# How to clean fresh blood stains off a tatami mat?  Need answer fast!

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 27, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-clean-fresh-blood-stains-off-a-tatami-mat-need-answer-fast/461391 "2008-08-27T04:51:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-clean-fresh-blood-stains-off-a-tatami-mat-need-answer-fast/461391/21 "2008-08-27T23:59:47Z")

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Hi everyone. It all worked out, so no worries. Thanks for all your suggestions, and I’ll talk about my Japan trip in a new thread that I’ll make in a day or two.

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**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-clean-fresh-blood-stains-off-a-tatami-mat-need-answer-fast/461391/22 "2008-08-28T02:17:21Z")

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[QUOTE=CalMeacham]  
Don’t forget to move the Naval Treaty from its hidey-hole. And put the mats back the right way  
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Are these two Sherlock Holmes references I see?

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**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-clean-fresh-blood-stains-off-a-tatami-mat-need-answer-fast/461391/23 "2008-08-28T03:24:17Z")

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[QUOTE=5-HT]  
I had no idea what [tatami](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatami) mats were either, but I have to say they’re pretty cool looking.  
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Another example showcasing the general lack of info on Wikipedia. This link doesn’t even mention the possibility of staining a tatami mat with blood, let alone how to clean it.

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