How to 100% remove grease stains on clothes: find out the best cleaning methods

Expert: Sofia Borisovna Fridman

It is easy to put greasy stains on clothes, but they are difficult to remove. Fat molecules penetrate deeply into the fibers of the fabric and are not removed after regular washing. Old stains are even more difficult to remove - you cannot do without the help of aggressive agents and powerful stain removers. Our employees have learned the most effective ways to remove traces of grease from clothing and are ready to share them. All proposed cleaning products are available and experimentally tested by our employees. They are guaranteed to help solve the problem of removing grease stains from your favorite things made from different materials.

Popular recipes for fat on things

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Try to get rid of the stain on your favorite clothes as soon as possible. And the available items from the first aid kit, kitchen cabinet, and bathroom will help with this. Here's how to remove a greasy stain on clothes using simple, but proven and reliable products:

• dishwashing gel . The following names are usually recommended: “Ferry”, “Frosh”, but I also used the cheaper “Gala” gel, it also helps. A variety of this remedy is especially praised - “Gala lemon”. Treat the greasy stain with gel, gently rubbing it in with your finger. Throw it in the machine. While you prepare the rest of the things, add the powder, the product will work and will not spoil anything. Start the wash. If you wash by hand, 5-6 minutes are enough for the effect, otherwise this area can be bleached. The method is suitable even for nylon tights, polyester and the like;

Advice from Chistyuli. Using inexpensive gels, sprinkle baking soda on top - it enhances the effect of dishwashing detergent.

• table salt . Wet the stain with warm water. Sprinkle salt thickly and lightly rub it into the fabric. Leave for 30 minutes. Do the laundry;
• salt + baking soda . Mix the ingredients in equal proportions, dilute with warm water to a paste consistency. An important condition is not to rub, because salt can damage the material;
• table vinegar 9% + water . A method for light-colored items. Mix both components in equal parts. Apply to dirt. Leave it for about 20 minutes. The stain will begin to disappear literally before your eyes.

Advice from Chistyuli. Special washing signs on clothing labels will help you wash them correctly and without harm to the item.

Folk remedies

Gasoline, acetone, turpentine can remove the stain along with the paint.
Proven folk remedies will help you wash off a grease stain from denim. Before use, some of them should be pre-tested so as not to damage the fabric. These substances include gasoline, which has good cleaning properties, but requires careful use. It is applied to the stain very carefully, literally a few drops, left for a few minutes, then rinsed off thoroughly and the item is machine washed. For difficult stains, you can prepare a mixture of gasoline and acetone in equal parts. After this treatment, the trousers are washed twice.

To help clean the stain:

• Grated potatoes. Cover the stain thickly with the mixture, leaving it for half an hour. After removing the potatoes, the cloth is cleaned with a stale crust of black bread.
• Adsorbents - soda, chalk, starch, mustard or tooth powder. The stain is sprinkled with powder, which absorbs the grease. Adsorbent agents are only suitable for removing fresh stains.
• Table vinegar is good for both fresh and old stains. Apply it to a cotton swab and blot away the dirt. However, this product, like gasoline, requires preliminary testing.
• Toothpaste. Apply an even dense layer to the entire surface of the stain and leave for half an hour, then wash by hand or in a machine.
• Ammonia. Use a swab moistened with this product to remove stains from light-colored trousers.

Precautions must be taken during cleaning. When machine washing, the temperature is set in the range of 30-40 degrees. Pants must be turned inside out before washing. Boiling and the use of bleach are excluded.

Fresh grease stains: how to remove?

Try to deal with the thing before the fat blob gets old. Here's what you can use to remove a greasy stain while it's still fresh:

• ammonia 10% . An aggressive product that can bleach fabric. Do a preliminary test (more on this below). If the item passes the test, apply ammonia to the dirty area and wait 15-20 minutes. Rinse and wash;
• absorbents . Sprinkle generously with one of the cleaning products. Cover with a napkin. Place the weight and leave for 30 minutes. Shake off the powder. If the stain is not gone yet, repeat. Then wash your clothes;

Advice from Chistyuli. How to remove a grease stain in the most environmentally friendly way for clothes? Absorbents are powders that absorb vegetable and other fat well. The list includes starch, soda, talc, baby powder, crushed chalk, tooth powder, white clay (kaolin). They are used before washing off the fat. Try!

• shampoo for oily hair . Use it undiluted. Apply a small amount to the stain and rub in. Leave for 15-20 minutes and throw in the washing machine;
• fresh lemon juice . Squeezed directly onto clothes, fresh juice can cope with light stains. The recipe is good for thick sportswear, sweatshirts, etc.;
• soap (laundry soap, gall soap, Antipyatin). Lather the stain, then soak the clothing in warm, soapy water. Leave it overnight. Or put the soaped item in a plastic bag and seal it tightly. Wash all this mess out in the morning. Good luck!

Advice from Chistyuli. Ammonia has a very pungent odor. If you inhale its vapors, you can get a burn to your mucous membranes. Never sniff an open bottle and keep ammonia away from your nose.

How to remove old greasy dirt at home

Before cleaning, steam the stained area. The area with an old greasy mark is treated with a steam cleaner or held for 10 minutes over the spout of a boiling kettle. Afterwards, clean with a commercial or homemade stain remover.

Working anti-fat agents:

• a mixture of ammonia and glycerin (1:1);
• a mixture of starch with hot milk (mix to a paste);
• stain remover gel concentrate Sodasan Spot Remover (with sponge brush).

It is recommended to treat greasy stains on the front and back of the clothing. A film is placed under it so that the product does not discolor or stain the clean fabric. The stain remover is applied to the problem area, left for 10–20 minutes (starch paste is kept for 6–12 hours) and washed.

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Old grease stains, how to remove?

Most often, we notice trouble when the item is washed, dried and lies on the ironing board. By this time, the old fat had had time to be properly absorbed. Similar stories happen especially often with kitchen towels. How and what to use to remove an old grease stain without harming your clothes? Use the heavy tools of experienced housewives:

• refined gasoline . It is easy to buy in departments for smokers - lighters are refilled with purified gasoline. Wet the stain generously with the product and leave for 15-20 minutes. Do the laundry;

Advice from Chistyuli. When removing stains with gasoline, acetone or turpentine, first moisten the fabric around the stain with water. Then the contamination is treated with the selected product. The precaution will prevent a circle from forming around the stain.

• glycerin . It turns out that this medicine is useful not only for the skin, but also for clothes. Apply slightly heated glycerin in a water bath to the oil blot. Leave for 20 minutes. Wash this area with soap;
• mustard _ Both dry powder and ready-made seasoning without additives are suitable. The powder will have to be diluted to a paste consistency. Apply all this beauty to the fat and rub it in. After 30 minutes, rinse in warm water and wash. Be careful - mustard can leave specific stains on dark clothes. Test required;
• salt . Also, stubborn old fat can be softened by soaking in hot brine. Dissolve 5 tbsp in a liter of hot water. spoons of salt. If the item is large, increase the proportions. Soak your clothes in this solution. Periodically clean the dirty area with your hands. Do the laundry.

Advice from Chistyuli. Pre-treat any lingering oily marks with steam. Or put the item between two layers of loose white paper and iron it with an iron, periodically replacing the paper with clean paper. After that, use any other method - it will work faster and more efficiently on heated fat.

Useful tips to help you preserve your favorite clothes

Stains on trousers are very common. To prevent contamination from completely ruining it, you need to follow these simple rules before each cleaning process:

1. Sensitivity test. This point is always relevant and helps save more than one thing from certain damage. Simply apply a small amount of your choice to an inconspicuous area of ​​clothing. If the fabric does not give any reaction in the form of a change in paint color, the appearance of other stains and other signs of damage to the product, then the method can be used without fear for the safety of the item.
2. Apply any chosen cleaning product exclusively from the edge of the stain to its center. This method will not allow contamination to increase in area.
3. If possible, treat the mark not with your hands, but with a soft toothbrush. Its bristles will get rid of dirt faster and more effectively. A brush with coarse fibers can damage the fabric of your pants.
4. Be sure to work on both sides of the trousers. You need to clean dirt from both the back and front sides.
5. Items with images or decorations are cleaned only from the reverse side.
6. It is easier to prevent any stain, so be sure to place napkins on your feet while eating.

Thus, grease stains on trousers are a very solvable problem; the most important thing is to know how to treat them. Every housewife will definitely have a simple but effective remedy in her home arsenal. If the clothes are too expensive or made with the addition of complex elements, then it is better to turn to specialists. Professional dry cleaners even remove traces of old stains. It doesn’t matter if yellow stains appear on your down winter jacket after an unsuccessful wash. It happens that you have to wash vomit stains from upholstered furniture or clothes, and it is very difficult to clean a mattress from red stains and the smell of urine, but there are methods. You can, Removing stains is always a long and labor-intensive process, especially if it concerns traces of food or

Extreme and unusual methods for fat loss

Suitable for fabrics that are not afraid of ammonia or boiling. These are, as a rule, clothes made from natural fabrics. For example, jeans. Before you start, test the paint’s resistance to bleach and read the tag: will the item withstand high temperatures? Choose what you can use to conveniently remove greasy stains from clothes:

• ammonia 10% + turpentine . Let me remind you that ammonia (aka ammonia) often bleaches fabrics. Below I will tell you how to do the test correctly. If the test was successful, wet the stain with a mixture (1:1) of both substances. Leave for 30-40 minutes. Then thoroughly wash the affected “skin” with good powder;
• table salt (or starch). Here's how to remove a grease stain from jeans using this simple remedy. Pour 150 g of the substance into a liter of boiled water. Stir and place the contaminated clothes in it. Hold until the water becomes warm, then scrub the stain with a brush or your hands;
• Polish for hair . Spray it on the dirt. Try not to get into neighboring areas. When the varnish saturates the fabric, cover the area with a napkin and press lightly. After 15-20 minutes, wash this area with soap. Then wash the entire item;
• aspirin . Crush acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) tablet. Dilute with warm water to a paste consistency. Rub into the stain. Leave for 30-40 minutes, covering with plastic to prevent it from drying out. The acid contained in the pill bleaches the fabric. But this medicine is especially effective against blood stains.
• magnesia + medical ether . Mix 100 grams of each product. Wet the stain generously. Leave until the smell of ether wears off. Do the laundry.

Advice from Chistyuli. Here's how to wash off milk and mayonnaise. Grease that gets on clothes while eating can be easily removed by a borax solution. This miracle is sold in pharmacies. Mix a tablespoon of the product in a liter of warm water. Soak the thing. Let it sour a little and wash it.

Causes of traces of fat

Synthetics, textiles or other porous materials get dirty when in contact with a greasy product.

What causes spots to appear:

• from oil (butter, vegetable, essential, machine, massage);
• creams, face masks, other cosmetics;
• confectionery sweets;
• lard, lamb or other fat;
• medicinal products containing oils, esters, fats;
• other fatty foods and products.

More often, fatty substances get on clothes during food or cooking. Often the fabric becomes soaked from the body after treating the skin and becomes dirty from touching a dirty surface or hands.

Different types of tissues and fat

There are so many fabrics, so many recipes, because each material has its own character. How to remove grease stains on jeans (denim), tulle, organza and other things?

Light fabrics

Prepare a mixture of crushed chalk and refined gasoline that is unappetizing for fat (we need the consistency of the slurry). Apply to the problem area of ​​clothing and rub lightly with your finger. Leave for several hours. Carefully remove any remaining chalk with a brush. Wash in warm water with soap.

This way you can wash cook’s clothes, tablecloths, bedding, thin linen and fabrics that don’t need to be rubbed hard.

Fabric of any color

Mix 1 teaspoon each of ammonia and dishwashing detergent. Dilute in 0.5 cups of warm water. Treat the stain, cover with a blotter and iron with a not very hot iron.

Cotton (cotton, cotton), linen

It seems so democratic, this fabric is very reluctant to give up dirt. Before you wash off grease stains on cotton clothes, generously sweeten his life. Soap the oil blot with laundry soap and sprinkle with sugar. Leave to act for 30-40 minutes, covering with plastic.

Denim material is especially capricious - you never know whether the fabric will lighten or not. Therefore, when washing jeans, the method with absorbents (see above), dish gel, and laundry soap is especially convenient.

Knitwear

Knitted fabrics are cleaned using medical alcohol (vodka) and fine table salt. Soak the contaminated area of ​​fabric in alcohol and place it on a hard surface. Apply a thick layer of salt. Cover with a napkin and place the weight. Leave it overnight. In the morning, shake off the salt and wash.

Delicate fabrics

Synthetics, chiffon, satin and other delicate fabrics are easily damaged when washed. But the alkalis that make up laundry (or gall) soap can quickly, carefully and effectively dissolve the oil trace. Wet the cloth and soap with warm water. Lather the contaminated area thickly. Leave it to soak overnight. Then wash it.

Recipes for tricky fabrics will help you figure out how to remove a greasy stain from trousers so as not to ruin your dress fabric.

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Silk fabrics

Mix glycerin (1 tbsp), ammonia (0.5 tbsp), water (1 tbsp). Apply to dirt using a cotton pad. After 10 minutes, rinse. The method is also effective against stains from cosmetics and creams.

Wool

Tooth powder, chalk, soda, talc will come in handy. Sprinkle any of these products generously onto the stain. Gently rub into the fibers with a soft brush (or a toothbrush). Cover with a paper towel and lightly run a warm iron. Place the weight and leave it overnight. In the morning, shake out, wash with soap, rinse.

Velvet, plush

These delicate vulnerable materials are cleaned with fresh bread. Form a ball of pulp and roll it over the stain. The bread will absorb the oil molecules.

If the bread crumb doesn't do the job, use turpentine. You can safely wash colored robe and home suits with this product. The recipe is described just above.

Leather, dermantine

The most suitable remedy is onion juice. You can squeeze it through the garlic and rub in with a cotton pad. If the stain is small, an onion cut in half will suffice. Rub the mark with a damp cut. Renew the cut periodically so that the juice continues to be released. After cleansing, wipe the problem area with a damp cloth.

After cleaning, the skin will acquire a characteristic onion smell. You can easily get rid of it by wiping the area with a slice of lemon. Or fresh zest (after all, lemon juice can whiten the skin).

Tulle, curtains

Curtains and curtains in the kitchen often suffer from greasy splashes. So, if you fry fish, sizzling drops cannot be avoided. How to remove old greasy stains from delicate tulle? Use the recipe with ammonia. Why dissolve 2 tablespoons of 10% ammonia in warm water and treat the stain.

Bachelor manners

If you are a hungry man and in a hurry dropped a cheburek on your best shirt, don’t say “fuck”, but just read these recipes. They are taken from the forums of men who have not yet acquired a housewife or do not live near their mother.

Method No. 1

Very popular with men who save clothes with their own hands.

1. You will need shaving foam. No foam?! Take shaving gel.
2. Rub the product into the stain and leave for 10-15 minutes. Rub this area with your hands. If the spot seems too big and scary to you, repeat a couple more times. The main thing is not to rub the hole.
3. Throw your clothes into the washing machine. Pour in the powder and start the wash. You can add any other things to the shirt. In short, continue washing as usual.
4. A curtain.

...and also our dear men remove rust from bolts with Coca

Method No. 2

Here's another way that men praise vying with each other. They say that this method even removes machine oil that gets on once white clothes.

What are the types of grease stains on clothes?

The statute of limitations plays a decisive role in this case. For example, I can easily wash off greasy marks using regular soap (baby soap, laundry soap) or “Gala.” It is enough to soap and rub everything properly. Let it sit. Rub some more. Wash. And things are like new.

• Fresh grease stains . Those that are no more than 3 hours old. They are easy to remove even with simple baby or laundry soap.
• Stubborn stain . Then the stain becomes ingrained. Fat molecules penetrate deep into the tissue. They may need to be washed several times. And, of course, you will have to use special means.
• Old stain . As a rule, they either appear later (after all, not all oil stains are noticed by the housewife right away). Or these are the things that were put off to be washed until later. Dealing with long-standing contamination is very difficult. Especially if you've used an iron on them. Repeated washing + folk remedies help get rid of stubborn dirt that has begun to get old. But even then, yellow stains and even lightened areas, stains, stains may remain on the clothes. That's why you need to fight fat as quickly as possible.

A whole arsenal of remedies listed in this huge article will help you cope with any type of fat stains. Choose the appropriate way to remove old grease stains from any type of fabric! If a candle left an oily trace, Chistyulya has recipes for this case too.

Special products for removing greasy stains from household chemicals

Oily stains can be removed with products containing enzymes, active oxygen, and surfactants.

Household chemicals are used according to the instructions on the label.

The best stain removers:

• Dr powder Beckmann Oxy Magic Plus;
• dry bleach Clean Home Express effect;
• liquid Vanish Gold Oxi Action Pink;
• Pip aerosol with cleaning probiotics.

There are features for removing stains. Vanish is rubbed over their surface or Pip is sprayed or a paste is applied (powders are mixed with water). Then wait a while and remove from clothing according to the conditions on the product label.

How to remove grease stains correctly

1. Clean your clothes from dust and litter. Otherwise, you will add dirty, difficult-to-remove stains to the oily trail. For this you will need a dry brush.
2. First, make sure that it is really a greasy stain in front of you, and not some other kind. How to do this is described in detail in the corresponding article. Follow the link directly.
3. Cover the fresh stain with a paper towel and gently press with your hand. Do not spread the fat onto adjacent areas of the fabric. You can put a weight on top and leave it for a while. Change the napkin periodically to a clean one.
4. When treating dirt, move from the edges to the center.
5. Place a board wrapped in a clean cloth under the contaminated layer of clothing - this will prevent grease and stain removers from reaching the clean areas. This advice is relevant for pants, sleeves and other “tubular” clothing that cannot be unfolded.
6. Place clothes that can be laid out in one layer on a hard surface. For example, on a table covered with a paper towel.

By treating a stain incorrectly, you can make it “eternal”

Preparation

For most women, a drop of fat that gets on their outfit causes genuine horror. And all because experienced housewives know that removing contamination is not so easy, and you will have to work hard.

This happens because the fat penetrates the fiber structure and, when solidified, is securely bonded to the base.

Hence the conclusion that fresh stains come off best. Therefore, the problem must be eliminated as soon as possible. Success is almost guaranteed if you take action in the first three hours.

Don’t think that adding more washing time and adding more powder will help remove the stain. On the contrary, fat will only become more firmly entrenched in the tissue and will be difficult to remove. Therefore, you cannot wash dirty clothes without pre-treatment.

Also keep in mind that different types of materials use different methods for removing dirt.

A few words about the withdrawal procedure.

Firstly , any product must first be applied to a clean surface around the stain, and then treat the shiny mark, moving from the edges of the mark to the center. This will prevent the “spreading” of contamination.

Secondly , before cleaning, it is advisable to shake off dust from the product and remove dry dirt with a brush.

Thirdly , before application, any product should be tested from the reverse side in a hidden area. And only if the material has not reacted in any way can the composition be used.

Fourthly , after the manipulations, the outfit must be rinsed by hand, and then it can be washed in a machine. This rule is especially true for solvents and strong-smelling substances.

Fatal mistakes in the fight against fat on clothes

1. Do not iron greasy, oily marks. This way the fat will be “baked”, quickly turn yellow and it will be almost impossible to wash it off.
2. Do not exceed the dosage of components indicated in the recipe. It is better to increase it gradually, bringing the recipe to the desired consistency.
3. Washing in cold water, although not as critical as ironing, is also not very useful. You probably know that fat melts in heat and is easier to wash off. But in cold water, oil, on the contrary, becomes tanned.
4. When treating stains with extreme products, wear rubber gloves. Ventilate the room or go outside.
5. White items wash better, but may take on a yellow tint. Use the “services” of salt and ammonia. To remove yellowness, the next time you wash, add a little ammonia diluted with water into the washing machine;
6. Colored things can also lose color - as if they fade. To remove greasy marks from dyed fabrics, it is appropriate to use dish gel, soap, or a delicate stain remover. Check the durability of the fabric using a special test.
7. You should not try to clean an expensive item from grease that has already begun to eat in. It's better to go to a dry cleaner.

TEST for clothing resistance to processing

Before removing the oil trace, perform both tests:

Paint fastness

1. Choose an inconspicuous place on the garment: the inside of a pocket, indents on seams or lapels, the inside of a collar, a spare piece of fabric that some conscientious manufacturers still sew on. Or, in the end, conduct a test on another - similar in structure - fabric.
2. Apply the chosen product and leave for 20-30 minutes.
3. Evaluate the result: if nothing happened to the fabric, you can safely wash the entire thing.

Fabric durability

1. Read what is written on the label. As a rule, the temperature that is permissible for a given fabric is indicated there.
2. However, it happens that the information does not correspond to reality and ironing and boiling spoil clothes. Therefore, first set the iron to 1.5-2 settings and carefully try to iron from the inside out. Gradually increase the heat of the Teflon sole of the iron, each time moving the toggle switch by 0.5 settings.
3. Synthetics, natural and artificial silk, wool are afraid of boiling. They either “shrink” or become like a “reaper” fabric that can no longer be smoothed out. Just imagine your favorite blouse being lost... Don’t do that...

Features of removing oily marks

It only takes a few seconds to put a stain on your favorite T-shirt. But removing a greasy mark can require Herculean efforts and significant time investment. Six popular councils will help make the task easier for housewives.

1. Wash separately. Before loading items into the washing machine or basin, carefully inspect them for grease stains. There is a risk that the contamination will transfer to the clean fabric, and this will add to your hassle.
2. Consider the type and condition of the fabric. Before attempting to scrub a stain, carefully read the label to select the most appropriate detergent. Also, when calculating the concentration of the substance and the friction force, take into account the degree of wear of the material.
3. Check the tissue reaction. Do not rush to immediately treat the stain with the chosen product. First, apply it to an inconspicuous place on the reverse side to understand how the substance acts on the material.
4. Increase your concentration gradually. Any store-bought or homemade detergent has a negative effect on the fabric, causing wear and tear on the fibers. Therefore, if you can get by with a small amount of the substance, do not expose the fabric to additional chemical exposure.
5. Prepare the material for washing. Iron the contaminated area through a layer of cloth or gauze. The high temperature will soften the grease and make it easier to remove the stain.
6. Don't rub. Before washing a greasy stain, do not rub it with your hands or a napkin. This will only increase the area of ​​contamination and contribute to the fixation of fat in the fibers.

Don’t put off the fight against fat on fabric for too long. The sooner you get down to business, the more likely it is that you will return things to their original appearance. If a dirty product sits for several days, there is a risk that it will be hopelessly damaged.

Success in the fight for cleanliness depends not only on the effectiveness of the detergent, but also on the skill of the housewife. There is one significant subtlety on how to get rid of a greasy stain on clothes. Apply detergent towards the center of the stain, not towards its edges. This way you localize the pollution, which will significantly speed up the process of its removal.

Review of ready-made grease stain removers

The products listed below have received numerous positive reviews from housewives. They are used to wash away stains that have refused to be washed off with home remedies. Do you have your own recipe? Share with us in the comments!

• gel "Vanish"
• stain remover "Stork"
• stain remover "Eared nanny"
• Antipyatin soap
• Pasta-7
• gall soap
• "Bos Plus Maximum"
• "Sorbent"
• "Agidel"
• "Just a minute"
• "Elta"

So…

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