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Help removing a dried on blood stain

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  • hobbesy_2
    hobbesy_2 Posts: 428 Forumite
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    Ok, thats on there now doing its thing. Trouble is of course, I'm going to have a clean patch and have to do the whole sofa :-)

    LO is fine. After the initial shock she thought it as hilarious and wouldn't sit still for me to help her, hence the mess!
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  • HariboJunkie
    HariboJunkie Posts: 7,740 Forumite
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    hobbesy wrote: »
    Ok, thats on there now doing its thing. Trouble is of course, I'm going to have a clean patch and have to do the whole sofa :-)

    LO is fine. After the initial shock she thought it as hilarious and wouldn't sit still for me to help her, hence the mess!

    Glad she's ok. Just give the whole sofa a quick going over with Stardrops and it shouldn't be noticeable. ;)
  • mary43
    mary43 Posts: 5,845 Forumite
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    OH fell down stairs last night, gashed his toe and now I've blood stains on the carpet ! Should have tried to clean them last night........well this morning but at 3am after trying to sort him out and clean him up I just wanted to go back to bed. So, blood has dried on.................will salt and water do it ?
    Not been able to get any stardrops as yet..............not sure our supermarket stocks it. OH says white vinegar..............would that work ? If so, do I dilute it or just put it on ?
    Mary

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  • squeaky
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    I've successfully cleaned dried blood from matt painted surfaces with vinegar before - it was like magic :)

    I've not needed to try it on fabrics but it's worth a shot.

    Mix part vinegar to five (or so) parts water and dab on. Dab don't rub.
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  • mary43
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    Thanks squeaky - I'll give it a go.
    Mary

    I'm creative -you can't expect me to be neat too !
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  • HariboJunkie
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    squeaky wrote: »
    I've successfully cleaned dried blood from matt painted surfaces with vinegar before - it was like magic :)

    I've not needed to try it on fabrics but it's worth a shot.

    Mix part vinegar to five (or so) parts water and dab on. Dab don't rub.


    Squeaky is very careful not to let his victims bleed on the carpet. _pale_ :shhh: :whistle:
  • squeaky
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    HariboJunkie wrote: »
    Squeaky is very careful not to let his victims bleed on the carpet. _pale_ :shhh: :whistle:

    It wasn't me, honest, it was Sally :p

    Mouse blood all the way up the skirting and the wall of the stairs.

    evil.gif

    Nah... she's not evil really :)

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  • bigburd
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    HariboJunkie wrote: »
    Squeaky is very careful not to let his victims bleed on the carpet. _pale_ :shhh: :whistle:

    Squeaky's a man? LOL sorry I didn't know they could clean....only joking!!! my OH thinks stardrops are flowering in the garden right now, and vinegar only goes on chips! Been regularly on this forum for ages and always thought squeaky was female....sorry just had to admit to stupidity.:o
  • squeaky
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    bigburd wrote: »
    Squeaky's a man? LOL sorry I didn't know they could clean....only joking!!! my OH thinks stardrops are flowering in the garden right now, and vinegar only goes on chips! Been regularly on this forum for ages and always thought squeaky was female....sorry just had to admit to stupidity.:o

    It's me beard that's the give away ;)

    An honest mistake :) I've lived on my own, well, with a cat and a few White Cloud Mountain Minnows, for a good while; so if I don't clean around the place then nobody does. And I learned how to cook out of sheer self defence! :)

    I got my user name from the squeaky chair that I'm sitting in, not my squeaky voice! :p

    Click on the little chair at the top left of this page.

    Hint:- Every picture tells a story :)
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  • squeaky
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    HariboJunkie wrote: »
    Squeaky is very careful not to let his victims bleed on the carpet. _pale_ :shhh: :whistle:

    Did it work?

    Signed: CuriousBurgers'R'us
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