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Removing blood stains from dress?

  • 30-11-2008 1:14pm
    #1
    Papillon87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 442 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    Due to a bleeding leg, the end of the back of my beautiful silky/satiny dress (cream!) has a very small blood stain. Is all hope lost, have been looking round the net and consensus seems to be if you don't do something immediately, you won't get the stain out :(


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  • #2
    Silverfish
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,698 Mod ✭✭✭✭Silverfish


    The only thing I've found that works is .... sounds weird, but bear with me.... get a large wad of string and chew it, then rub it on the stain.

    I think it has to be done fairly quickly though.


  • #3
    Dizzyblonde
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,110 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dizzyblonde


    I've never had a problem getting bloodstains out, especially with synthetic fabrics. Wash it in a biological detergent, and maybe put a dot of Fairy Liquid directly onto the stain before you put it in the machine.
    Another thing you could do is make a paste with baking soda and warm water and rub it into the fabric.
    Unless of course it's dry-clean only ;)


  • #4
    Pythia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,469 ✭✭✭Pythia


    Silverfish wrote: »
    The only thing I've found that works is .... sounds weird, but bear with me.... get a large wad of string and chew it, then rub it on the stain.

    I think it has to be done fairly quickly though.

    How did you ever work that one out?


  • #5
    KatiexKOUTURE--
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 348 ✭✭KatiexKOUTURE--


    You shouldn't put warm water on blood because it's a protein and it'll set the stain..

    I heard that soak the iten in cold water and salt is suppose to get blood out..

    But since its a dress i'd say make a paste with cornflour and cold water, let it dry then brush it off and wash as normal..


  • #6
    Papillon87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 442 ✭✭Papillon87


    Thanks ladies!


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  • #7
    Silverfish
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,698 Mod ✭✭✭✭Silverfish


    Pythia wrote: »
    How did you ever work that one out?

    I read it in Woman's Own no less.


  • #8
    She Devil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,032 ✭✭✭She Devil


    Cold water and salt will do it, used this to get blood out of a ball gown. It actually works.


  • #9
    Piste
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,440 ✭✭✭✭Piste


    Oh god, blood on dress, been there! Check the fabric, if it's a synthetic one then it's not so bad. Get a bath and fill it with water (cold or very slightly lukewarm) and put some biological handwash into it (the enzymes will gobble up the blood) and scrub the lather into the fabric, homefully it should come out then!


    Also my blood stains were in the dress for a year (couldn't get them out the first time and sorta...forgot about it) and they still came out.


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