Monday, January 18, 2010

How do you get dried blood stains out of your pillow cases and sheets?

I can't get the blood stains out of my pillow cases and sheets when I wash them. What can I do to get the stains out.How do you get dried blood stains out of your pillow cases and sheets?
Treat the stains with some household ammonia diluted 10 to 1 in water. Brush them a bit with a toothbrush. Roll the up for 30 minutes and then wash in the warmest water possible for the color/fabric using oxiclean/biz/all color bleach on the longest cycly possible. If anything remains, soak just that item overnight in a bucket with oxiclean all color bleach. 1/2 cup powder to a 6 gallon bucket. Dissolve the powder, add water, add the item and stir it up for 2 minutes. Go to bed and wake up to no stains!How do you get dried blood stains out of your pillow cases and sheets?
Rinse the pillow cases in cold water to try to get out as much of the stain as you can. Then pour peroxide on the stains and let sit for 30 minutes. Rinse in cold water and spray the stains with a laundry pretreater. I highly recommend Zout. Let sit for 5-10 minutes then launder as usual. If the blood stains are still there when the pillow cases come out of the washer, don't put in the dryer. The dryer will set in the stains and makes it difficult if not impossible to get out. Repeat the steps above and wash again. You might have to do this a few times to get all of the stains out. I hope this helps!
Look in the supermarket for a good oxy-action stain treatment. In New Zealand, we have Napisan Oxy Action powder, but you may have something different. You need to soak the pillow cases and sheets for a long time - probably overnight, then wash them again. The stains may need two or three goes to get them out completely.
You could try damping them with cold water and rubbing salt into the stain. Rinse with cold water and wash with biological detergent. If you have washed them on a hot wash already it is likely that the stain will be fixed in, but you could try something like ';Vanish';, which may not get rid of the stain completely, but will make it a lot fainter.
if they have been washed and dried, good luck.





prevention of stains, rinse the blood spots under cool water and rub the fabric together as you do until the spot is almost gone, then launder as usual.
soak them in cold water, work a liquid pre soak or liquid detergent into the stain with your fingers or a tooth brush, you should see the stain fade, you did not say if they were white or colored use a color safe bleach to wash them
peroxide is what works best. try it before you launder them though. it is always harder to remove a stain once it has been laundered.
try the stainstick. I think there may be a spray too you can try. same name.
peroxide or bleach just don't dry them till you are sure the stains are out otherwise they will be set in from the dryer.
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