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23-08-2019, 11:32 PM
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Re: Removing blood from a carpet

Originally Posted by OldGreyFox ->
I thought you'd killed someone when I first read the title of this post Tara.....

I usually roll bodies in plastic before doing the deed.....
Originally Posted by Mags ->
I had also wondered what Tara had been up to, Bob! I thought a confession was coming
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Me too - that was the first thing that came to mind! You'd think a magnet would help clear it.
Me, too, and I was going to suggest rolling up the carpet to clean the floorboards .....

How Investigators Use Luminol

https://science.howstuffworks.com/luminol3.htm

Typically, luminol only shows investigators that there might be blood in an area, since other substances, including household bleach, can also cause the luminol to glow.

Luminol in itself won't usually solve a murder case. It's only one step in the investigative process.

In some cases, luminol leads investigators to more evidence. For example, if luminol detects trace amounts of blood on a carpet, investigators may pull up the carpet and discover a lot of visible blood on the floorboards below.
The "floorboard evidence" has helped to convict many a killer .....
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24-08-2019, 08:30 AM
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Re: Removing blood from a carpet

Originally Posted by OldGreyFox ->
I thought you'd killed someone when I first read the title of this post Tara.....

I usually roll bodies in plastic before doing the deed.....
Thanks for the advice I will remember that in future!
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24-08-2019, 09:27 AM
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Re: Removing blood from a carpet

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Thanks for the advice I will remember that in future!
Gulp!......
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24-08-2019, 11:35 AM
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Re: Removing blood from a carpet

The cut I sustained yesterday is no long bleeding thank goodness, I must be much more careful in future.
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26-08-2019, 02:12 PM
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Re: Removing blood from a carpet

Next time try milk...it removes even old bloodstains.
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Re: Removing blood from a carpet

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Next time try milk...it removes even old bloodstains.
Salt is better in my opinion.
 
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