How to Get Blood Stains Out of Your Carpet Without Smudging and Staining It

Removing blood stains from your carpet is one of those problems that come out of nowhere leaving you unprepared and in a fit. Any thing can happen and your child, husband, wife or pet may enter your house bleeding, and your first instinct will be to get them to a safe place in the house and helping them heal and recuperate. Your next thought is going to be "how can I remove the stains from my carpet?"

Removing blood stains from any colored carpet is a relatively simply procedure, provided that you know exactly what you are doing and that you act quickly. Many newly manufactured carpets today come with treatments that make it resistant to a variety of stains, including blood once it is removed from the surface quickly. That being said the carpets are called stain resistant and are not stain proof so if the blood is allowed to linger, it will definitely leave a stain that will discolor your carpet and leave you with an eyesore for many years to come.

To remove bloodstains from a carpet, you should try to remove the blood before it hardens or coagulates. You should do this by applying cold water to the area and gently trying to wipe away the blood stains. If the bloodstain on the carpet is small, you should try to apply the water to only a small area to minimize spreading of the stain and to help keep the stain localized. Adding hot water may seem like a good idea but this will only cause the stain to remain in your carpet so never try to do this.

After adding the cold water, you should blot (never wipe or spread) the stain from your carpet with a paper towel or rag, if the stain is very large or if the paper towel or rag becomes too dirty, you should use another to remove the stain to help to minimize spreading. A powerful vacuum can also be used to suck up this mixture of cold water and blood quickly and this method also helps in keeping the stain from spreading. Dishwashing liquid and detergent can also be used here to remove stains caused by blood, especially when mixed with the cold water.

Rubbing the stain not only spreads the stain around the carpet but also damages the fibers of your carpet and encourages the blood to get trapped in these fibers, causing the stain to be even harder to remove. You should repeat the adding of water and the blotting until the stain is gone or until there is no more transfer of blood from the carpet to your paper towel or rag. If the stain is not fully removed, you should call a carpet cleaning company as soon as possible to help you to remove the bloodstain fully through chemical means.

References
1. www.thriftyfun.com/tf210299.tip.html
2.http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/stain-buster/stains-blood-may07