Submitted by kokichissoulwife t3_11d05vm in LifeProTips
Had a nose bleed a month ago, i got some on my bed sheet and i never noticed it until now, it’s all black and i can’t get get rid of it even though i put it in the washing machine, or i tried soaking it in cold water with some soap (what i’ve seen on articles), but none of that worked, what can i do it get it off?
Is safe to use for other things too?
Yes but may lighten fabric
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Yes
After 2 months it gets some but not all the blood stain
thank you for answering but i don’t think i have hydrogen peroxide
Soo.. buy some from a store lol. It’s cheap
Seriously like .98 cents at Walmart
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Its sold everywhere. Its not some difficult to find chemical. But it ll ruin your bedsheets unless they are white sheets.
Hell, yeah. 😂
It’s pretty cheap at most stores, and you can even get it at a lot of convenience stores. I know for s fact that places like Rite Aid and Walgreens have it for only a few dollars
Have you tried the cold wash and hydrogen peroxide treatment?
Spraying Shout works, too.
Or just replace the bedsheets. If you've had them long enough to not notice the blood stain, you should probably invest in a second set of bedsheets anyway.
How long should sheet last?
You should probably change your sheets at least every other week, your pillow cases every week. It keeps dust mites and allergens down, and there are a lot of oils and dirt in your hair that can cause acne problems.
I have two twin adjustable beds put together for a king. I always hated waiting for a large load of laundry then having to spend so much time folding and sorting the massive load.
Now I wash one full set of sheets and blankets from one of the beds each week with whatever clothes me and my son have accumulated all week. Blanket and sheets get washed every 2 weeks snd my laundry folding is quick.
hmm i don’t think i have hydrogen peroxide
There's this place called Wal-Mart. You should check it out. Go in there and when the old lady says "Welcome to Wal-Mart" you say,
"Where the hell is the hydrogen peroxide, lady."
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It's a common household product. Most people keep it for cleaning scrapes and removing bood stains. Ask your mom, she likely has some.
Hey, honestly, you won't use all of the hydrogen peroxide in one go. You need to get a towel and put it on the opposite side of the fabric, get the bottle of hydrogen peroxide and pour some onto the stain, and dab with another towel.
You can alternatively use some oxyclean dissolved in water in place of the hydrogen peroxide.
Just ask your folks to get some, if they're reasonable people they'll understand. It's like one dollar.
Unless you're trying to conceal that you're cleaning blood off your sheets. In that case I would say to borrow a bottle from a trusted friend or something.
Anyway, idk your life but good luck !
>You need to get a towel and put it on the opposite side of the fabric, get the bottle of hydrogen peroxide and pour some onto the stain, and dab with another towel.
To add to this, the stain can bleed (woops there's a pun) into the towel you use so use something appropriately colored or that you don't care if it gets stained.
It’s very cheap usually no more than $2.00. You can buy it at like the dollar store, a pharmacy, grocery store etc
Nice try Jeffrey Dahmer.
i swear i’m not haha
Mr. Swearengen's got a business here...
I recommend trying an enzyme cleaner. We use Puracy, which does amazing things like remove oil stains, tomato stains, and even urine smell.
Petzyme is this and works too!
You can buy special products for this. If you want to try household items first, try making a paste out of baking soda, salt, and water. Let it sit on the stain for a bit and then add some more water and scrub the sheet by rubbing it against itself (the salt granules will do the scrubbing part). It works better if you haven’t tried to wash it already but it might be worth a try.
ahh thank you
In future … before you wash it, put it under a cold tap, rub bar soap on the stain, then rub vigorously (fabric on fabric - either two stained parts, or stained and unstained). Rinse, repeat. Then turn around to the other side of the fabric, rub soap, rub fabric vigorously again (ie repeat). This should get rid of at least 90% of it - repeat again if needed.
…or save all that time and energy and get hydrogen peroxide. It dissolves blood.
You might want to wash sheets more often than once a month.
Folex for the win! Buy it at Lowe’s- it can be used to clean stains in carpet and works miracles on clothes too!
saliva works on fresh blood. idk about dried though.
It only works on fresh blood.
Oxy-clean is as amazing as they tell you it is! Let that sh*t soak in for a week, and the wash it right out.
Yes! The gel stick gets out everything!
hydrogen peroxide
I had a blood stain that was set by a dryer
I used oxyclean and water and soaked it for a couple of hours
Hydrogen Peroxide
Dish soap
Borax
Oxi Clean
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Those are my top four solutions for cleaning blood out of clothing. Treat, let sit, then wash with cold water. Sometimes I even scrub the stain with an ice cube. Nine times out of ten the stain relents.
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I think it only works if the blood is fresh
Hydrogen Peroxide is amazing when it comes removing blood stains. You will have to use a bit of elbow grease, and afterwards toss a clothing in to a washing machine.
Years ago I adopted a 7month old female dog from a friend. A month or two later she had her first period. With in 3 days, my bed covers looked liked a murder scene. A lot of blood stains, blood stains on carpet all over the house.
I bought reusable dog diapers and maxi pads for her.
But Hydrogen Peroxide removed ALL blood stains. It took several hours, a lot of work, and several microfiber pads. But I was able to remove all blood stains.
Change your bedsheets more than once a month you animal!!
Get an empty oil drum, wait til 3 AM and burn the sheets.
that could work
Piggybacking on OPs post if anyone feels like answering. How to get years old urine stains out of mattress? They were treated with pet cleaner at the time it occurred and don’t smell, but the stain is there and I want to get rid of it
"nosebleed"...uh huh. /r/howtocoverupamurder more likely :) (joking, completely joking)
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Just rinse it in cold water. If it hasn’t gotten hot, it hasn’t set.
Enzyme solutions like Nature's Miracle will break up blood.
Salt might work.
Look instructions up on the internet. There are a couple of different methods.
Nice try Alex Murdaugh, no one’s buying the nose bleed excuse.
Dish soap scrubbed in first then simple green scrubbed in let sit for 24 hrs and wash. Its miraculous.
Ice cube, paper towel and elbow grease. It's more of an immediate-response solution but it does work surprisingly well on blood. I sold a couch to a friend and they had no clue there was a sex-induced period stain hiding in its history.
Found a trick for blood as I had a nose bleed on my pillowcase a month ago. This method worked so well I couldn't believe it.
Soak the spot in some hydrogen peroxide as others have said, maybe 20-30 minutes. Squeeze out any excess so it is not dripping. Then using a clothes iron and hot iron over the stain for about 20 seconds or so and then repeat the process with the hydrogen peroxide and hot iron again a few times until the stain is completely gone or just has an ever so slightly faint outline of what it once was.
Then once gone, give it a light wash in the machine as normal.
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I really love Oxiclean Maxforce for all stains, old and new. If it's and old stain let it set for a week before washing like normal.
Ox gall soap but it smells little bit
Carbona Stain Devils for blood & ice cream. Will take it right out.
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A tiny drop of dishwasher liquid, mixed with peroxide (easily available at your local pharmacy/drugstore), apply to stain, let it sit for 10 min, rinse, then wash your sheets Normally.
Meat tenderizer, Mixed in with warm water and a mild soap solution.
Baking soda and lemon juice (use real lemons). Gently rub in and rinse, rub in and rinse. Over and over. Takes a little while if it’s an old blood stain. But works I promise.
Hydrogen peroxide or baking soda!
Also how do you get that funky dead body smell out of a carpet? It is for my friend....
Put some dishwasher shine liquid on it. Let it sit for an hour and wash like usual. Repeat if necessary. It is the best stain removal product I have ever tried and I have tried a lot. I don't even own a dishwasher so I buy this product specifically for stain removal.
You can use acid to dissolve the body
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Hydrogen peroxide
Try scrubbing it with salt and cold water.
Try peroxide and cold water but it’s probably pretty settled
Oxiclean. Works magic.
Soaking stained items in it overnight has removed every single stain I've tried it on.
Obviously, exercise caution with items that could discolor.
You screwed up when you put it in the machine. The heat will have cooked the protein into the cloth.
Resolve carpet cleaner has saved me a couple of times. I think it actually used to be marketed as a laundry stain remover but has since retired to the carpet cleaning area of the grocery aisle.
Equal parts Dawn and hydrogen peroxide.
Depending on how much your sheets cost, just buy new ones. Weigh the effort and cost of cleaning products vs replacement sheets.
shampoo works pretty well - just be sure to use a type that has no conditioner in it.
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Soak it in straight Bronner's liquid soap for an hour then go at it with a toothbrush with some water. Bronner's soap seems to work on everything! Good luck
All you have to do is pull the stained fabric up and twist it until it resembles the shape of a straw. Then, insert it into your butthole.
Never had a better cleanse for any type of stain than Folex. White bottle, purple letters. Seems cheap because it doesn’t have a flashy bottle, but it’s taken out every stain I’ve come across
Nice try murder :P
Lestoil. Great for blood, grass, and grease based stains. Works on old stains too.
Hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, let dry. Then vinegar on top of that. Don’t mix vinegar and hydrogen peroxide in the same bottle. It creates an unstable form of peracetic acid. Peracetic acid us used in an industrial setting as a disinfectant. Corrosive tho, so not recommend Ed for household.
If all else fails, dye your sheets a nice rich color. Also great for giving life to dingy clothes you’re tired of.
Nothing that you already have by the sounds of it. Guess the only choice is to burn the sheet
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Never underestimate the power of Oxyclean.
Not a paid endorsement.
A soak in highly salted water has always worked for me. I don’t know why
Hydrogen peroxide
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Woolite oxy insta clean is my go-to - the one with the attached lime green scrubber brush thing. You can get it at target.
My fiance accidentally spilled an entire glass of red wine on a vintage yellow fabric armchair. Woolite got this out in seconds. It was like watching a magic trick, and it didn't damage the yellow fabric of the chair at all.
Cold water works only if you do it first. Hot water sets the stain which makes it a lot more difficult.
A month!? Throw those nasty sheets away.
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Assuming it's already been through the dryer, most likely your stain is set and won't come out (sorry), at least the sheets are dark and the stain isn't so bold
SustEng t1_ja603a5 wrote
Hydrogen peroxide dissolves blood. Neutralizes to water too.