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Cooking Oil on Clothes

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  • janeawej
    janeawej Posts: 808 Forumite
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    I find swarfega very good for removing oil from clothing, rub it ino cloth and leave for 10 mins then wash at the highest temp the fabric can take, this should remove it. Jane
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  • beachbeth
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    I pressed the oily side onto kitchen towel and rubbed the reverse with warm water and fairy liquid. I kept moving the stain onto different parts of the kitchen towel until no more oil appeared on the towel. I then rubbed the rest off on the stained side of the material. This removed the stain! I then put it through the wash and you can't see oil any more! Thanks everyone! :T

    I now have another problem! One of my daughters left a pen in the wash and I now have an ink mark on a vest! Ive repeated the above and have also soaked in milk. I don't think its going to remove the stain as well as it removed the oil though!
  • Ianna
    Ianna Posts: 581 Forumite
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    Hello moneysavers!

    I managed to get baby oil on one of my tops last night and despite instantly putting vanish stain remover spray on it and washing it the mark's still there and really noticeable. Any ideas on what I can do to remove it? The top's a lycra-ish material, a smart work one if that makes a difference.

    Any advice would be very much appreciated!
  • boo81
    boo81 Posts: 654 Forumite
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    Ive heard for oily things you need to soak it up so maybe using some talc. Im not sure whether washing will have meant you cant remove it as easy though
  • Pink.
    Pink. Posts: 17,675 Forumite
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    Hi Ianna,

    If you rub a small blob of washing up liquid into the stain and wash as normal it should disappear.

    We have an older thread on this somewhere, when I find it I'll merge your thread with it to keep all the suggestions together.

    Pink
  • Ianna
    Ianna Posts: 581 Forumite
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    Wow you guys are fantastic! I was looking at specialist removers today and weeping at the price and finding out washing up liquid works - yayyyyyyy!!!! :j
  • kickstart_3
    kickstart_3 Posts: 410 Forumite
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    Thanks i will try that , i have butter on a t-shirt. I used Shout spray but it didnt work either!
  • olajonca
    olajonca Posts: 33 Forumite
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    HI
    does anyone know ho to get rid if the greasy stains of olive oil from clothes, you may be woderring how I got them in the first place-my baby has a cradle cup and I use an olive oil as a remedy,
    please help:eek:
  • Stephen_Leak
    Stephen_Leak Posts: 8,762 Forumite
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    Rub the stain with something like washing-up liquid or Stardrops before washing?
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  • newlywed
    newlywed Posts: 8,255 Forumite
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    Rub cornflour into the stain. let it sit and soak up the oil. Wash.

    Worked for splashed cooking oil on my skirt.
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