Coming
out of the kitchen with oil spills splotched all over your shirt front gives
one the most bizarre feeling. This feeling could also be shared by one who has
to fix his car engine in his formal suit and ends up with oil stains blighting
it. Worse still is the fact that these stains tend to be the hardest to remove.
Oil can set into your fabrics deeply and at times can get permanent.
Although there are a number of old
wives’ tales and house hold tips which deal with the removal of such stubborn
stains. Yet like many other stains, time is of essence here as well. The
quicker you embark upon this stain removal procedure, the more fruitful will
the results be. Given below are a number of such methods. You can pick up any
from amongst this array or try a couple so that you can eventually get rid of
any oil stained areas from your clothes.
Method One
(Using Corn Starch and Dish Soap)
The following method deploys the dual
powers of corn starch and dish soap. Corn starch has absorbing properties which
soaks up any excess oil from the stain and the stain-lifting properties of dish
soap help remove the stain from scratch.
Things that you will require:
·
Absorbent
cloth
·
Corn
starch
·
Dish
soap
·
Nail
brush
·
water
Steps that you need to take:
1. If the stain is fresh, then first of all
you need to get an absorbent cloth and use it soak up as much oil from the
stain as possible.
2. Next, take a liberal amount of corn
starch and sprinkle it all over the stain in such a manner that it is
appropriately covered.
3. Allow this corn starch to sit onto the
stain for some time, almost half an hour.
4. The absorbing properties of corn starch
would soak up all the excess oil. Eventually brush off this corn starch.
5. Next, to ensure that you get rid of all
oil stain remnants, take some liquid dish soap and pour it onto the oil stained
area.
6. Agitate this soap by rubbing it gently
with fingers. You can also consider using a soft-bristled nail brush for this
purpose if you want to get out all traces of oil which are stuck deeply into
the cloth fibers.
7. The grease-cutting quality of dish soap
will ensure that the stain is removed satisfactorily.
8. Finally, wash the previously stained
garment like you usually do and allow it to air dry.
Method Two (Using Cola)
You might be a cola lover but did you
know that your favorite drink also has many other advantages to its name, and
one of its diverse uses is stain removal? If you didn’t, then it’s time you
know now, because the following method would make use of this very cola to get
rid of oil stains from cotton clothes.
Things that you will
require:
·
Coke/Cola
·
Liquid
laundry detergent
·
water
Steps that you need to take:
1. This method is as simple as one which
you could possibly speculate. All you have to do is take hold of a cola bottle.
2. Pour this coke onto the oil stained area
so that it gets completely saturated with the drink.
3. Allow this coke to sit onto the stain
for some time, approximately an hour or two.
4. Afterwards, wash the garment like you
normally do using liquid laundry detergent. Also pay heed to any care
instructions which might come along the garment.
5. Finally, let the cloth air dry.
Hopefully, no oil stain remnants would be there to be seen by now.
Tips and Warnings:
1.
Talcum
powder and chalk can also be used instead of corn starch as it is also bestowed
with similar absorbing properties.
2. Just like we have made use of corn
starch and dish soap, similarly corn starch and dry cleaning solvent can also
be deployed to get rid of oil spills on fabrics.
3. Hair spray not only fixes your hair,
rather it can also aid in the removal of oil stains from cotton clothes.
4. In extreme cases, you can also make use
of lighter fluid, but you need to extremely careful while handling it.
Moreover, in case of delicate fabrics, it is advisable to avoid its usage.
5. WD-40 has a multitude of uses to its
name and oil stain removal is an important one amongst these.
6. Aloe Vera gel is also an important
anecdote to cure this stain remedy.
0 comments:
Post a Comment