Help removing a dried on blood stain

dandy-candy

DD bundled her duvet cover into the washing machine and I put it on a 60 wash. When I pulled it out I found it had a big bloodstain on it :mad:
I soaked it for an hour in hot water with Biotex, then scrubbed the stain with a brush and washed it again on a 60 super wash, but it is still very visible.
I'd rather avoid dying the sheet, is there anything else I can try to remove the stain?

Torry_Quine

It may well be too late as hot water will have probably fixed the stain.

For future reference to get out blood use cold water and salt as soon as possible before the normal wash.

UserX

I've had reasonable success getting rid of 'set' blood stains by soaking items in a solution of Milton before - not completely but the best outcome I've had of any other method.

Linda32

Its got to be worth washing it again, but try your machines coldest setting.


Its natural to assume hot water is the key but I understand cold water does the trick with blood, no idea why though.

meritaten

my nan always soaked bloodied items in Milk overnight. Full Fat btw - not sure skimmed would work. its worth a try though. I think its something to do with the protiens in milk?

dibuzz

It might be too late now it's been washed on 60 but when my neighbour fell and gashed his head I remembered his wife's tip about salt and sprinkled cold water then salt on the stained rug and by the time he came back from the hospital it was like new.

laurel7172

Cold water because hot sets the stain. Salt because osmosis then causes the red cells to swell and explode and...umm...exploded cells are easier to wash out. For some reason.

Big fan of sunshine here-a fortnight's hard bleaching on the line sorts a lot of issues. Not, alas, the time of year where that's much help, sorry.

dandy-candy

Thanks for replies so far. I have had the talk with her in the past about letting me know ASAP if she has an accident so I can soak it (I too use the cold water and salt method!) but she didn't mention a word about it so I just switched on the machine....
I will give the Milton a go now!

Butterfly_Brain

Napisan is very good just soak in cold water and napisan overnight

freebiz14

A friend of mine told me that ammonia and liquid dish washing detergent works very well at getting rid of blood stain. Just soak the fabric in the solution for some time. I've never tried it myself but she said it works.