especially with dried blood! bleach can work too some times, but it’s not as efficient as hydrogen peroxide. i don’t want my clothes to have a faint outline of blood on them anymore
also, for context, i unfortunately have a uterus;
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Because hemoglobin (that gives blood its color) contains iron. If you use the wrong cleaning methods, it will denature hemoglobin, releasing iron and iron oxides.
Particles of iron oxides are pretty colorful, and difficult to dislodge from textile fibers for example, which is exactly what a bad stain is.
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