Please...how do I get grease out of clothing??
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Try soaking the spots with blue wan dish soap
What kind of grease? food? or automotive?
I've used a product called Zep. it worked but 1st try testing in a small not seen spot. purchased at homedepot also at Walmart or amazon.
Lestoil works great.
I use a product called Greased Lightning. It is an all purpose cleaner that works great on laundry. It has cleaned spots on my husband's shirts that nothing else will remove and it doesn't harm the fabric. I have found it at Wal-Mart and the Dollar store. A neighbor recommended it to me and now I swear by it
when I was growing up, my mother's tried and true method of removing grease from clothing was to rub a bit of butter or shortening into the grease spot, then to use handsoap (the bar kind you have to make it kinda mushy) into the now really greasy spot and then scrub the spot. Apparently, new grease adheres to "old" grease and then the soap pulls it all out. I used to do this to my husband's mechanic greasy shirts and it works like a charm!
I can promise you this will work! Just get yourself a can of goop hand cleaner. It has to be the goop brand and yes it's the one that men use in their garages after working on their cars. Just smear a generous amount on any grease spots on your clothes, rub it in a little bit then toss it aside for about an hour. Then toss in the washing machine and wash as usual, then toss in the dryer or hang to dry with ever method you normally use. It doesn't leave a smell in your clothes but will remove pretty much any stain you can come up with. I've even taken every bit of chocolate out of a blouse that had been washed and dried before learning about using goop hand cleaner and that old baked in chocolate stain came right out the first time I tried the goop on it. Give it a try and you'll be amazed. I even once took out tar from my husbands brand new jeans which he forgot to change for old jeans before he started roofing our house. Those jeans didn't have a denim blue patch of color anywhere on them. I didn't hold any hope that my trusty goop could possibly take that much tar out but went ahead and tried anyway. I did use the whole can of goop on them and smeared it on pretty heavily, then rolled the jeans up and threw them in an empty 5 gallon bucket for about a day and a half before washing them. To my amazement after I pulled them out of the washer there wasn't even one tiny speck of tar left on those jeans. Even I couldn't believe my eyes at first. Hubby was out of the doghouse but he won't pull that stunt again. LOL
If its a food grease, try a tablespoon of cornstarch . Let it sit for about 15 minutes and soak up the grease, then brush it out with an old toothbrush .
Daphne, give this a try:
http://www.food.com/recipe/omas-laundry-stain-remover-68119
It works miracles on old grease spots, particularly if you wash the stained items in HOT water after treatment.
I use a degreaser bought from a home improvement store, dilute it and use it on the affected areas as a pre treatment before washing.
"Oil eater" brand cleaner is amazing.