If you got blood on the floor, you’ve learned how to throw a miggity mackdown party – and you also learned that just because the guys at the renaissance festival can juggle knives, that doesn’t mean you can.
Now that the fun has ended, let’s try to save your security deposit.
First learn the rules:
1. Always use cold water, never hot. Hot may make the stain set for life.
2. Always blot, never rub. Rubbing can lead to spreading the stain.
3. Try multiple techniques.
Now, here’s seven methods to get blood stains out of the carpet:
1. MEAT TENDERIZER – Great for the BBQ enthusiast. Dump some powder tenderizer and cold water on the stains. After 20 minutes, use a cold wet sponge to lift the red. via allabouthome.com
2. SPIT AND RUB – I think just about everyone has tried this one. Apparently saliva has some kind of special power to get out blood stains.
3. HYDROGEN PEROXIDE – pour some hydrogen peroxide on the stain, wait 15 minutes, then rinse it off with cold water. via wikihow
4. MURPHEY’S OIL SOAP – Not just for hard floors. Try it out on the carpet.
5. CLUB SODA & SALT – Soak the carpet with soda then drop a clump of table salt over the stain. We’re talking lots of salt. After 20 mins, try and wipe it out. via gardenweb
6. CORNMEAL AND VACUUM – Other crap not working? wet the carpet again with cold water, then pour some cornmeal over the stain. Let the cornmeal completely dry (which may take a day) and then vacuum it up. via answerbag
7. CLUMPY CONCOCTION – This one seems tough to get together, but if you got the ingredients, looks like it might be mom’s best recipe: cornstarch, cornmeal and talcum powder. Make a paste out of it, put it on the stain and let it dry. You should be able to brush it off after that. via everything2
WARNINGS:
1. NEVER EVER EVER EVER use WARM or HOT water to clean. Says wikihow: The stain will set forever.
2. Continued use of hydrogen peroxide weakens/thins fabric.
3. Petroleum-based soaps (like liquid dish soaps) can be hazardous. Use at your own risk, but not suggested.
Got any other suggestions? What’s your trick?