Linen pads are easy to care for 

Blood stains a.k.a "protein stains" respond well to cool/cold water/salt/saline/hydrogen peroxide.

 

There are many ways to pretreat your used pads, (some don't bother with it... "stainz-shmainz" nature of the product, no shame no shame).

 

How do we do it? We have a tub (empty protein powder) with a lid on that we keep next to the toilet which is filled with saline (1c water to 1tsp salt ratio) about half way. When we go to change our pads, we drop the used one in to soak until we get around to doing laundry within a 48h window. Soaking them too long will compromise the fabrics. 

 

Blood is water soluble which means you can wash the pads with your other laundry without soiling them. If you don't feel comfortable doing so, and have a top loading washing machine, throw in a few towels for better "agitation". Always use a cool/cold cycle. Heat sets protein stains.

 

After washing, lay or hang to dry (or tumble dry low and then finish with air drying). Snapping the pads together by the wings creates you some what a "train of pads" that take less space while drying. Each order will receive a drying snap ribbon, so you can hang your pads to dry conveniently! 

Taking good care of your pads will give your pads longevity.

 

Can you imagine your mother shaming you if she came across your used pads while helping you out with your laundry? Can you see making this  face, yourself? Why's that??

Because we were taught to see it as something unsanitary and dirty. A taboo, plain and simple.

 

Let's not do that to ourselves or our next generation. Nosebleed /period bleed - same body, different orifice - not gross! Just blood.

 

Blood is water soluble, it doesn't soil other laundry.

 

If you don't want your pads to stain, soak them in salt& water until you get around to washing them. You can pre-treat them with hydrogen peroxide and add salt to your wash cycle. Always wash in cold/cool cycles and hang dry. Heat binds the protein (aka blood) stains.

 

But if you don't care about Stainz-shmainz, it's okay. It's the nature of the product.

 

 

Customer Testimony:

"I tried the salt soak with my pads for the first time today! I've used my pads for quite a few months now and I've never used the salt soak. I regret not doing it sooner because wow that was like a miracle! I had scrubbed out what I could but there was still some blood that was stubborn so I decided to give the salt a last ditch attempt to get some big spots out because I didn't want such large stains. After, the pads were like new again! So incredible!" - Kelmeny