How to Remove Oil Stains from Clothes
- Act quickly. When you want to get that oil out of your clothes, it’s important to make sure you don’t allow the stain to dry or set into the fabric. You need to act fast and remove oil stains as soon as they happen.
- Blot the stain to remove excess grease. Grab a tissue or a paper towel and press the stain gently on both sides to soak up the excess oil.
- Make sure you check the fabric care label before washing your clothes. What temperature can the garment be washed on? Is it hand wash only? The label on your clothes should tell you how to wash your clothes safely.
- To remove grease or cooking oil stains, you can pre-treat the stain with a spot of dish soap, like Dawn. This will help loosen the stain before the wash, making it easier to remove oil from clothes.
- To remove other oil stains, such as motor oil stains, oil-based paints or other tough oil stains, prepare a soaking solution with Tide to pre-treat the garment before washing.
- Wash the garment in an enzyme-based liquid detergent, such as Tide Ultra Stain Release Liquid, which has been specially designed to lift off even the toughest stains, like oils, from clothing.
- Make sure the oil stain has completely gone before placing the item in the dryer. The heat of your tumble dryer can set the stain in to the fibers of the fabric.
Common Oil Stains
You can get that oil spot from pretty much anywhere around the house, or even when you’re out and about. In the kitchen, cooking oil and grease are the main guilty parties, but you can also find that patchy oil stain from motor oil, oily road water and even oil paint. Not only does it look bad, but it can also be tricky to remove as well. But luckily, with a few tips from Tide, you can find out how to remove cooking oil stains, grease stains and also oily road water stains, among other grease and oil spots from your clothes with the above steps.
If you can act fast, oil stain removal is easy, especially when you get a little help from Tide.