My husband just got a brand new white dress shirt. While he was getting dressed, he noticed that he got a tiny spot of blood on his collar from shaving. He didn't want to change, so I took him in the bathroom and dabbed it with peroxide, which got the blood right out. The problem is that the area that I put the peroxide on, is now yellow.
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Here's what worked of me. I dribbled some peroxide on a favorite white cotton cami to get out perspiration stains and hung it out on the pool towel rack, thinking Florida sun would help. Well it yellowed.
I soaked it for five days in regular detergent, I used Tide and cold water, changing the water and soap every day until it came out. And it did. It's pure white now!
It's like bleach on white laminate countertops, it will come out eventually with soap and water. Patience is the key.
As will I! I tried all those things mentioned in first comment as well as Bizz machine which used sonic waves to eliminate stain! It won't hurt to try this method!
This worked for me. Having tried clorox, this didnt remove it 100% and the stain was light but still visible so when it was dried fully, I thought to try once more. As the whole front of my shirt had yellow blotches I placed the whole shirt into a bowl of cold water mixed with baking soda and gave it a light scrub, shirt-to-shirt working the baking soda into the residue. Added more water and also a small but generous amount of washing powder, and left shirt to soak for 2 hours then gave the shirt a mild scrub around the yellow areas and already noticed that the yellow marks had already faded but due to the shirt being wet and soaked in bubbles it wasnt noticeable.
I had the same problem with some white sheets that I tried to remove rust stains using peroxide. The rust went but the peroxide left yellow stains. I set sheets in a sunny spot. Then I squeezed lemon juice over the stains and covered it with salt and added a little more lemon juice.
So I am halfway through a large cross stitch project and noticed some dirty areas (probably from oils on my hands) and tried white vinegar and baking soda which didn't work so I tried oxyclean which didn't work so I sprayed peroxide over the area and put it in the sun to dry. I came back to a yellow mess. I don't want to start over because it took 2 months to do.
The yellow sounds like you still have blood in the material. They have some whitening agents that are sold in uniform shops (where they sell white nursing uniforms) to keep uniforms from turning yellow from bleaching, etc.
I used "Oxyclean" non-clhorine bleach stain remover (hydrogen peroxide based) to take a small stain out of a white shirt. Thought I had rinced it out and but later had yellow spots in front of the shirt. I didn't realize that the unwashed residue from the oxyclean would oxidize in the sun and turn yellow.
After doing several suggested treatments, I finally threw it in the wash and soaked it overnight with about a 1/2 c. of bleach in a small load of water. I did this the first night and it almost came out, but there was still a slight yellow spot. The second time I only set it in the bleach water for about 1 hour and then rubbed into the fabric Gain detergent and let it sit out for about 1/2 hour. Put it through the wash again and the stain is gone. A lot of time involved, but it was an expensive shirt and it had only been worn once.
Try soaking the fabric in all fabric bleach. I used Dart. It got out the peroxide stains.
I did the same thing, hydrogen peroxide and sun, groan, yellow stain. I am having luck with soaking in oxi-clean (over night) Washed then used a little beach but did not let this sit long as it will eat the fabric.
I got a yellow stain after removing blood from my coverlet using hydrogen and peroxide. I first soaked it in oxiclean and then washed it in hot with bleach and detergent. After that I soaked it again in oxiclean and then tried dabbing white vinegar on the stain with a cloth and the result was instant! It saved my brand new bedding. Just dip a white rag in a bowl of white vinegar and dab it on the stain.
Excellent tip!!! The white vinegar immediately took out the yellow stains on an expensive white linen and cotton sweater I thought was ruined by applying peroxide. I'm elated! Thank you, ThriftyFun!
To remove blood stains, I've found that 100% of the time pure COLD water takes blood stains out. I've even been in a hurry and placed ice cubes on a garment with blood stains on it. Left it in the sink and the stains are gone when I got home later.
The same thing happened to me:I had a stain on a white duvet, put hydrogen peroxide on it and put it in the sun. Then everywhere the peroxide touched, even previously unstained parts, had a bright yellow stain. I am seeing lots of reports of this happening on various sites. The consensus seems to be that there is a chemical reaction that happens when hydrogen peroxide is exposed to the sun.
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