Waking up to find blood on your bedsheets is never a pleasant experience - not least because you know you'll have to completely strip your bed and spend hours trying to get the stains out.
But according to fans of cleaning guru Mrs Hinch - real name Sophie Hinchliffe - you don't have to break the bank buying stain removers and putting your sheets through several wash cycles, as there's an easier way to banish blood stains for a total cost of just 65p.
In fact, many of us won't have to spend any extra cash at all, as the item cleaning fans rave about is actually something we keep in our kitchens and use regularly in our cooking - salt.
Members of the Mrs Hinch Cleaning Tips group on Facebook rushed to the aid of one woman who recently posted in the group asking for tips on getting blood out of her bedsheets, as she wrote: "Help please my knowledgeable friends ... I know it's been asked before, but how can I get blood out of my lovely Orla Kiely sheets, please?
"I have put Dr Beckman stain remover on it and washed but it hasn't worked. Dried in sun (ish). I should have said these are patterned sheets, not plain white."
Commenters were quick to tell the woman that the best course of action is to soak sheets in a solution of cold water and salt as soon as possible.
One person said: "Put your bedding in cold water and sprinkle salt on the stain work the salt into a paste on the stain and leave for a while then wash in a cool wash, hot water 'sets' stains."
Another added: "Fill the bath, [add] loads of salt [and leave] overnight. Pop in the washing machine the next day. I do it with anything with blood on and it's all gone."
While a third wrote: "With blood stains, you always soak in cold water as soon as possible, (try not to let it dry in) and I rub a bit of soap over the area, still washing in cold water until the stain is almost out. Then wash as normal."
The woman was advised to avoid hot water as the heat could cause the stain to bind with the fabric of her bedsheets, making it even harder to get out.
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