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Cleaning Up:  Blood and Spit  |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
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 Posted - Oct 01 2008 : 5:04:50 PM
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Perhaps a lot of you have known this for years, but I just learned it at our last farmgirl chapter meeting. So of course I want to share it with all of the farmgirls!
Did you know that if you get blood on a quilt while you are hand sewing and prick yourself with a needle, or on a blouse or sheet when you scratch a bug bite.....no matter how it happens......if you use your own spit on your own blood it will take the stain totally out? We were making aprons at our farmgirl chapter meeting and one of the members shared that with us. Well, tonight, I was turning down the bed, and lo and behold, there was a spot of blood on my quilt! I used my spit and it dissolved away!
Hope I am not grossing everyone out totally! :) But it is a good tip to know!
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
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Firemama
True Blue Farmgirl
1731 Posts
Amanda
Medical Lake
WA
USA
1731 Posts |
Posted - Oct 01 2008 : 5:16:21 PM
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Thank you for the tip. God knows I am constantly stabbing myself,lol! !
Mama to 2
FarmGirl# 20
People can only make you feel inferior with your permission, and you dont have my permission......
Dont let the chain of love end with you.....
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chicken necker
True Blue Farmgirl
509 Posts
Sherry
Eastern Shore
Maryland
USA
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Posted - Oct 01 2008 : 5:51:41 PM
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Wow, I didn't know that! I could certainly use that information. I'm constantly jabbing myself when I sew!
FarmGirl Sister #123
Crafty Bay FarmGirls Chapter
"Whether you think you can or think you can't, either way, you're right." Henry Ford |
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MagnoliaWhisper
True Blue Farmgirl
2817 Posts
Heather
Haysville
Kansas
USA
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Posted - Oct 02 2008 : 05:51:13 AM
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It's not just your own blood that spit will work on. It will work on any one blood, same with food stains. It's because saliva has enzymes that will break down the stain. They are in our saliva to break down food. So he digestion begins in our mouth, and of course when we swallow they go on down to our stomaches, etc. And if you notice lots of laundry detergents now have enzymes.
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22944 Posts
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Posted - Oct 02 2008 : 07:50:58 AM
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Great tip! Thanks! My husband has a port wine stain birthmark that get granulomas that bleed easily, so sometimes I have to deal with a blood stain on my pillowcases or sheets.
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Oct 02 2008 : 08:12:15 AM
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My farmgirl friend said that spit will work on any blood stain, but works best if you know it is your own blood because the chemicals work in conjunction with each other better. MAybe your own enzymes work well with the chemical make-up of your own blood.....but it is good to know that it will work on any blood stain!
Oh, and by the way, after I spit on my quilt, I washed it! tee-hee :)
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
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Brew Crew
True Blue Farmgirl
676 Posts
Molly
Arizona
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Oct 02 2008 : 11:29:00 AM
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| Didn't there used to be a laundry detergent commercial that insisted "protein gets out protein"? This must be what they were thinking of. |
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
1319 Posts
audrey
cheyenne
wy
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Posted - Oct 02 2008 : 1:10:53 PM
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I knew it would get out your own blood but I hadn't heard it works on any blood. Makes sense though since blood is part of what we are digesting when we eat meat and saliva starts all that process. Good tip!
Audrey
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9094 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Oct 03 2008 : 2:06:04 PM
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Nancy Jo, I promise I washed the quilt. :)
I am embarrassed to admit I have psoriasis on my elbows. Sometimes in my sleep I scratch it, because it itches so darn much!!!! This tip really helped me!
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
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Edited by - jpbluesky on Oct 03 2008 2:07:59 PM |
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