STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

sophie · Kenneth Cole

How to get oil stains off clothing?!?!

esquiress · Marc Jacobs

what kind of fabric is the stain on?

sophie · Kenneth Cole

One's on cotton. The other is a polyester/rayon blend I think.

RyanJ · Coach

I spot treat the stain with a dish soap- dawn or something that. If something splatters and I have little grease stains all over I put about a 1/2 cup of dishwashing soap in the washer. I let the clothes soak in the washer for about a half hour and then start the washing process. It usually works really well.

Dizzy · Marc Jacobs

I like dawn too, but I've had the best luck with murphy's oil soap (it's a household cleaner, they sell it with Mr. Clean and lysol and all that at most stores). Good luck - those mystery stains are so frustrating!

valenciana · Dooney & Bourke

i got an oily stain off a cotton shirt with oxiclean. just soaked it in a solution of oxiclean and hot water for a couple hours and then washed. it was seriously like magic. i had washed it and treated it several times before and nothing helped. just try not to put it in the dryer until you're sure the stain is gone since the heat can set the stain in.

RyanJ · Coach

quote:
Originally posted by: Dizzy
"I like dawn too, but I've had the best luck with murphy's oil soap (it's a household cleaner, they sell it with Mr. Clean and lysol and all that at most stores). Good luck - those mystery stains are so frustrating!"

Dizzy- Do you just use it as a spot cleaner or put it in the wash? I have never used it before and would like to try it. Thanks!

madam · Nine West

I got a stain off with oxiclean too. Soaked it in oxiclean but don't use hot water, it will set the stain, use cold.

-- Edited by madam at 17:38, 2005-01-05

Kenneth Cole

Try baby powder...put some on the stain, let it stay for a while, and after a while brush it off.

nyc_shopgirl · Dooney & Bourke

Carbona makes a stain devil just for oil fat and grease stains and they work. I believe hancock fabrics carries them online.

Ally S · Kate Spade

I use the Oxi-Clean too. I like to pre treat it, then soak it then let it go through the washer. I never dry anything if it might have a stain or else it will set. I have had to sometimes do the treatment 2x for serious stains.