How to remove oil stains from cotton shirt

Getting oil stains on cotton shirts is a common experience and most probably you would have encountered it too. Perhaps you were in kitchen and cooking oil spilled on your front, or maybe your hair oil left some memoirs on your cotton blouse. It is also very likely that you were changing your motor oil and before you knew oil stains were adorning your cotton button-up. There can be a multitude of scenarios that may arise when oil stains conjugate with cotton shirt. It is very probable that you get so devastated by these unsightly stains that you decide to get rid of your cotton shirt instead of the oil stain.

However, before you decide you take any such step; follow the simple procedure given below. This effective home remedy will definitely remove greasy oily stains from your cotton shirt and make it as good as new.

Method (Using talcum powder and liquid laundry detergent)

The following method is extremely simple and has guaranteed successful results. The ingredients which it deploys are usually present in every household. Therefore, follow the steps given below and get rid of any nasty oil stain that your shirt might have incurred.

Things that you will require:

·      Liquid laundry detergent

·      Towel or absorbent pad

·      Talcum powder or corn starch

Steps that you need to take:

1.   First of all what you have to do is place the shirt on some clean towel or absorbent pad. Take care that the stain should be on the up side.

2.   Next, sprinkle some talcum powder on the oil stain. It has the capacity of absorbing oil; therefore it can help in the stain removal. If talcum powder is not available, then corn starch can also be used in its stead as it has similar properties.

3.   Leave the powder or the starch on the stain for 24 hours almost so that it has ample time to absorb the oil from the stain.

4.   Afterwards, brush off the powder from the stain.

5.   However, if you feel that powder is stuck to the oil stain with some oily residue, then brush that powder off with your fingers, and repeat the above mentioned process until no oily residue is left behind.

6.   Then, once you are sure that the oil is gone wash the stain with liquid laundry detergent and rinse with cool water.

7.   Later, launder the cotton shirt as you usually do. For laundering it, make use of hot water.

8.   Make sure that oil stain has gone before you put the cotton shirt in the dryer; otherwise heat from the dryer might set the stain further.

Tip:

1.   You can also use dish washing soap on the oil stain as it has a grease-cutting quality and tends to be useful in the removal of oily stains.

2.   If the stain on cotton shirt still doesn’t go, then try using rubbing alcohol. However, check the alcohol on an indiscreet area of the cotton shirt for color-fastness, prior to its application on the stain.