when the blood has dried, you'll need to put more work into it. First, apply some pre-treatment products which could be found anywhere on the market. Then use enzyme-based laundry detergent to wash off the stain. This could be applied to bed sheets, shoes, and any kinds of fabric or leather materials.
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Any tips on eczema? I've got it on my feet . Had patches of it before but never on my feet; not helping that I can only walk in trainers cause of my mutant feet. Dr gave me some eumovate but must admit to using some betnovate that has been lurking in the medicine cabinet for a long time. Trying to give my feet an airing whenever possible, though.

Hello again!

The eczema entirely stress related, it has already started to look a lot better (luckily I only seem to get it on my forearms) so I'm ok to use bio products.

Jess as Phoenix suffers from eczema presumably she has to avoid 'bio' products.

Rather like Sooks Nan, I go for the boil option - not in the saucepan though . I find it works.

Salt rubbed on then rubbed hard with warm, but not hot water. But I have. Feeling that if they have already been washed it might be harder to get them out.

Now-uh riverwalk - enzymes are biological molecules and they do not work on a hot wash - it "kills" them. They work best near to body heat. Enzyme products "digest" the long protein molecules in the blood - they snip the molecules apart so that you can wash them out.

Hottest will only set the stain more in my experience, Riverwalk!

I would really suggest a biological cleaner, it enzymes out the blood. I think salt and water only works when its still fresh.

www.wikihow.com/Remove-Dried-Blood-Stains-from-Fabric

Lakeland do something called white wonder or wonder white and it has just performed a miracle on a new carpet. DH 's thin skin often bleeds onto pillow cases.. I use a precious bottle of flash gel with bleach on whites and on coloured s where I prefer bleached out rather than bloodstained.

The longest and hottest cycle - no faffing around!

You need something with enzymes. Vanish oxyaction mainly works as a peroxide bleaching agent. Says it contains enzymes but I would go with something more obviously "bio" in action.
When MIL had a bleed on her beige carpet everyone bought a cleaning product. She had about 10 variations on the theme of Vanish under the sink in the end.
I later spoke to a carpet cleaner and he said - cold water, salt, if you like and then call the carpet cleaner man before putting other chemicals on (if we were talking carpets... )

A cold water and salt soak takes blood stains out but that's if you do it before washing and before they have dried in too much. My mum taught me that when my periods started. It worked.

Thanks all, I will try a combination, perhaps liquid Vanish with Bio Tex added!

Ella I really don't want to dye them if I can avoid it as they go so well with the curtains and bedside lampshades.

I've never known Vanish not to get rid of blood. Pour on liquid Vanish and leave for a morning or overnight.

phoenix As a last resort, you could always dye them.

Have you tried Shout or Lakeland do a stain stick remover which I use? You might have to do it a couple of times but I generally find it works. The other thing to try is Bio-Tex. Isn't it always something new it happens to!

phoenix in her youth my nan worked in a laundry, so everything white in our house was boiled to death in a huge aluminium pan. Underwear especially had to be whiter than white in case we got run over by a bus and had to go to hospital . Nobody cared that the elastic in my knickers perished. I had some every embarrassing moments and once had to remove my drooping drawers discreetly whilst waiting for a Liverpool Ferry.

When the pan wasn't used for boiling knickers it boiled ham shanks

I am sure someone on GN will come up with a miracle.

I think that's what I will have to do, Notso will have a look next time I'm in a bigger shop and just hope it's not too late, however I do think that I might have already "set" the stain.

Oh well, it's not the end of the world.

Have you tried any of the laundry stain sprays out there? They seem to work better than the bars.

It isn't fresh now though, and they are almost dry. Damn eczema! I must have scratched in my sleep

Same as vegas soak overnight in cold salt water best if the stain is fresh though.

Such a shame I love Egyptian cotton bedding.

Soak them in the bath with lots of biological powder or vanish.

You could try overnight soaking in cold water with lots of salt - or even better make a paste with salt and a bit of cold water, apply directly to the stains and leave for an hour or two before soaking. best of luck!

Oh bugger, they were practically new as well!

They are on the line now, can't get to any shop other than the village one as I have no car.