How to remove blood stains from clothes

It is very likely that blood will get on clothes, especially for girls. It is very common and has happened to almost all girls. Clothes with blood stains must be washed of course, and you can still wear them after washing. However, if the blood stains stay on the clothes for a long time, it will definitely be difficult to wash them off. Now, what everyone should know most is how to wash it off.

1. How to clean fresh blood stains on clothes

How to wash clothes when they are stained with blood? If you find blood stains, wash them immediately with cold water or light salt water (hot water is forbidden because blood contains protein which will coagulate when heated and is not easy to dissolve), and then wash them with soap or 10% potassium iodide solution. If you find that the blood stain has not completely disappeared, you should place a cloth on the back of the blood stain, spread white radish slices or white radish paste on the blood stain, and then pat it hard. Or you can use enzyme laundry detergent to wash it, which is quite effective. Finally, rinse it with clean water.

2. Tips for cleaning blood stains that have been there for a long time

If the blood stains on the clothes have solidified into old blood stains, how to wash them? First, you should soak them in cold water for a long time. Because when the blood has not coagulated, the iron in hemoglobin exists in the form of ferrous iron and is soluble in water. Over time, the ferrous iron in hemoglobin is oxidized into ferric iron and coagulates with protein, forming blood stains on fabrics that are difficult to wash off. You can use enzyme laundry detergent to soak for a long time to remove blood stains between fibers. The alkaline protease in the enzyme laundry detergent can relax and disintegrate the protein in the blood stains and peel it off the fabric.

When it comes to cleaning clothes with blood stains, there are only two situations, namely fresh blood stains and old blood stains. Therefore, everyone should understand that the cleaning process is different in different situations. Old blood stains need to be soaked in cold water for a longer time, but fresh blood stains do not need to do so and can be cleaned directly with soap.