How do you remove oil stains from clothes

[Slick Rick]

How would you remove old dirty oil stains from clothes. Ive put some stain remover on the patch on my hoodie and threw it in the wash but its not working
Any ideas?

 

[sn00pie]

My personal experience in removing oil stains from clothing is: you don't.

 

[Flerbizky]

How would you remove old dirty oil stains from clothes. Ive put some stain remover on the patch on my hoodie and threw it in the wash but its not working
Any ideas?

Hide it somewhere out of sight...

If you hoodie wasn't meant to receive oil - Why were you wearing it ?...

 

[GrumpEone]

How would you remove old dirty oil stains from clothes. Ive put some stain remover on the patch on my hoodie and threw it in the wash but its not working
Any ideas?

Use Murphy's Oil soap. Works very well

 

[TB]

• Go wherever the hoodie was originally purchased and purchase a new one.
• Throw the original hoodie away, or use it as a oil rag(s)
• ???
• Profit.

Either that or give this a read.

 

[Duke]

My personal experience in removing oil stains from clothing is: you don't.

Exactly. You wear clothes that you expect to stay non-clean. I have several sets of jeans and shirts that are strictly for under-car work. They only get washed together, with the shop rags, and never with real clothes.

You can try hand washing them with dish soap (NOT dishwasher detergent, which contains a lot of bleach) and a scrub brush. But if they've been through the dryer already, they're probably permanent.

 

[Wenders]

How would you remove old dirty oil stains from clothes. Ive put some stain remover on the patch on my hoodie and threw it in the wash but its not working
Any ideas?

Get a pair of scissors, cut around stain. There it's gone now!

Probably not much you can do now. If stain wasn't removed when first wash then it more than likely won't be coming out.

 

[sn00pie]

Get a pair of scissors, cut around stain. There it's gone now!

Whoa genius!

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[Omnis]

Dump

on the stain.

 

[Sharky.]

Woah, that's bringing out the heavy artillery

My solution is not getting oil on your clothes in the first place

 

[Year.Zero]

Mix all of this together regardless of instruction:


* bleach (do not mix with ammonia)
* ammonia (do not mix with bleach)
* vinegar
* baking soda
* rubbing alcohol
* hydrogen peroxide
* cream of tartar
* sun
* club soda
* Table Salt

 

[Sureboss]

Can Americans get Swarfega?

 

[Flerbizky]

Mix all of this together regardless of instruction:


* bleach (do not mix with ammonia)
* ammonia (do not mix with bleach)
* vinegar
* baking soda
* rubbing alcohol
* hydrogen peroxide
* cream of tartar
* sun
* club soda
* Table Salt

That's a recipe for disaster if ever

 

[SolidSnake15]

MY 3 B's of getting rid of oil stains.

B**ch at yourself for getting oil on them.
Burn them.
Buy new ones.

EDIT: Slick Rick got oil on his cloths...How ironic.

 

[TVRKing]

Can Americans get Swarfega?

Only if they don't use protection.

 

[Slick6]

Super Clean + Toothbrush = Best chance of success

I've used it on numerous white T-shirts on which I've gotten grease, oil, dirt, grass, etc. on. It also takes out Coca-Cola and red juice stains if taken care of immediately. Unless you've washed and/or dried the garment, then you're out of luck.

When you're done using it on you're clothes, clean the tires on your car with it. It will remove all of that brown residue from using those tire shine products. It actually cleans the rubber to it's like new state. Nice and black with little chance of picking up dirt like tire shines. [/unrelated car cleaning knowledge]

*EDIT

If you've got access and you haven't washed the shirt yet, parts cleaner solvent has removed tons of stains for me as well. Not the type in the spray can, but in actual parts washers.

 

[Slick Rick]

OMG the stain...vanished!

I used some Vanish Pre-Wash Spray. Sprayed loads on the oil patches, left it for about 20mins, the put it in the washing machine on 'prewash' cycle (dont know what it means) and put some more stain remover in with the washing power for good measure and about 1h30m later out comes clean clothing. Grrreat!

http://www.vanish.co.uk/vanish_laundry.shtml Its the 6th product I used

 

[SolidSnake15]

For future stains: get a pressure washer.

 

[Slick Rick]

Nooo get vanish! did you read my post? It totally got rid of the dirty oil stain that was there for a week! Better than a jet wash or a pair of scissors man.

 

[Picc84]

I thought I told you not to use oil as a lubericant! Jeeze... Clean yourself up and clear your internet history before your momma finds out...

 

[Wenders]

OMG the stain...vanished!

I used some Vanish Pre-Wash Spray. Sprayed loads on the oil patches, left it for about 20mins, the put it in the washing machine on 'prewash' cycle (dont know what it means) and put some more stain remover in with the washing power for good measure and about 1h30m later out comes clean clothing. Grrreat!

http://www.vanish.co.uk/vanish_laundry.shtml Its the 6th product I used

so the commercials are true.
I use this stuff all the time, not always effective on a old stain but then again you did give it a pretty intensive treatment. I do have a few items of clothing that have actually lost colour on the spots where I left the stain remover sitting for too long, probably a lot longer than your 20mins though.