Removing black engine oil from a shirt?

gemmaking

What is the best way to remove Black oil stains (car engine oil) from a shirt?

using solvents, liquids, methods etc?

and are you speaking from experience? have you done the method you are going to advise ?

Mr_Thrifty

Oh Gemma!

Hehe, the things you hard working housewives have to put up with, hey?

I would be inclined to go to the hardware shop and get special oil remover. Perhaps something like Vanish. Or maybe soak it for quite a long time in detergent.

fred7777

Soak the area of the shirt with WD40 and sponge with WD40 and a white cloth to remove as much as possible then wash with vanish.

maninthestreet

Try ordinary washing-up liquid - pour some onto the stain, working it it a little. Leave for a while, then wash as normal.

colino

Work Swarfega into the stain until it is lifting out, then wash normally.
(I would like around 500 previous offences to be taken into consideration)!

custardy

simply stop referring to it as a shirt and from now on call it a rag

TrickyWicky

fred7777 wrote: »

Soak the area of the shirt with WD40 and sponge with WD40 and a white cloth to remove as much as possible then wash with vanish.

+1

WD40 is pretty good at removing oil from things.

Dave_C_2

+1 for swarfega.

Now all we have to do is figure out how to get rid of swarfega and WD40 stains ...

mcjordi

personally wouldnt spend any money on getting rid of the stain its pretty much there to stay.. hence why i have an old top and old pair of bottoms to do mucky stuff in..

could try the wd40 or swarfegga tricks

Owain_Moneysaver

+1 for WD40 to soften and dissolve the oil. Then use detergent (washing up liquid probably as good as anything) to remove the WD40.