Comments on: How to Remove Blood Stains

By: Sharon

Sharon — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:41:08 +0000

I just removed a large blood stain from my couch with a paste made from meat tenderizer. I had tried everything else the night before and was still left with a residual stain. The meat tenderizer left a slight residual whiteness that I was able to vacuum away.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:00:02 +0000

Windex works. As us girls know, and it’s a fact of life, period stains happen to the best of us, and you don’t want to throw away a good pair of panties. Spray on some Windex, rub it a little and let it soak, and then toss them in the washer as usual, and the stain should be gone. Works for me!

By: Sandra

Sandra — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 23:50:21 +0000

I usually just get the milk out of my fridge and soak the stain in milk and you wont have anymore problems in worrying about causing other things.

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:49:32 +0000

Half a pint of blood inside and outside a new boot, dried for 5 days. Got it clean with hydrogen peroxide – used a whole large bottle, neat. Affects the color, so it was necessary to “treat” the other boot – so they match.

By: Wm Ives

Wm Ives — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:33:53 +0000

The best way to remove a blood stain, especially fresh, is with saline (salt water). It is what the red blood cells survive in our body. The RBCs are filled with protein (high osmolality) and need to be in osmotic balance with their surrounding fluid. If exposed to water (low osmolality), the water will rush into the cells bursting them. Ex.: one drop of blood will turn a toilet bowl red. I use about 2 tbs. of salt to a qt. of water and blot the stain out. When I was an orderly, I ruined many clothes using hyd. peroxide. As a surgeon, I’ve ruined none.