Stain removal

[Phaneuf3]

Interesting night last night. Long story short: I need to know how to remove a set in blood stain from carpet.

Google has given me some conflicting information so I've come to the source of all wisdom, CP off topic forum.

[Caged Great]

Murder someone?

[Phaneuf3]

If I told you, I'd have to kill you.

[Caged Great]

So you'd add to the problem. That wouldn't be very efficient.

[ken0042]

Never had to get it out of carpet, but keep in mind what happens to blood (and red meat) when it heats up, it cooks.

You want to keep it as cool as possible, and avoid friction as much as you can. For example when I have blood on clothes I will even drop a tray of ice cubes into the water.

So perhaps ice cold water mixed with Tide? And blot it, don't rub it. That's what I would do.

[flip]

What ken said I think.

Always cold, not too much scrubbing, some soap. That's about all i know.

[Ironhorse]

Sounds like you need some help from The Wolf.



But seriously, I would also go with what Ken said.

[Dion]

I've used ice cold water. I put some on and let it sit for a bit. Then i blot it dry with a towel. Never scrub it.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by ken0042

You want to keep it as cool as possible, and avoid friction as much as you can. For example when I have blood on clothes I will even drop a tray of ice cubes into the water.

I get nose bleeds from time to time on my shirts. I pour cold water on it and blot it dry with a paper towel. It comes out easy if you don't let it sit too long.

[habernac]

I have projectile vomit to clean up in my sons room. Good times. "Daddy, my tummy feels bad." *BARF*

[Dion]

Originally Posted by habernac

I have projectile vomit to clean up in my sons room. Good times. "Daddy, my tummy feels bad." *BARF*

Hope it wasn't all over you.

[The Fonz]

edit

[red sky]

You mean you didn't roll up the dead body with the carpet and dispose of it in dumpster in the alley... perhaps you need to watch more movies

[Gozer]

Murder someone else (*cough* Caged Great *cough*) and then it'll blend in.

[Buff]

Originally Posted by ken0042

Never had to get it out of carpet, but keep in mind what happens to blood (and red meat) when it heats up, it cooks.

You want to keep it as cool as possible, and avoid friction as much as you can. For example when I have blood on clothes I will even drop a tray of ice cubes into the water.

So perhaps ice cold water mixed with Tide? And blot it, don't rub it. That's what I would do.

You've watched American Gangster, haven't you?

[Bill Bumface]

I heard something about your own saliva will help clean your own blood. No clue if that's true...

[OilersBaby]

There's this stuff called Spot Shot (which I was able to find that Target). It was able to get a set in red wine stain out of my very light grey suede couch. I had wine on the coffee table and silly me left it there last night. Then my kitty must have knocked it over sometime in the middle of the night. I woke up this morning and my husband yelled at me cuz we just bought the couch. He left to work and I thought I would try the spot shot since my best friend told me it worked on her grapejuice stain on a white dress.

So I sprayed the Spot Shot and blotted. I had to use a white towel (thats what the directions said) and OMG it lifted the stain right now.

This stain was HUGE..the same as as my palm. And now, just 7 hours later from when I found it, you cant even tell it was there. On my can of it, it says BLOOD stains can be removed! No idea where else you can find it besides Target. It's a blue aerosol can with a neon orange lid.

I had bought it for petstains originally because my dog sometimes peed and my cat always throws up from furballs. Little did I know that it would work on my couch.

[algernon]

I heard about using 'Head & Shoulders' shampoo to remove blood stains on the radio one day.

When I indeed tried it, it worked well...The blood had been on the jeans for a couple of months before I was able to launder them, but it came out no problem. There was a LOT of blood, too. Apparently the stuff will take out your perm as well if you have one.

[First Lady]

Originally Posted by hulkrogan

I heard something about your own saliva will help clean your own blood. No clue if that's true...

Yes, it works. This is well known among quilters who prick themselves and drip blood on a quilt.

Though I think in this case it might require a lot of saliva and sounds like the person the blood belongs to may no longer be available.