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Grease Relief Cleaner

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Date: 03/07/2006 Topics: Cleaning > Products | Consumer Advice | Readers Request > Consumer  
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I have been looking for a cleaner called Grease Relief that we have always used on our clothes to get the grease stains out, but cannot find it anywhere! I can't even find the manufacturer to contact them. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Is it even still made?

Cjhabel from Quad Cities, IL
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Post By shopper (Guest Post) (12/01/2008)
What about degreasers like Castrol Super Clean found in auto supply stores? I've found that it does well for general household use when mixed with water or used straight and immediately rinsed thorouighly. I wonder if it would harm mica countertops.

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Post By Laurie (Guest Post) (11/08/2008)
Well, this really sucks! I too just used my last drop of Grease Relief. I had my husband check @ Walmart tonight he could not find any such thing on the shelves. Guess I'll try the Goop & the Spic N Span recommendations next time I'm in need of Grease Relief. But, Hopefully by then SC Johnson will have come to their senses and put this wonderful product back in production and on the shelf for the concsumer! I'd bet the bottle I just finished up was @ least 10 years old or more!

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Post By Elaine M. (Guest Post) (11/08/2008)
I have an empty bottle and was hoping to find somewhere to purchase this product. Like everyone else on this list I agree it was the best cleaner on the market. Can Dow tell us why they are no longer making it? Can we get hold of their marketing department to tell them they made a mistake?

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Post By WEASEL FROM RENO (Guest Post) (11/03/2008)
Why would anyone discontinue a product as good as this. I have looked for years to find something that will clean half as good as grease relief and have failed in the search. Please, Please, Please get it back.

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Post By Rodger Dannelley (Guest Post) (09/22/2008)
My wife has had me looking all over Southern California for Grease Relief. She has used this product in the past, and says it is the greatest. Please help us get this back in the markets

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Post By vickie (Guest Post) (09/15/2008)
I have used grease relief for years. I have one more bottle and I'm really sad that nobody makes it anymore. Is their anybody out their that knows of anything as good.

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Post By Bette (Guest Post) (08/30/2008)
We live on a farm & one day my husband & son were sprayed in hydraulic oil! GREASE RELIEF came to the rescue!! I too googled Grease relief & found this site! I have only found one product that comes close & that is Watkins pre-wash (sold by independent dealers)!

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Post By Ginny (Guest Post) (08/01/2008)
It is a real sad loss, but I have found Carbona grease and oil cleaner in the very small yellow bottles to be the next best thing on grease spots. Not cheap but works extremely well. They have a variety of products for ink, milk, wine, etc. Give them a try they work.

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Post By Freddie (Guest Post) (07/13/2008)
I'll join you in writing SC Johnson. Finding such a dependable product is difficult.

My housecleaner took a badly soiled 100% cotton t shirt home w/her to remove a grease stain right in front. I had never heard of the product. Worked like a charm. Now, we are both frustrated that it is no longer on the market. Perhaps a lab scientist could I.D. ingredients, put it back on mkt for sale? Who's listening out there.

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Post By Jane (Guest Post) (07/12/2008)
I leaned against my kitchen sink in a brand new tee shirt not realizing I had spilled bacon grease on it! A large stain (3X5) resulted. Used my recent favorite, Zout spray, and washed and dried but no luck. My shirt sat in the closet for months until I came across an old (probably 10yrs.) bottle of Grease Relief! Soaked the shirt in it overnight and you know the rest. I'm wearing the shirt right now! WHY DID THEY DISCONTINUE THIS PRODUCT?

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Post By June Wright. (Guest Post) (06/30/2008)
When I could no longer find Grease Relief a few years ago, I tried Zout in a concentrated form and it worked pretty well. Now I am almost out and cannot find anything on the shelves but the SPRAY, meaning it is watered down, like all the other sprays. I am not wasting my money buying it, and if I can't get it in the concentrated form, I will try the Goop found at Lowe's or Walmart. Seems the companies want to make something watered down so much it takes more of it, therefore more MONEY! Go figure! The consumer is onto you, companies, and you will not suck us in ever again. Someone will make something which works sooner or later!

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Post By Linda Garrett (Guest Post) (06/26/2008)
I agree with all of you who are bemoaning the loss of Grease Relief. Of all the household/laundry products that I have in my cleaning closet, Grease Relief is my very favorite. Knowing that my supply was growing small, I have been looking in vain for it. Now I know why. Perhaps if enough of us complain, the new owners will sensibly bring back this excellent product. A return of Grease Relief on store shelves would be good for us consumers, but it would also be good for the stock-holders of Johnson. CAN YOU HEAR US JOHNSON BOARD OF DIRECTORS?

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Post By Karla in Manchester, IA (Guest Post) (05/27/2008)
I just used my last drop of Dows Grease Relief, that I have had for years...the product can't be beat!! I will try the Resolve Carpet Cleaner but plan on contactig SC Johnson, Inc to encourage them to bring it back!!!

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Post By June in Georgia (Guest Post) (03/15/2008)
Hey guys--try this: Resolve Carpet Cleaner. I agree Grease Release was the best. Goop works well too. Be sure to try Goop not GoJo. It will not harm your best clothes. But living on a farm we get into the toughest grease. After trying the above & the item going thru the dryer more than once Resolve fixed the problem. U will want to let it soak several hours. It will surprise u. Good Luck!

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Post By Cherish (Guest Post) (02/09/2008)
WE had a plumber come over and he covered the floor in grease, I tried other stuff but only Grease relief diluted with water helped at all. Darn Sc Johnson!

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Post By Linda (Guest Post) (02/05/2008)
If anything - yoou would think a company that makes carpet cleaner for pet accidents would pick up on this as I actually got up the greasy oily feed after a pet has eliminated on your carpet.

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Post By Linda (Guest Post) (02/05/2008)
Grease Relief ; I can't believe someone would actually take something that REALLY works off of the market - there is so much junk out there, I don't even waste my money - SPIC & SPAN works - " make a liquidfied paste and pre-treat your laundry then add it right into your wash. We better stock up though - they might take it off the market. From one Grease Relief lover to another ! ! !

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Post By Gene R. (Guest Post) (01/26/2008)
It was originally manufactured in Greenville, SC by Dow Chemical. Dow sold out to SC Johnson and they ceased production. We are down to our last few ounces and NOTHING we've tried works as well. Anyone found anything even close. You would think someone would pick up tehis practical and useful product since no other comes close. I would pay whatever for something that works.

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Post By Guest (Guest Post) (01/24/2008)
I called SC Johnson and confirmed that they no longer make Grease Relief. They did not replace it with any other degreasing product. They recommend Fantatic Household Cleaner as a replacement, but I have not found that product to be effective as a laundry degreaser myself. Bummer.

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Post By CONNIE (Guest Post) (11/09/2007)
I AM IN CALIFORNIA AND HAVE HAD NO LUCK FINDING GREASE RELIEF. IS IT STILL BEING SOLD.

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Post By Ann (Guest Post) (09/18/2007)
I've been looking too in the Denver area. Anyone have any luck yet?

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Post By Patricia Barker (Guest Post) (09/02/2007)
I love Grease relief for all of my laundry needs but can't find it in stores in Bradenon, FL. Can you help me?

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Post By toni (Guest Post) (05/04/2007)
greased lightning also is a good kitchen degreaser and can be got at walmart or lowes. also works on laundry

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Post By Tracy (Guest Post) (03/29/2007)
We have a theatre and the butter spatters when we are buttering popcorn. It has ruined plenty of t-shirts and pants. I really need to find grease relief. It was the only thing that worked or is the only thing that works, because I have tried everything else and none of them work like it did. Maybe if we all start bugging SC Johnson to bring it back they will.

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Post By binkerman (Guest Post) (03/23/2007)
We are looking for it too. It was great stuff nothing better. The bottle we have says "Dow Chemical" but they sold household cleaners to SC Johnson and we can't find it there. Looks like they stopped making it. We always hope it will show up in the dollar stores but no such luck. Good luck finding it.

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Post By Mollie (Guest Post) (02/05/2007)
I, too, have been looking and googled it also, and there's little more on it than that description. It's the only thing I've ever found that takes the cooked-on stains off the stove top. I have a bottle left (about 10 years old) but want to know how to find more, too! The label on mine is battered and missing parts but "Texize" is visible. Texize was absorbed by Dow.I guess we can all try calling SC Johnson, huh?

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Post By GuestGal (Guest Post) (11/15/2006)
This stuff was great, I agree. I used the tiniest bit of it when washing Tupperware and such plastics and it made the surface feel clean and new...not the least bit greasy. Must be an environmental thing, or something. I can't find it either. I'll try the SCJohnson number posted above. Meanwhile, I have a very old bottle and I use it very sparingly.

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Post By Kathi (Guest Post) (11/07/2006)
Wow. I've been looking for it too. Learned SC Johnson used to make it, so I just wrote to them. Don't think it's available anymore. Bet there are a few old, bright red spray bottles of it in the back room of a country market!
Stuff was great on laundry & ovens!

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Post by cjhabel (1) | (03/07/2006)
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Thank You SOOO Much! I can usually find anything, but I was really having trouble with this. Thank you again!

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Post By Dean (Guest Post) (03/07/2006)
Brand Information
Brand Name: Grease Relief Liquid Degreaser
Form: liquid
Product Category: Home inside >> Kitchen >> degreaser
Home inside >> Degreaser >> kitchen

Customer Service No.: 800-428-4795
Date Entered: 1996-08-21
Related Items: Products with similar usage in this database

Manufacturer
Manufacturer: SC Johnson, Inc.
Address: 1525 Howe Street
City: Racine
State: WI
Zip Code: 53403
Telephone Number: 800-494-4855
Toll Free Number: 800-558-5252
Date Info Verified: 2003-01-01
Related Items: Products by this manufacturer

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Post by mckaysatt (83) | (03/07/2006)
Profile |Contact
It is made by SC Johnson, Inc. Here are the two phone numbers: 800-494-4855 & 800-558-5252 . I have been able to find almost anything by doing a Google search. That's how I found this.

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