Cleaning tip

[seborn]

Everyone but me probably knew this already, but today I learned yet another excellent use for hydrogen peroxide: It gets blood out of clothing like nobody's business. You pour it on, and it foams up and attacks the blood (which looks totally cool), maybe you scrub a bit because that's what you do, and you rinse, and if all of the blood is not gone

Comments

[allonymist]

You can make a really neat stain remover by mixing hydrogen peroxide with dish soap.

[seborn]

I don't know; I was chicken to try it on the dark fabric. Further experimentation (maybe without blood) is warranted.

[maradydd]

Undiluted, it can. (Discovered after an inattentive infusions nurse failed to set up an IV properly, leading to much blood spewing all over a favourite shirt and not being noticed due to sedation on the part of the shirt-wearer. The blood all came out, but a spot on the shirt is slightly faded.)