Remove blood stains, old and new from sheets?

Judy Warner
by Judy Warner
Have tried so many things--husband on blood thinners--what do hospitals do?
  9 answers
  • Shari Shari on Oct 18, 2014
    Straight hydrogen peroxide works very well on light or white colored items, especially if the blood is fairly fresh. (Do a small test spot on darker clothes or sheets.) I also have had great success with a product I read about here on HomeTalk called Zout. I've been amazed at how many stains, even old ones, I have been able to remove with it. My laundry room will never be without a bottle of this magic stuff! It comes in a red spray bottle and I found it in the laundry aisle at WalMart.
  • Judy Warner Judy Warner on Oct 18, 2014
    Will look for it. I haven't had good luck with peroxide--don't know why. Hospitals seem to have beautifully white sheets--
  • Blythe Brownlow Blythe Brownlow on Oct 19, 2014
    Might try scub-a-dub--it's a stick that you use on hospital scrubs that gets out just about anything! You can get it at a scrub store--good luck :)
  • Judy Trimble Judy Trimble on Oct 19, 2014
    Ammonia usually takes it out for me. Pour on blood stain and then throw it in the washing machine.
  • Adventures In Junking Adventures In Junking on Oct 19, 2014
    If your sheets are polyester you can use the same kind of enzymes used to remove pet urine from carpeting and fabric furniture. But the enzymes digest organic matter (think Pac-Man), so don't use on good cotton sheets.
  • Judy Warner Judy Warner on Oct 19, 2014
    Thanks, will check out the fabric content. I have some of that pet stuff.
  • Judy Warner Judy Warner on Oct 19, 2014
    will search this out--
  • Sunny Sunny on Oct 20, 2014
    I've used hydrogen peroxide all my life.. Set in or dried just takes a little more work.
  • Judy Warner Judy Warner on Oct 24, 2014
    Thanks everyone--so helpful