Learn How to Get Blood Out of Clothes

Whether it’s a scraped knee from baseball practice or a cut finger during a careless moment while chopping vegetables, bloody accidents happen. As most people have learned, blood stains on clothing are frustrating. The good news is that there are ways to help tackle the challenge of getting blood out of various fabrics.

This guide can help remove blood stains from your clothing, so your family’s clothes can stay looking clean and fresh.

You may already have a reliable cleaning product in your laundry room to spot-treat blood stains. Liquid and powdered enzyme laundry detergents target stains and help them dissipate in cool water.

If you’re looking for extra stain-fighting power, one option is to wash your spot-treated garments with oxygen bleach in cold water.

When treating a blood stain, it’s imperative to act as fast as possible. You should soak it in cold water, spot-treat it if needed, and then wash it in the washing machine with cool or cold water. Rely on proven, trustworthy cleaning products and follow these steps when attempting to get blood stains out of clothing.

NOTE: Never use warm water, as this could potentially set the stain, making removal even more challenging.

It doesn’t matter if it’s fresh or dried or on jeans or a white shirt, you can help get rid of blood stains with a few tips, such as turning clothes inside out.

Keep reading to get the tips you need to remove blood stains from clothes.

To remove blood stains on jeans, soak the stain in cold water and mix in an enzyme detergent for 30 minutes or longer. If the stain is still present, blot detergent directly on the stain and then wash the jeans. Remember, it’s often easier to get fresh blood out of denim rather than waiting until it dries. This means you should try to remove a stain as soon as it happens or once you notice it.

When blood stains happen on a white article of clothing, you should immediately run it under cold water and apply a stain treatment. Next, wash it in cold water. Avoid using chlorine bleach, as it may cause a chemical reaction that can make blood stains worse. 

NOTE: Always wash white clothes separately from coloured clothes to help prevent further staining.

Don’t worry if the stain has dried on your clothes, and don’t think that this necessarily means it’s permanent. The best strategy is to pretreat the garment in cold water with liquid laundry detergent or a stain remover and repeat if needed.

If there’s a blood stain on your sheets, try to remove it by pretreating the stain with a cold water soak and an enzyme detergent, and then washing your sheets in cold or cool water. As always, treat the stain as quickly as possible for best results.

Typically, you can get blood stains out of your washable throw rugs by using one tablespoon of liquid dish soap and two cups of cold water. Blot the stain with a clean cloth and this mixture until the stain’s colour starts to fade, and then clean the dish soap by gently dabbing it with a clean cloth soaked in cold water. You should repeat this process until the stain has sufficiently faded.

Whirlpool^® Washers are here to help laundry day run smoothly. Shop top load and front load options with features on select models, like the Automatic Presoak Option to help tackle stains without a trip to the sink and Adaptive Wash technology with Active Bloom™ wash action, which adapts water levels and wash actions to the size of the load, helping keep your family’s clothes fresh-looking.