How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts

RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts Post By blair (Guest Post) (07/08/2008) This one time one of my t-shirts fell out of my bag and it was so nice and it got all dirty and when I washed it the mud came out but somehow there was still oil on it and tiny holes are in it. My question is how to get oil out of a dried t shirt? Report Spam or Abuse a green oil pastel mark from my white capri Post By Amanda (Guest Post) (04/19/2008) I am a primary school teacher. My students were creating works of art with oil pastels. A green line from an oil pastel ended up on my white capri pants. The capris are cotton and spandex. I haven't washed them yet. Any suggestions would be so appreciated! Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from PING shirts Post By Rick (Guest Post) (04/17/2008) DAWN Works! Small unknown stain (possible grease or oil from a Embroidery machine), used a soft toothbrush a little water and dawn dish soap and it removed it right away. Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts Post By James (Guest Post) (12/06/2007) Better than baby powder, Borax! OK I've tried with the baby powder bit before but Borax has never let me down. It's safe for all colors. Combine that with some Dawn detergent and HOT water, you've got a never fail solution for all types of oil stains. Sprinkle Borax on the oil stain even if it's SET IN. Wait a few minutes. Then rub with some Dawn dish soap. Launder in the warmest water the garment care instructions will allow, preferably HOT. This is my all time favorite oil stain removal solution. Since they discontinued my all time favorite degreaser Westley's Clear Magic which worked in cold water. Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts Post By Brian (Guest Post) (11/25/2007) Hey i've noticed that many of these methods include solvents and they say to hang dry the clothes which have solvents applied to them to ensure they do not ignite in the dryer. However, how many times should i wash and hang dry the item before it is alright to dry inside of the dryer? Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts Post By shawn (Guest Post) (07/05/2007) My problem may be a little different. My husband has very oily skin, and no matter what we've tried, within one night, his pillowcase is about 4 shades darker than the rest of our sheet set. It's not so much his side of the sheets, just the pillow case. My mother-in-law bought us a very nice set of sheets for Christmas and because of this problem I haven't used them. My husband put them on the other night, and just like our other sets of sheets, we now have one dark pillow case. They are dark brown by the way. Any suggestions on how to get the stain out? Would i treat it like any of these oil stains or is body oil different? Thanks Editor's Note: You could try diluting some Dawn and squirting that into the stains, or soaking it separately in hot water with some dawn before washing. That should remove the oil. Oil stains can get set after drying in a clothes dryer, however so they may be set. You might want to get him his own sets of pillowcases so your sets can stay oil free and wash his separately. Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts Post By Don W (Guest Post) (05/14/2007) The best way is to use the technique shown at the following site. I've tried it and it really works for getting out oil stains even if they've set in. http://www.everylastpenny.com/House ... ean_Oil_Spots_From_Your_Clothes.html Report Spam or Abuse italian dressing Post By Rose (Guest Post) (01/22/2007) How do i get an italian dressing stain out of my shirt Report Spam or Abuse Help! I got Pepperoni Pizza oil on brand new jeans! Post By Tracy (Guest Post) (01/12/2007) I was eating some of the most delicious pizza this evening and 3 spots of oil dropped on my new jeans! I first tried Dawn (thinking about how well it cuts the grease from my dishes and hands) but all it did was smear the drops together. I waited until it dried, then tried Awesome (a cleaner that you can get at the Dollar Tree- it even got out baby poop stains from my children's clothes, it has never failed me... Dont use it on red berry stains or red, black, or brown watercolors, it turns the stain bright orange). I let that dry. Now I still have the one big spot and another little one and a ring around the whole thing. I dont want to wash them yet for fear that I might wash the stain into them. I might have some WD40, but I had never heard of doing that before. Anything flammable is completely out of the question. Any other suggestions that might work for someone on an extremely tight budget and doesn't want to risk experimenting with her new jeans? Thanks!!! Editor's Note: Stains really don't set in unless you put the jeans in the dryer. You could try running them through a load in your washer on warm, rubbing the spot with laundry detergent before washing and let them soak for an hour or two. If the stain isn't gone when you are done, wash them again. Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove tartar sauce on shirt Post By marilyn (Guest Post) (01/08/2007) How do I remove tartar sauce from a shirt? Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts Post By Sherri Stewart (Guest Post) (12/05/2006) Careful using lighter fluid, GOOP, oven cleaner, Goof-off, or anything else oil/solvent based. It is very hard to remove the residual odors out of the clothes and when it is heated up by the dryer it creates a vapor and could ignite. It happened to my dads work clothes when I was a kid and we had severe smoke damage to our house not to mention the dryer was a total loss. - It only took about 15 minutes to ignite. Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts Post By D (Guest Post) (11/29/2006) Dawn dishwashing liquid works like a champ even after the clothes have been washed Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts Post By (Guest Post) (09/16/2006) use oxy cleaner Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts Post By tony (Guest Post) (05/06/2006) Can somebody tell me how could I remove grease when my t- shirt is already dry. thx Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts Post By brooklyn (Guest Post) (03/15/2006) i once accidentally dropped a peice of pizza on my brand new pants...i was soooo furious!!! and to double the agony, i was on vacation and away from a washing machine. luckly, four days later i got home and used Dawn dish detergent and now the stain is gone!! Report Spam or Abuse how to remove candle wax from sweat shirt Post By (Guest Post) (02/19/2006) Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts Post By Jason (Guest Post) (01/26/2006) Well I used WD-40 on my white business shirt. The outcome, Sensational. I am a bloke who couldnt get a stain out of the carpet let alone out off my shirt. This shirt was $175. I thought to myself its already ruined why not give it a try you couldn't do any more damage then you already have. Thank you all. Now I sound like the regular Mr Mom at work. I wish I new that these message boards exsisted years ago. All The Best Jason Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts Post By Ivette (Guest Post) (01/25/2006) The best thing to remove oil and food grease stains is talc. Regular baby talc will work. It just has to be BEFORE you wash the clothing. Even if it's two weeks after the stain got on, as long as it hasn't been laundered, it'll come out. Just apply talc on the stain, rub it in and let it set for 24 hours. Then launder as usual and you should have no stain. It works like a charm, again, as long as it hasn't been washed with the stain. Good luck! Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts Post By Mary (Guest Post) (01/12/2006) I've been frustrated for years by these stains. Fels Naphtha soap will get the stains out, but It is a lot of extra work that I don't need! I never use fabric softener, and still get these stains. Is it my well water or residue in the washer? I don't know and I would love a solution before I go completely mad! Report Spam or Abuse I need help Post By Katie (Guest Post) (12/21/2005) I cant remove this stain from my shirt i have no idea how it got there can you please help me my mom says that it is from the dryer sheets that we are using and i have bleaches it so many times it just is not working. Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts Post By Erin (Guest Post) (11/19/2005) Thanks for the detergent idea. I used Palmolive Baking Soda detergent on some oil stains on my t-shirt and jeans. I just put the detergent directly onto the stains and rubbed it in. Then I washed the clothes in hot water in the washing machine. The stains did come out (the t-shirt was more successful than the jeans). Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to wax from jeans Post by ThriftyFun (3743) | (07/25/2005) Profile | Blog! | Contact It should work to use the iron off method. Make sure that your iron is set on delicate or low, cover the wax on the pants with paper towels on both sides of the fabric. Keep ironing until the wax is gone. Basically the method melts the wax and the paper towels absorb it so make sure when the towel has absorbed the wax into it, to use some new sheets. Susan from ThriftyFun Report Spam or Abuse How to remove citronella wax from Jeans Post By Adriana. (Guest Post) (07/25/2005) I recently spilled the wax of my melted citronella candle on my favorite jeans, can anyone help me, i tried dawn, and i tried oxyclean, so far no luck, please let me know if anyone has any suggestions at adriana0116 @ yahoo.com (remove spaces) Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts Post By Rain (Guest Post) (01/24/2005) I found tipking.com long ago and used the coke way to deal with a known oil stain it worked great but now I have some items that like you, I didn't get anything on them but after washing here are these grease like stains. I've tried the coke on them and pretty much no results. I read about fabric softener stains since and found they say if it's been dried you're pretty much screwed. Try a bar of ivory or diluting bleach and soaking but these are dark items so no bleach ... I haven't tried the Ivory yet but it did say I was pretty stuck if I'd dried them. So now I will try this Dawn dish detergent but am real ticked about the stains. I am in my own home not rented and other than 3 items the machines haven't done this. And I use good normal brands in fact it seems anytime this happened it was when using Downey dryer sheets so what's up with that... Any additional tips warmly received as I'm prego and there are only so many new clothes one can buy for 9 months!! Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts Post by raeboz (2) | (10/19/2004) Contact I use a product called "Super Mean Green" degreaser. You can get it at either Family Dollar or Walmart. It is actually more of a kitchen cleaner but I have used it on some of my t-shirts and it has worked great. HTH:) Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts Post By plantgirl848 (Guest Post) (10/19/2004) If you are sure you didn't get a stain on the shirt yourself, there are two things that may be causing it. First, are you using cheap fabric softener? They can cause strange, yellowish, greasy looking stains. Avoid cheap fabric softeners like the plague! It is much better to do without or use vinegar; or pay the extra money for Downey, which doesn't leave those stains. The other possible cause is, do you use washing machines or dryers that many other people use as well? Like at a laundromat or in an apartment building? You NEVER know what someone else is washing/drying and then leaving a residue in the machine. And some fabrics are more prone to staining then others. If possible, buy or rent your own machines or go to a family member's or friend's to do your laundry where you have more control. I had a real problem a few years back with all of my white t-shirts (actually anything white cotton and somethings not white), getting yellowish greasy type stains on them that I knew I hadn't put on them. I was using cheap fabric softener AND using machines shared by a whole apartment building. When I stopped using the fabric softener, the stains stopped about 95% of the time. I figure the other strange stains were from something in the machines. Now I live somewhere else and have my own machines and never see stains like that anymore. Good luck! Heather Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts Post by pilar1 (3) | (10/18/2004) Contact Spray 409 or grease any grease cutting spray. Wash as usual. Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts Post by deb7019 (3) | (10/18/2004) Profile | Contact The handcleaner "GOOP" removes a lot of these stains. You can find it in the automotive section. Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts Post by Luvyabye (400) | (10/18/2004) Profile | Contact I agree with Ann.....Dawn dish detergent. I've used it on old stains and it works...or if it's especially tough, run it through another time...or 2 or....lol But it really does work for me!!! Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts Post By guest (Guest Post) (10/18/2004) i use GOOP it is what mechanics use to get grease off their hands Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts Post by lindal (57) | (10/17/2004) Contact Spray-on oven cleaner and let sit 10 min, then wash immediately. Works so well that industrial kitchens use this to get chef's whites white. It can take the color out of a bright colored garment tho. Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts Post by Jo Bodey (279) | (10/17/2004) Contact Try soaking for 24-48 hours in nappy soaker. I do this for all heavily soiled or stained clothes as I don't use washing powder/liquid. Any stains, including grease, usually come out OK. Regards Jo Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts Post By Patty LLewellyn (Guest Post) (10/17/2004) Whether it be oil from butter, fatty food or just anything greasy on your fingers that you have rubbed on your clothes, lighter fluid will take it out, its wonderful, do not let the lighter fluid sit to long on the clothes or it will out line the stain. Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Remove Oil Stains from T-shirts Post By Ann (Guest Post) (10/17/2004) Try Dawn dish detergent. I keep a bottle in my laundry room just for stain removal. I use it on all of my food stains. If you have dried the shirt, it may not work as well. Just squirt a small amount directly on the stain. Report Spam or Abuse