Remove oil drops from quilt?
 

Morning all. I took the advice of a friend and oiled my walking foot. The oil was clear but dripped black onto my quilt. Any advice as to how to remove oil drops? I'm thinking the Tide pen but, any advice would be appreciated. I don't wish to wash it out right, I was planning on entering it into a show. Do they still make that K2R spot remover?

In the past, I have used shampoo to remove oil spots. It is gentle and made to remove oil from hair. I would test first. I don't think they make K2R spot remover anymore, but I remember it and it worked great. Wonder why they don't make it anymore?
Sue

Thanks Sue, I didn't think of shampoo. That's designed to remove oil, I'll give it a try, after I find some clear shampoo. That's the best idea yet.

K2R is what came to my mind as well and they do still make it.
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My friend only uses Dawn blue dish soap for drops of dressing on clothing. I have had good results with Resolve solid like stick deodorant .............calla

Rub some cornstarch into the stain with an old toothbrush and let sit for awhile. Cornstarch will absorb oil. Brush off. Repeat if needed. Or, put a towel behind spot. Rub spot with a cloth which has been wet with warm water, wrung out and rubbed across a bar of Ivory soap. Rinse with a clean, wet cloth. You can then blot wet spot with a dry cloth and let finish air drying. If a heavy or old spot you can let Ivory soap sit on spot for awhile(does'nt hurt if soap dries). I have used this method of spot removal for many years on all kinds of stains and it works wonderfully.

Great ideas all! I have tried the shampoo with no results so far, I'll try the cornstarch idea next. There are smudges and black spots on the back too. Oh why did I listen to bad advice?

I hope you get the spots out, let us know what works. I'm curious as to why one would oil a walking foot

Well, to make a long story short. A friend attended a Juki class from an "expert". The expert said to oil your walking foot because of the moving parts. Well. It sounded good to me, my walking foot was squeaky. So, I guess what either the expert didn't say or the friend didn't say. Wipe away any metal shavings that might be up in the foot. The foot ran like a dream, till it dripped. The corn starch worked like a dream. I don't know if it was the fact that it was fine white powder or if it absorbed the oil and I wiped it away with the toothbrush. But, it worked, Thank you selm, cornstarch is now in my sewing essentials.

Thank you Selm for the remedy, and thank you Toverly for the followup message to let us know. As to listening to bad advice, you never know until you try. I could fill a book with advice that didn't work out. It's the ones that work that become golden.

I learned the hard way to run some remnant fabric through my machine after I oil it. It helps.

The Tide Stick worked find for my fabric. I only work with 100% cotton. Oil comes out a bit easier with warm water, so you may also want to wet a washcloth with warm water & rub after applying the Tide.

If nothing else, I bet it will come out in the wash. Try not to worry too much, okay?

I use the Resolve stain remover and it takes grease out of my husbands pants. Best stuff I have use so far. After I oil my machines for maintenance I use and old t-shirt and run lines or rows however many it takes til no more oil. Then one more time for good measure! I have also use Dawn and let it sit for a bit. Really impressed with the REsolve laundry stain remover though.

I use the blue Dawn dishwashing detergent for most oil stains on clothes. It's good to know that cornstarch will take out oil stains too. Thanks for the tips.

Whenever I oil my Bernina, I always make sure to stitch on a test strip to make sure none is going to come back on a quilt.

I used artificial sweetener to absorb the oil. I read it on the internet and it worked fine. I think you have to use the sweetener or cornstarch prior to adding any liquid or soap. Good luck

not bad advice but they forgot to tell you to wipe excess oil off item before using.

I have good results with Dawn liquid soap for everything and it doesn't take much, just rub a little in fabric...

Try Dawn, the original formula or a Shout stain stick.

Blue dawn!

What is the difference between the blue Dawn and the others? Is it because they have colors and scents?

use baby powder
 

When I worked I had a bad habit of starting to cook before I changed out of my suits and silk blouses. It was very common t o get a grease spot on my good clothes. I always sprinkled the spots with baby powder, let it set overnight, brushed it off and washed or dry cleaned the next day. Saved many a silk or poly blouse with this technique. Now I use it on my quilts, sprinkle, let it set, brush it off and clean with damp, warm, wash cloth or pour warm water over and thru the spot. The talc in the powder absorbs the grease and the warm water removes any residue.

I have used talcum powder to soak up oil stains. leave a fair amount for a few hours and then dust off and wash. The results can vary, so I repeat.
P.S. Sorry for the repeat info. of the post above. Did not see it before I posted but nice to know others have also found it successful.

All good ideas. But I think some good advice would be to oil the machine when you are finished sewing for the day. Then put an "old t-shirt" under the needle and leave it there till the next time you sew. When you come back, sew a few lines on the old shirt until the thread is clean.

Dawn dish detergent is my go to. I pretreat my t-shirts with it (bacon & machine grease/oil)...All detergent just does not get the grease spots out.

I also have a little bottle of dawn at the shop...if I get oil/gunk on a top...put a tiny bit on a wet finger..rub onto the spot & use a wet wash cloth to rinse it out. I bought some spot remover from JHittle company...turned out to be chalk...soft stick of chalk...or talc...not sure which...messy, but works well...but not for stains...just for clear oil

Thanks for posting this. Very informative & things to remember. I had this problem awhile back. The quilt was for my daughter & the spot wasn't really noticeable so I didn't do anything to it. This is good info though because it does happen to us quilters sometimes.

I would think wiping off excess oil before using would have prevented it. Otherwise the clear oil I use dissipates.
I would try shout directly on the dark stain or oxyclean, let set then gently scrub the spot.

you immediately use a powder, flour to absorb oil as much as possible. Then cold water, bar of soap on spot and wait couple of hours before washing spot again. Hope it works.

I had this problem on a white quilt--used a q-tip and dab of Grease-out (use it mostly for son's mechanic clothes, but will work on lots of oily stains).

If you are using corn starch, be sure that it doesn't have aloe or other ingredients in it-creates an oily surface.

It's so good to know the cornstarch worked!