Blood stains on mattress - how to get rid?

[Racers]

Yuk, what can I do?

Nothing, in my experience.
I hope someone has a miracle spot removal system I can try.

steam cleaner or rug doctor thingy.

I would love to know the answer to this one too. I've got expensive nearly new pillows and mattress with big blood stains coz DS gets mega nose bleeds in the night. Tried washing the pillows, but they still look horrible.

oh dear it isn't looking too hopeful is it? what is a rug doctor?

My steam cleaner didn't work

I was always told that heat of any type sets blood fast whereas soaking in cold water then washing on a cool wash was much better. Has always worked for me.

Think if you have already washed it with anything hot or really warm it might be a bit of a lost cause, sorry.

Buy mattress cover?

Have you tried any of those "magical" small bottles from the supermarket?
You know what I mean? they are tiny, and very colorful, and is a separtae (and very expensive) bottle for a separate type of stain? I have resort to them to clean a huge pen ink stain once, and to remove some set on tomato stain another time. Maybe worth a try?

Oh yes... Stain Devils. Good on clothes as you can soak them, then put in washer. But a mattress is a different story.

If you've used a steam cleaner on it, I hate to tell you that it will never come out. You should never use hot water on protein based stains as it "sets" the stain.
Blood should always be washed out with as cold water as possible, preferably icy. Cold water & vanish is really effective on blood, but I'm afraid it won't work if you have steam cleaned the mattress.

That's it! Stain Devils!
The ink stain I got out was from a sofa.
It was a PITA! But if you hag lots of rags, you just keep working the magic stuff, and sucking it up with rags.

I would try cold water and ace. Although I found it slightly rotted the mattress.

Haven't touched it yet, so will try icy cold water, thanks. We have a mattress cover, but as we took it off recently for a wash and didnt' put it back on as realised it might be making us even more hot! I think this would have soaked right through anyway. But at least we can cover it up, because i can't imagine I'll get it all out. Also, can turn the mattress, I guess!
Thanks everyone