Remove blood stains from briefs and bed linen
It is not always possible to avoid blood stains in the underwear or bedding. Sometimes blood also seeps into the mattress. Those who act swiftly have a good chance of removing the stains from the materials.
Pretreatment with cold water
The selection of stain removers is gigantic. But once the mishap has happened, you can get started with cold water. You can rinse the affected area of the panties or the bloody area of bedding under the tap cold while wringing out the blood. It is important that you do not let the blood stains dry out and thus not wait for the next washing day. Incidentally, this applies to most stains in textiles. As long as the materials are moist, they are easier to remove from the fabric.
Proteins sit in the hot water in the tissue
Even though the first impulse might be to put everything in the washing machine and wash it through really hot? this action is counterproductive. The protein contained in the blood coagulates in hot water and thus eats into the tissue. The same applies to all stains that contain proteins, for example stains from dairy products or, as the name suggests, from the egg.
There is an edge left
After you have washed out a large part of the blood under cold water, there is usually an edge left. In the next treatment step, I made two experiences: If I now put the laundry in the washing machine at 30 degrees with the addition of heavy-duty detergent, the edges are no longer visible. In many heavy duty detergents are enzymes that help break down the protein. In the case of items of laundry that I washed with wool and mild detergent, that did not work because these detergents are not added to these enzymes. For the fine things, I grab since before the machine wash on gall soap and let it act for a few minutes before I wash out again. Here in the forum also report some of good experiences with the sprinkling of baking soda before it goes into the laundry.
The mattress is dabbed several times
It is annoying when blood has come to the mattress, because that is really work. The slogan is now dabbing ?. For this you can take a rag made of cotton, a sponge or kitchen rolls. You just have to look that it is not the colored paper napkin that is grabbed in a hurry from the kitchen table and then rubs off. It's best to put a bucket or bowl of cold water, a lye of gall or soap soap, next to it. The challenge is not to push the blood further into the tissue and thereby enlarge the area. If the blood has already dried, you can, for example, moisten the surface with cold water from a spray bottle and then start dabbing. Also, glycerine from the drugstore market proves to be helpful and is given directly to the dried-up stain.
