Grease? on quilt
11-29-2012, 03:29 PM
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You do want to do something right away. I use goop or dawn on grease. Stains cure with time. So the faster you put the soap on the better. It can work on the spot while you finish your quilting. Oh my heart just dropped for you
Originally Posted by dakotamaid
Goop or Dawn should take it out. Both dissolve grease and oil really well. I would smear Goop on the spots now so it sits. That is what I do when I have a greaey spot. I rub in some Goop and throw it in the laundry. Later it washes really well.
OR, you can smear on the Goop and let it sit for about 20 minutes then wash that spot by hand.
OR, you can smear on the Goop and let it sit for about 20 minutes then wash that spot by hand.
11-29-2012, 07:27 PM
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full strength dawn works for me, put 4 or 5 drops and then spray with water take the part that's soiled and rub it together between your hands. But I usually do this right when the soil happens, I hope it works for you now. Good luck and don't stress.
11-29-2012, 08:32 PM
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I like Dawn and Shout as well.
Shout saved my DDs life once. When she was 3 she got ahold of a black sharpie and while I was doing laundry she was drawing great big black x's on every stair (2 story house, newish carpet). Shout and a damp rag got it out!
My father was a mechanic, i can remember my mother sometimes using crisco shortening to get that heavy, nasty axle type grease out. Apply a little, scratch with a fingernail and it would lift.
Shout saved my DDs life once. When she was 3 she got ahold of a black sharpie and while I was doing laundry she was drawing great big black x's on every stair (2 story house, newish carpet). Shout and a damp rag got it out!
My father was a mechanic, i can remember my mother sometimes using crisco shortening to get that heavy, nasty axle type grease out. Apply a little, scratch with a fingernail and it would lift.
11-29-2012, 08:44 PM
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I would work it out now, the longer it is on the fabric the more likely it will set. I have heard original Dawn is good for grease. I have had good luck with a stain remover called Zout, even got out some dried in the dryer stains. Once I was able to get tar stains out of my dh pants with Lestoil which is suppose to be good for oil stains.
11-29-2012, 09:19 PM
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Try a drop of lighter fluid on a q-tip. My DH brought in a big black gob of grease on his boot on my light tan carpet, I put lighter fluid on an old wash cloth,took a bit of elbow grease (no pun intended) but it came out.
11-30-2012, 05:39 AM
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Oxi clean laundry stain remover worked for me when DH got some thick black grease on his shirt while working on his tractor. Just sprayed it on and gently scrubbed with old toothbrush. Grease was gone before I put it in the wash. Hope this helps
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