Blood Stains

Sadly I must start off by telling you that everything in this Blog is a suggestion and if it fails I cannot be held accountable for these suggestions failing to remove the stain. They work and I have tried them myself. Oh and I should add, no I was not paid for writing this blog at all. This is my free time spent on putting the word out there.

Blood: DO NOT USE HOT OR WARM WATER! Okay with that said Blood stains on carpet will come out if you get to it right away. Quickly quickly is the key. Heat will of course only help set the stain. So I say again DO NOT USE HOT OR WARM WATER! Hot water could make the stain permanent. Cold only while we use your cleaning solution. Get out the Wet/Dry Vac.

• Rinse the area with cold water and use the Wet/Dry Vac to suck it up at the same time to extract the blood. Use just a little cold water at a time as you do not want to increase the area of the blood stain.
• No Wet/Dry Vac? Just add a little cold and blot the it up using a clean white cloth or white paper towels. Repeat this as many times as it takes. Remember DO NOT rub, blot.
• Try to remove the remaining stain with a solution of a few drops of Dawn Dish washing detergent in a cup of cold water. Work this into the stain, be careful not to enlarge the stain or rub to hard that you damage the carpet fibers. Keep in mind that damaged fibers hold the stains because of the micro cracks that are created in the fibers. This is why heavy traffic areas become stained from everyday walking one it.
• Repeat as many times as is necessary, or until there is no more transfer of the stain from the carpet to the cloth or paper towels. Blot up or Vac the excess water when you are done.
• If you have a fan, and the area is large leave a fan to blow on the area to dry it quickly. Other wise a stack of paper towels (white so you do not get any dyes from the towels into the carpet) on the area or a few clean white cotton clothes. Put something heavy on it and leave this to blot up the remaining water. Do remember to check to see if the cloth or paper towels need replacing. Using the the towels and weight is the better choice for using a fan as the this helps to ensure you that any remaining stain deeper in the carpet does not "wick up" to the surface and you get a reappearing stain.
• Some people have said that Club Soda can help remove blood stains, so if the above has not worked for you, give it a try. I have found, for in the Laundry that Windex is wonderful to use to pre-treat blood stains. Yes the glass cleaner. But I have not tried in on the carpets for treating blood as of yet. Keep inmind of the dyes in the products we use can stain the Carpet hense why I have not tried it on the carpet. Give also Winning Colours Product a try too.
  

It isn't easy to predict what stains are going to be permanent until you get down there and try to get it out. Varies different types of carpet fibers and other factors are all working against you and for you. Know your type of carpet is important. Natural Fibers are often the more difficult carpets to remove stains from. As with blood stains, start with water first before trying other solvents for removing the stain.