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There are many ways to wipe blood off the couch, although pollution is a difficult one, it is real to cope with it. But in order for the business to be crowned with success, you need to know more about the features of blood stains and the methods of removing them.
Features of removing blood stains from the sofa
Blood that gets on the fabric or leather upholstery of furniture leaves some of the most difficult to remove marks. This is explained by the fact that a large number of protein compounds are present in the biological fluid. As soon as the contamination begins to dry out at least a little, the protein is firmly fixed in the fibers of the tissue and can be removed with great difficulty.
However, you can wipe the blood off the couch. It is necessary to remember only a few rules.
- Hot water and any heat will not help get rid of the stain, but only make it more resistant.
- The blood must be washed off with cool water, the fact is that the protein instantly curls up from the heat and is absorbed into the fibers of tissue and skin even stronger.
How to remove fresh blood stains
If the bloody stain has just been planted on the furniture, it will be quite easy to wipe it off. Several folk remedies work well against fresh blood.
- Laundry soap... Natural laundry soap is excellent for stubborn dirt. To wipe off the blood from the sofa that has recently gotten onto the upholstery, you need to moisten a sponge in cold water, rub it well with a soap bar until a copious foam is obtained, and then wipe off the dirt. You need to move in a circular motion from the edges to the center until the speck disappears. Then the treated area is wiped with a sponge dipped in clean cold water several times.
- Salt... To wipe away dirt from furniture, you need to pour 50 g of salt in a liter of water, mix well so that the crystals are completely dissolved, and moisten a clean cloth in a saline solution. The contaminated area of the sofa is thoroughly wiped several times, then left for half an hour, and then washed again with cold water and blotted with a paper towel. When the fabric is dry, most likely there will be no marks left on it.
After processing with salt or laundry soap, rinse as thoroughly as possible and wipe off a damp place with clean water. If soap or saline particles remain in the fibers of the fabric, then after drying, streaks or a light area will appear on the upholstery, and this will spoil the appearance of the furniture, despite the fact that it will be possible to remove the blood stain from the sofa.
How to get old blood stains off the couch
Dried bloody spots are much more difficult to wipe off than fresh ones - you will need to use more aggressive means for removal. There are several home remedies that you can use to get old blood stains off your couch.
- With ammonia and borax... In a glass of cool water, you need to dilute a small spoonful of ammonia, moisten a sponge or a clean cloth in the solution and rub the dirt for a few minutes. Then the wet area of the fabric should be left for 5-10 minutes, and then treated with a borax solution prepared in the same proportions. After that, the sofa is very carefully wiped with a clean, damp sponge in order not only to wipe off traces of ammonia and borax, but also to remove the pungent odor.
- Aspirin... A tablet of an inexpensive antipyretic agent is diluted in a glass of lukewarm water until it is completely dissolved, and then a cotton swab or cloth is moistened and the fabric is properly treated, and after 10-15 minutes it is wiped with aspirin again. When the contamination is removed, the furniture will need to be carefully wiped off with a rag dipped in cold clean water.
How to get blood stains out of different upholstery
Before removing blood stains on the sofa, you need to take into account the material of the upholstery and choose the correct cleaning agent. Blood from leather and fabric furniture is wiped off in different ways - some products work better on some materials than others.
How to remove blood from a fabric sofa
Most often, you can find fabric sofas in apartments; such upholstery is chosen for durability, ease of maintenance and special home comfort. Blood eats into tissue fibers quite simply, however, furniture made of fabric is convenient because you can wipe away dirt from its surface in almost any way. The fabric is well tolerated by most soft and aggressive substances.
- The easiest way is to wipe off the dirt from the fabric upholstery with laundry soap, for this you need to prepare a solution with soap shavings, apply the agent to the dirt, rub it well with a rag or medium hard brush. After that, the spot is treated with clean water and blotted with a napkin.
- You can also use a soda solution - a spoonful of baking soda is diluted in a slightly warm liquid, rubbed into a cloth and left for an hour. Then remove the remnants of the product with cold water and blot the area with a clean towel.
Fabric upholstery tolerates treatment with ammonia and brown, it can be wiped off with chemicals and stain removers. The fabric can be brushed without fear, if you do not apply too much mechanical force, the surface of the upholstery will not suffer from this.
How to remove blood stain from leather sofa
It is very easy to wipe fresh blood from a leather sofa, much easier than from a fabric upholstery. But if the stain has dried out, it will be much more difficult to cope with it. Blood is firmly absorbed into the structure of the leather, and furniture must be handled very carefully so as not to scratch or damage its upholstery.
Most often, the following tool is used to clean a leather sofa:
- add a small spoonful of dishwashing detergent or stain remover to a glass of cool water;
- stir the mixture to form a thick foam;
- add a few drops of lemon juice to the solution;
- moisten a soft cloth or sponge in the solution;
- gently wipe the dirt on the leather sofa for several minutes;
- wait 10-15 minutes and wipe the dirty area again.
When you manage to remove the blood stain from the upholstery of the sofa, the leather will need to be rinsed with clean water. The advantage of natural leather is that the residues of the detergent are rinsed out of it faster and easier than from fabric.
How to remove blood from a faux leather sofa
Faux leather is a fairly comfortable upholstery option to remove a blood stain.Impurities are not absorbed into the material as deeply as into fabric or leather fibers, and at the same time it is more difficult to damage artificial leather than natural.
You can try to wipe off blood from the upholstery as follows:
- apply 20 ml of ammonia and 5 ml of dishwashing detergent;
- rub in with a soft sponge and leave for 10 minutes;
- wipe the dirty area with a clean, damp cloth to remove any residual cleaning agents.
If the stain was planted not very long ago, it will disappear after the first treatment. For stubborn dirt, the procedure can be repeated several times to wipe off the blood and get the desired result.
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If none of the popular methods have succeeded in removing the blood stain from the sofa, or if you need to remove the pollution as soon as possible, it makes sense to use chemical stain removers. Effective remedies include Vanish and Antipyatnin, Dr. Beckman and UdalixUltra. Cleaning products are available in liquid form or in the form of sprays and powders, which option to choose depends on personal preference. However, it is worth remembering that it is not recommended to treat leather and leatherette with powder products in order to avoid minor damage.
In order to successfully wipe off blood, it is worth remembering some nuances.
- Use only one cleaning agent to remove the stain; it is not recommended to mix several different solutions at once. It is best to try them one at a time until the result appears, but when mixing different chemicals, the effect can be reversed.
- You can wipe the blood off the sofa without damaging the upholstery by moving from the edges of the stain to its center, otherwise the pollution will only smear and become even more conspicuous.
- You need to carefully moisten and rub the sofa with brushes. Excessive friction damages even fabric and even leather upholstery. And if you soak the sofa too deeply, then later mold can start in this place, and then the furniture will still be damaged.
Any cleaning agent must be tested on an inconspicuous area of the upholstery before use. This will ensure that the selected composition does not deform the surface of the sofa, cause irreparable damage to the fabric, or change the color of the furniture.
Conclusion
You can wipe the blood off the couch using proven home methods - very simple and affordable remedies help to remove blood stains. However, in the process of removing contamination, you need to remember to be careful, and fabric and leather upholstery should be processed very carefully, without damaging the surface and internal structure of the material.
