Blood stain on brand new dress - how to remove

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dd has just bought a satin type ball gown. Looks lovely apart from the 2 spots of blood on the front it came with. Sadly they're now out of stock and she loves the dress, so wants me to remove the stain.

I thought of Stain Devils but the product has a poor review on amazon. Is there anything which works better?

I’d take it to be professionally dry cleaned.

Stain has obviously been there a while. Google suggests stuff mainly for fresh events. Or stuff like coca cola....dress is pale pink so I don't want to add a big cola stain.

Sadly Tulips, think this might be the best option. Would dry cleaning sort it? If so, I'll pay for that.

Cold water but just a little bit at a time to loosen the stain.

Otherwise take it to the dry cleaners.

Try washing in cold salt water first. Whatever you do not expose the stain to hot water.

I didn't realise it was an old stain. Definitely the dry cleaners.

@reginabambina I thought salt was supposed to set colour?

If you hang it out in the sun (if there is any) that will fade the stain, might take a week or so but it works.

Cold salt water.

@Sally99 it gets the blood out for some reason. I have no idea why but obviously the blood would be chemically different to dyes so it must be a different reaction.

Salt gets blood out because it ruptures red blood cells.

Ace - comes in a long plastic turquoise bottle next to oxy clean stuff around £2. Pour a bit over the stain, wash as normal straightaway. Repeat if any stain is left and by the second wash it will have dissapeared.
It absolutely gets rid of blood stains 100%. Test it on something else first if you don’t believe me - do a Snow White finger prick on a white T-shirt and treat after a week of letting it dry out.

Definitely no heat! Hot washes/water sets blood in, you'll never get it out. Either salt or the specific for blood stain devil.

Dribble on it. Saliva contains an enzyme that breaks down blood. After several goes you can sponge it with cold water, with a clean wad of tissue on the other side.

Works with shaving cuts and white shirts.

I don't know what effect the age of the mark will have.

Not for OP, but vanish is great for fresh blood stain (I have regular nose bleeds)

Thanks, have ordered some Ace with the weekly shop now. If that doesn't work will go to dry cleaners.

And I might try a bit of dribbling in the mean time.

Ace is bleach isn't it? Could remove the colour from the dress.

I found an Ace colour version which said it was gentle on colours, tough on stains.....hoping it's ok.

That’s the one, for colours, it will not fade the colour of the garment. You could always try on a corner first.
Test it on something of similar finish first (get a cheap scarf from charity shop maybe?).
I’ve been using it for years on everything, takes away grease stains as well. Pretty much everything.
DH had a very bad accident years ago when we were abroad, light blue T-shirt completely soaked in blood, he nearly died. He insisted that was his favourite T-shirt and we should try clean it with my magic collection of cleaning gear. I think he was being sentimental and I would have done anything for him in that state so I agreed we’ll have a go. Got home a week later, dried blood, no blue colour to see anywhere on the top. I poured this Ace all over it, washed as normal, 70% of blood gone, repeated the exact same procedure and completely clean T-shirt after the second wash. I was amazed, it’s pure wizardry!
Good luck!

I'd go to a professional dry cleaner, once you've applied something yourself it makes their job so much harder, if not impossible and satin is a bugger to work with at the best of times.