MedusaSILVER Member
veteran
1,433 posts
Location: 8 days at Cloudbreak, 6 in Perth, Australia


Posted:
Who knew that cleaning a house could be such a dangerous thing to do...certainly not me ubblol

I have a rent inspection coming up on Thursday so I am in the process of just doing a general tidy up (house isn't that messy but you know how picky rent inspectors can be).

So I am in my spare room just tidying up to spare furniture that I have stored in there when I accidently kick a metal container with my small toe.

It hurt but I thought nothing of it till I walked into my lounge room then remebered I had to put something away in my bedroom so as I turn around I notice these lovely, quite large red spots over the carpet and the tiles.

I remember my toe and look down, sure enough I have sliced my litte toe open and it is bleeding quite profusely (as those horrible stupid smaller cuts do)...

Has anyone else had stupid little accidents like this?

Also does anyone know how to get blood off of carpet?

arsnHow do you change this thing???
1,903 posts
Location: Behind the couch...


Posted:
Use a bit of red wine... biggrin



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MedusaSILVER Member
veteran
1,433 posts
Location: 8 days at Cloudbreak, 6 in Perth, Australia


Posted:
Thanks arsn...ubblol
Will have to get round to that once the blood is out of the carpet...

Toe doesn't hurt actually that's why it surprised me that it was bleeding...

That's it I think I should never house clean again...it's way to dangerous...from someone as clutzy as me...ubblol

GnorBRONZE Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia


Posted:
House cleaning is way too dangerous. It made me have dizzy spells and sight problems the other day.

Too be avoided at all costs. See you tnite Fi hug hug

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Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?

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Sakura_MoonHop's Kitten Jester.
1,803 posts
Location: Wonderland igloo, Vic, Australia


Posted:
Salt for the carpet!!!! It absorbs blood...and red wine!
Anyway, yeah i uh....broke my toe...on a tv stand...

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vanizeSILVER Member
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3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA


Posted:
rent inspector? what the heck is that? confused



sorry about the toe. I have silly accidents like that all the time, so I can sympathize. kiss

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SDLWSILVER Member
Member
326 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom


Posted:
Yeah i had a silly accident and piece of advice do not slide along the hall way in to the bathroom in bare feet. I did and caught my foot on the griper rod the thing to keep the carpet down and sliced the bottom of my foot open. The trail of blood from upstairs to downstairs for a plaster is still there

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GnorBRONZE Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia


Posted:
oooooowwwwwwiieeeeessss....

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Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?

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MedusaSILVER Member
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1,433 posts
Location: 8 days at Cloudbreak, 6 in Perth, Australia


Posted:
I agree....owwwww....

I gt the blood out thatnks for the advice guys!

Now I have to figure out how to get my shoe on....lol

SDLWSILVER Member
Member
326 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom


Posted:
in my experiance lots of plasters to pad it and very carefully casue it hurts lots

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Rouge DragonBRONZE Member
Insert Champagne Here
13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia


Posted:
Written by: Sakura_moon


Salt for the carpet!!!! It absorbs blood...and red wine!
Anyway, yeah i uh....broke my toe...on a tv stand...




ooh no! not salt! salt makes the stain hold fast! its a common myth, but never put salt on stains because it will only make them more permenant!

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_So_BRONZE Member
Skinny poi maker
313 posts
Location: Moscow, Russia


Posted:
try some water with a lot of salt... I heard it helps...

Hanzveteran
1,328 posts
Location: Bendigo, Vic, Australia


Posted:
ooh.. not good guys.

OK to get blood out of the carpet:
A fresh blood stain can be removed with a saline solution, made with a teaspoon of salt to half a litre of cold water. Soak off for sponge the stain as quickly as possible.
If the stain has dried, pack it with a paste of Powdered Borax and a little water. Allow to dry and brush off.

babajagaBRONZE Member
old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany


Posted:
ouch......

a few ideas
If the blood stain is fesh and it is possible to soak the clothing item then do so immediatly in cold water and the stain will flow out, never use warm or hot as this will set the blodd in the material.

If it is more stubborn blood stain then apply a paste of meat tenderizing crystals and cold water to the area and then leave it forabout an hour and rinse cool water, and you will see the stain just flow away!

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Mistress AuroraHot Schtuff
1,032 posts
Location: Stillwater,OK/Wichita Falls,TX


Posted:
Or use hydrogen peroxide to get blood stains out. We use it at work and it does wonders on clothing and such.

I've never cut myslef so bad when cleaning the house that it was horror movie style. Usually I would just knock stuff over when dusting or hit my toes on the furniture. ubblol


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MikeGinnyGOLD Member
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA


Posted:
Ok. Things I've learned in the medical field.

1) To remove blood:
IMMEDIATELY douse or immerse the area in COLD water (warm water ruptures the red blood cells, causing release of hemoglobin, and that stains everything). Do not use alchohol as this also ruptures red blood cells. Hydrogen peroxide works somewhat on old stains.

2) To remove feces:
IMMEDIATELY treat the area with hydrogen peroxide or rubbing alcohol in large quantities and then launder or shampoo the rug.

3) To remove urine:
Warm water. If on a carpet, use soda-water.

4) For vomit:
Launder clothes ASAP. Dump a thick coating of dry coffee grounds on carpet and then vacuum up. Shampoo up any remaining stains.

-Mike

Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella



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nearly_all_goneSILVER Member
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1,626 posts
Location: Southampton, United Kingdom


Posted:
Mike, you know some crazy schmou. Fair play.

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MikeGinnyGOLD Member
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA


Posted:
Hey, when you work in a job like Tiffy or I do, you have to know these things. ;-)

Incidentally, NEVER use bleach on any iron-based stain. It just fixes it in place by oxidizing the iron. So no bleach on blood or rust.

-Mike

Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella



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Mistress AuroraHot Schtuff
1,032 posts
Location: Stillwater,OK/Wichita Falls,TX


Posted:
Written by:

Hey, when you work in a job like Tiffy or I do, you have to know these things. ;-)




hug Yuppers!

And it really helps you at home when something gets soiled with bodily fluids either from man or animal. You sigh in satisfaction knowing "I can get this out of my carpet!" ubblol ubblol ubblol


RISK: Do not follow the common path; Go where there is no path and leave a trail.


This_EnergyBRONZE Member
member
173 posts
Location: ridgefield, ct, USA


Posted:
wow.

I start it, I end it,
I kill and words will defend it.
Got big plans,
blood stained hands
Wanna put my name on the map.
On my way to save the world.
-Missionary, Operation Ivy


CaMiLL(e_o)member
88 posts
Location: Epsom, Surrey, UK


Posted:
My mum once was doing the cleaning and she jumped off the bed without looking and landed with all her weight on a plug.

She had three holes in her foor and it was stuck there. So scary. She was fine after she's recovered luckily, but too this day it has to be one of the most painful things i've seen.

>>>d(o_0)b<<<


RovoGOLD Member
(the person actually known as Chris Bailey)
544 posts
Location: Austin, TX, USA


Posted:
CaMiLL(e_o) your post reminds me of what happened to my lil brother once. He was standing n the side of an arm chair and fell off and his foot landed on top of a glass crushing it under his foot. He had to getawhole bunch of stiches and on of the gahses was even to big to be sticthed up.

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CaMiLL(e_o)member
88 posts
Location: Epsom, Surrey, UK


Posted:
oooooooh i bet that killed. You know i've never broken anything except a hairline fracture down my little finger.

*has possibly just cursed herself*

>>>d(o_0)b<<<


_So_BRONZE Member
Skinny poi maker
313 posts
Location: Moscow, Russia


Posted:
If talking about someone else's injuries... My boyfriend and i decided rearrange our appartment a little bit. And we have this veeery old piano, that doesn't even play any more/ So we decided to make a litlle bar of it. So what we needed to do, is displace some parts of it, like keys and strings. So as one part of this work, we had to put the piano down on its back. Well, you can imagine how heavy it is.
So, he was holding the piano by the top, slowly leaing it back. But then, suddenly, something went wrong and this thing started sliding down.
We were trying to hold it, but this thing is terribly heavy, so we just had to jump away to save our feet. But the piano hit his arm so hard, that there appeared a HUGE bleeding graze, and his arm terribly swelled... Lucky he didn brake it... And he's a DJ... he couldnt work for a few days...


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