Cut with a stationery knife at work, smashed a knee, slipped, or your dog got hurt during a walk - and here spots are colored on your favorite jeans. How to wash the blood on the jeans, so as not to leave the slightest trace?
In the fight against any organic pollution there is one immutable rule: the spot should not be allowed to dry. The fresher the stain, the easier it is to remove, and blood stains are no exception. Therefore, it is advisable to start washing things immediately.
The second, very important rule is that protein contaminants should not be washed or soaked in hot water. The protein begins to fold at a temperature above 40 ° C, so all manipulations must be performed in cool or warm water, in the temperature range from 20 to 35 ° C.
Third: before starting to use household chemicals, the blood should be washed as far as possible.
First steps
Try to wash the thing as soon as possible in cold running water. Blood will be washed out literally before our eyes. When only weak traces remain, soap your jeans with soap and leave for 7-12 hours. In 99% of cases after rinsing you will see that the stain has disappeared. Laundry soap - a thing generally remarkable in its effectiveness. This simple and cheap remedy washes even such stains that expensive, state-of-the-art substances are powerless to cope with.
You can soak jeans in salted water for an hour. Do not over-salt: the salt concentration should be as in a physiological solution, not more than 5%.Usually take 2-3 tablespoons per 3 liters of water. Too much saturated saline will cause a completely undesirable effect: the blood will clot and the stain will become much more difficult.Universal and irreplaceable soda also copes with blood stains on clothes. Soak your affected jeans in a soda solution for a few hours and everything will be washed off. The solution is prepared at the rate of 100 g of ordinary soda to 2 liters of warm water. This way is suitable for white and light jeans. The color of dark blue, brown and black jeans can, after soaking in soda solution, slightly pale and fade.
On white and light-colored jeans, you can try to remove traces of blood with hydrogen peroxide solution. The one that is sold in pharmacies will do. More concentrated solutions can cause tissue damage. For dark denim peroxide is better not to use: there may be discolored spots.
How to deal with old spots
We'll have to tinker a bit more, but this is not a hopeless case. First, soak soiled jeans in cold, salty water. Rinse the contaminated place in saline solution, trying to keep as much blood out as possible. Then, lather the affected area with laundry soap or “Antipyatin” soap, leave it overnight. After that, you can run the jeans in the wash at a low temperature with bio-powder.
Ammonia
Those who are able to tolerate the strong smell of ammonia may use this radical remedy.20 ml of ammonia is dissolved in a glass of water, and the resulting solution is cleaned soiled areas. You can then put on the dirtiest places a slurry of borax and water, and then wash the jeans well, as you usually wash them: in non-hot water with a suitable powder.
Glycerin
Old blood stains can be scrubbed with heated glycerin. Bottle of glycerin, hold a little on the radiator or in a saucepan with hot water. Inside the jeans, insert a pad of polyethylene or oilcloth, so that glycerin does not leak onto the other side of the leg when cleaning. Take a gauze or cotton swab, and gently wipe the contaminated area. It may take some time, but usually the stain is removed fairly quickly. After the disappearance of traces of blood thing must be washed as usual. If your jeans are white, add a little oxygen bleach when washing.
Starch
Take advantage of potato starch. Add it to the water and mix to a mushy state. Apply the mixture to the stain and leave in this state until it forms a crust. Then shake off the dried starch and wash your jeans.
Hydrogen Peroxide
The next method is hydrogen peroxide. Turn the jeans inside out and place a cotton cloth underneath. Put a little peroxide on a cotton swab and wipe the contaminated area on the wrong side. Repeat the action until the stain is completely removed, replace the cotton pad with a new one as necessary. Then thoroughly rinse the item and wash it in the automatic machine.
Hydroperite
Chronic bloody spot will help to remove the pharmacy remedy Gidroperit. Wet the jeans and rub the stain with a tablet. Then rinse the item with running water and send it to the washing machine.
Ammonia
Take half a glass of cold water and dissolve in it 1 tbsp.ammonia spoon.
The resulting solution is best applied to the pollution with a spray bottle and left to soak for 5 minutes.
Repeat the action several times until the stain is completely removed. Every 5 minutes, blot the area with a clean cloth. After successful stain removal, rinse jeans in cool water and load them into the washing machine.
Meat Softener Take a softener - 1 tablespoon and mix with 2 spoons of cold water. Apply the slurry to a bloody stain and rub it with your fingers for a while. Leave the item soaked with the agent for an hour. Then shake off the dried crust, rinse jeans and wash in a typewriter.
Household Chemicals
From ready-made household chemicals with stains can handle:
- dishwashing detergents;
- laundry detergents with added enzymes( washing should occur at a temperature not higher than 40 ° C);
- oxygen bleach: Vanish, OXY, etc.;
- for white jeans can be used and chlorine bleach, but they spoil the fabric.
There are also various special stain removers for dealing with blood and protein stains. When applying such tools, you must carefully follow the instructions in order not to spoil the soiled jeans even more.
