panic! how to get machine grease out of white quilt top?
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I use the Resolve brand stain removing sticks on spots, and find it works very well. However, i have never tried it on black machine grease. I am so glad you didn't put the quilt in the dryer, because, in my opinion, that would set the stains forever.
Worst case, can you hand applique some of the fabric scraps over the spots?
Worst case, can you hand applique some of the fabric scraps over the spots?
#14
a combination of that stain stick....maybe grandma's, warm water, tide and hope, plus all your good thoughts. you need to look for the stains now.
PHEW!
and thank you!
i posted pictures of it in the picture gallery forum thingy, if you're curious
aileen
PHEW!
and thank you!
i posted pictures of it in the picture gallery forum thingy, if you're curious
aileen
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This sounds crazy, but grease takes out grease. My father was an automobile mechanic. My mother would put plain Criso shortening on the grease spots, then washed normally. It worked. She used the Crisco on any type of grease spot, such as cooking grease. I continued to use the Crisco until products such as Shout came on the market. Just make sure you use the plain white Crisco, not the yellow one, and make sure you put the Crisco only on the grease spots.
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This sounds crazy, but grease takes out grease. My father was an automobile mechanic. My mother would put plain Criso shortening on the grease spots, then washed normally. It worked. She used the Crisco on any type of grease spot, such as cooking grease. I continued to use the Crisco until products such as Shout came on the market. Just make sure you use the plain white Crisco, not the yellow one, and make sure you put the Crisco only on the grease spots.
#17
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Huh, never heard the grease takes out grease thing before. I'll have to try that.
I have good luck with Grandma's spot remover. Somehow I got a black stain on a quilt I had made as a Christmas gift. Ink, I guess, but no clue where it came from; a spot about the size of a thumbprint. Regular washing didn't help, SHOUT didn't help. Grandma's took it right out, no trace of it once it was gone!
I have good luck with Grandma's spot remover. Somehow I got a black stain on a quilt I had made as a Christmas gift. Ink, I guess, but no clue where it came from; a spot about the size of a thumbprint. Regular washing didn't help, SHOUT didn't help. Grandma's took it right out, no trace of it once it was gone!
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This sounds crazy, but grease takes out grease. My father was an automobile mechanic. My mother would put plain Criso shortening on the grease spots, then washed normally. It worked. She used the Crisco on any type of grease spot, such as cooking grease. I continued to use the Crisco until products such as Shout came on the market. Just make sure you use the plain white Crisco, not the yellow one, and make sure you put the Crisco only on the grease spots.
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