cleaning engine oil from fabric or carpet

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Hi "Ironside" Burr,

I haven't experienced this personally so can't offer advice, but this thread may help:

cleaning engine oil from fabric

I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the suggestions together.

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"Ironside"_Burr

Thankyou so much for the advice. I am going to check out the other thread THOROUGHLY before tackling the oil on the car seats.

Dinah93

Does anyone have any ideas? I suspect the carpet is acrylic not wool as it's in my brother's hall's of residence room. Any help very much appreciated as my parents deposit hangs in the balance!

BitterAndTwisted

What kind of oil?

If it's been freshly spilled it needs to be blotted up with kitchen-paper or newspaper. I'd be putting this down and treading on it to ensure it's being absorbed as completely as possible.

In the first instance I'd cover the stain with neat vinegar and blot up as before. Thereafter I'd make a solution of biological washing-powder and washing-soda and attempt to clean the stain from the outside inwards with a nail-brush to prevent the stain spreading and blot it up after every application and scrub. This may not work as grease and oil stains are very, very difficult to shift but if it's an acrylic carpet you might get lucky as this won't absorb the oil in the same way that wool would.

Dinah93

Unfortunately no, he didn't mention the stain for a few months after doing it! Its bike oil, rather than cooking oil.

Penelope_Penguin

Dinah93 wrote: »

Unfortunately no, he didn't mention the stain for a few months after doing it! Its bike oil, rather than cooking oil.

There are some suggestions in this thread. I'll add this to that later to keep ideas together.

esmf73

My husband walked tar into a BRAND NEW (the carpet layers had just left!) cream long haired carpet in our new house. I bought something from Halfords which got most of it out - but it did leave a stain (probably because the carpet was cream). If the carpet is dark you'd get away with it. Am imagining that the stain is oil from a car / bike and has been there for quite a while. Would suggest using hot water and stain removers from supermarket as well.

meritaten

the only thing i can think of is try sunflower or vegetable oil directly on the stain. work it in and see how much comes off. if the stain starts to lift then keep applying the oil working it in then lifting off as much as you can with kitchen roll or rags. once the stain has lightened enought then work detergent in and keep rinsing it until it looks clean. If it doesnt lift with the sunflower oil - then try steam. a steam cleaner with a concentrated nozzle may do the trick.

janb5

esmf73 wrote: »

My husband walked tar into a BRAND NEW (the carpet layers had just left!) cream long haired carpet in our new house. I bought something from Halfords which got most of it out - but it did leave a stain (probably because the carpet was cream). If the carpet is dark you'd get away with it. Am imagining that the stain is oil from a car / bike and has been there for quite a while. Would suggest using hot water and stain removers from supermarket as well.

Never use hot water- it entrenches the stain.

Try Oil of Eucalyptus for getting out the tar- works really well.

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I used just plain old washing up liquid on bike oil on jeans recently with great success (totally got it out of the fabric; seemed to "lift" the oil) - not sure if it'd be the same principle on carpet but I'd definitely agree anything but water!! Good luck!