# Help for Cleaning Up Those Annoying Blood Stains Left After You Murder Someone!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-for-cleaning-up-those-annoying-blood-stains-left-after-you-murder-someone/487750>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 28, 2009, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-for-cleaning-up-those-annoying-blood-stains-left-after-you-murder-someone/487750 "2009-02-28T02:37:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-for-cleaning-up-those-annoying-blood-stains-left-after-you-murder-someone/487750/1 "2009-02-28T02:37:16Z")

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[Looks like Billy Mays and his Oxyclean! stuff are your new best friends!](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217112516.htm)

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> A team of scientists from the University of Valencia (UV) has proven that traces of blood in various materials are eliminated completely when they are washed with detergents containing active oxygen. The conclusion of the study, published in the latest number of the German journal entitled Naturwissenschaften, points out that these new products alter blood to such an extent that this cannot be detected by reagents used in forensics.

:: Rubs palms together fiendishly ::

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-for-cleaning-up-those-annoying-blood-stains-left-after-you-murder-someone/487750/2 "2009-02-28T02:50:26Z")

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> [@Tuckerfan](#):
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> [Looks like Billy Mays and his Oxyclean! stuff are your new best friends!](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217112516.htm):: Rubs palms together fiendishly ::

aAND WHO’S YOUR FIRST VICTIM GOING TO BE?

😃

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-for-cleaning-up-those-annoying-blood-stains-left-after-you-murder-someone/487750/3 "2009-02-28T09:03:46Z")

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Billy Mays?

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**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-for-cleaning-up-those-annoying-blood-stains-left-after-you-murder-someone/487750/4 "2009-02-28T09:19:29Z")

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> [@Mudshark](#):
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> Billy Mays?

Oh please oh please oh please oh please…

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**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-for-cleaning-up-those-annoying-blood-stains-left-after-you-murder-someone/487750/5 "2009-02-28T11:05:03Z")

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no

Vince:cool:

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-for-cleaning-up-those-annoying-blood-stains-left-after-you-murder-someone/487750/6 "2009-02-28T11:29:44Z")

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Vince isn’t as bad as Billy.

Billy shouts and points at me. Vince has that cool microphone thingy.