Diluting Eucalyptus Oil?

Moonmoney

Hello I've managed to get tar on my beige carpet I've managed to get the hard tar off but it's left a brown stain on the carpet.

I've read that eucalyptus oil is the thing to use to get the tar stain out so this morning I've been out and bought the only bottle of essential eucalyptus oil I could find - before realising that it was an essential oil meaning I need to dilute this down before I can use it on the carpet.

Arghh!! Please help - what can I dilute this essential oil with? Water? and how much of the other stuff do I need?

Anne_Marie_2

Looks like you should use it straight.

http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Tar-out-of-Carpet

Moonmoney

Thanks Anne-Marie I had it in my head that it should be diluted but maybes that's just for when applying to the body!

Anne_Marie_2

Moonmoney wrote: »

Thanks Anne-Marie I had it in my head that it should be diluted but maybes that's just for when applying to the body!

Yes you are right. Most oils should be diluted before using on the body, although you can use lavender and tea tree undiluted, but test first!

How did you get on with your carpet?

hardpressed

WD40 gets tar out of a carpet.

Moonmoney

Anne_Marie wrote: »

How did you get on with your carpet?

Hi Anne_Marie

The carpet is looking good again. I compromised with the dilution idea by adding the eucalyptus oil to a damp cloth and then started dabbing, working towards the centre of the stain. Wasn't sure at first that it would completely work, I could see the cloth I was using taking some of the tar colour but I could also still see the stain on the carpet.

So left it for a week then dabbed again, left it and finally dabbed for the last time. Carpet simply shows no sign of the stain so I'm really happy with that.

And I now have a 10 ml bottle of pure essential Eucalyptus Oil (minus around 10 drops! ) ready for the next little incident!

PS Sorry for the super long wait in updating this thread.

Seakay

thanks for getting back - good to have evidence that this method really does work on very difficult stains!

Chris25

we bought a sofa & it's casters marked the carpet as the bottom of them didn't have the protective pads that they should have done.

The shop we bought it from sent out a chap who used eucalytus oil to get out the stain - worked a treat but he told us it is highly flammable so you need take care where you store it..

Moonmoney

Seakay wrote: »

thanks for getting back - good to have evidence that this method really does work on very difficult stains!

It was a bad tar stain and I still don't know where the tar even came from!

And it wasn't a fresh stain - the tar had actually been on the carpet for quite a few weeks before the eucalyptus oil did its work (told you I was slow!)

Was a little worried when I could still see the tar stain at first, even though it did diminish with each dabbing, on the beige carpet. However am still happy to have done the dabbing over two or three sessions so that I didn't swamp and soak the carpet with the essential oil.

Moonmoney

Chris25 wrote: »

The shop we bought it from sent out a chap who used eucalytus oil to get out the stain - worked a treat but he told us it is highly flammable so you need take care where you store it..

Hmm storing the bottle (small brown bottle) in it's box in the kitchen sink cupboard along with everything else

When I was happy that the stain had gone I dabbed (again) with a damp cloth but my intention here was to remove any leftover oil so it didn't eat away the carpet rather than because it was flammable. (was wary that I didn't cure the stain by having no carpet left:rotfl:)

Mands

Moonmoney wrote: »

And I now have a 10 ml bottle of pure essential Eucalyptus Oil (minus around 10 drops! ) ready for the next little incident!

It's superb at taking the remains of sticky labels off things too, if you're looking for other uses for it.
Mands