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Anyone had any luck getting a dried blood stain out of fairly absorbent paper (i.e. a paperback page)? I've tried the water/cotton wool buds thing with absolutely bollock-all success, so I figured ask you load of diverse life-experienced braniacs before trying anything else with potentially bad side effects... TIA
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Peroxide? on a cotton ball very gently.
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have you used it successfully? Without damaging the paper (too much)?
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Sounds like a potential kids' science fair experiment. Get another paperback you don't care about and a needle, and create multiple test samples for different treatments. Not helpful, I know.
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monster wrote:
have you used it successfully? Without damaging the paper (too much)?
No but I use peroxide to clean up dried blood. If the pages are yellowed badly I'd test an inconspicuous place first.
What Glatt said try it somewhere else first.
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glatt wrote:
Sounds like a potential kids' science fair experiment. Get another paperback you don't care about and a needle, and create multiple test samples for different treatments. Not helpful, I know.
Blood from a person I don't care about? ;)
thanks both....
There are better ways to mark your place in the book...
Just sayin'...
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well it is a murder mystery.....
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To remove blood stains you can adopt either of two courses of action: break down the protein with a protease enzyme, or use bleach to remove the color by oxidation. Since you are trying to remove the stain from paper I would avoid the oxidation process as it will surely damage the paper, whereas an enzyme that digests protein, protease, will not adversely affect cellulose.
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Sound cromulent.
the questions and comments make your imagination wander
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That one guy shouldn't have tried to remove blood stains from his leather couch with sandpaper first. Looks like he made it worse.
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monster wrote:
Anyone had any luck getting a dried blood stain out of fairly absorbent paper (i.e. a paperback page)?
Next time Miss Scarlett, don't hide a dagger in the Library. Somebody might get a Clue.
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