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essential oil on futon!!!
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cannylass_2
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help!!!
have just discovered my oh has put an oilring thingy that goes on a light bulb to hold essential oil, (stay with me)-upside down on the futon. :mad: there is thick residue on the dark red cover. any ideas on what might work to spot clean it?
i don't want to take all the colour out of the cotton cover, but the stain looks rather dubious, left as it is:eek:
have just discovered my oh has put an oilring thingy that goes on a light bulb to hold essential oil, (stay with me)-upside down on the futon. :mad: there is thick residue on the dark red cover. any ideas on what might work to spot clean it?
i don't want to take all the colour out of the cotton cover, but the stain looks rather dubious, left as it is:eek:
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Does the cover come off?
If not treat as for carpet eg sprinkle on flour or talc, leave a few hours then vacuum off. Blot with damp cloth sprinkled with eucalyptus oil.
If washable - run hot water through the stain, apply eucalyptus oil to absorb the grease and then wash as usual.
(Ideas from "Natural Stain Remover" by Angela Martin).0 -
kitchen roll and an iron???
Not sure if it woukld work.. but it worked on the margarine on my bestest top!! a couple of sheets over the stain and ironed it.. the steam from the iron lifted the oil and the paper absorbed it.. Works on engine oil too!! AND anti-vandal paint!LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14Hope to be debt free until the day I dieMortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)0 -
Brown paper and a warm iron may help. I use this for candle wax on anything from clothing to carpets.Good manners cost nothing -Bad manners cost friends !Murphys No More Pies member #2130
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