M.W. asks from Saint Cloud, MN on January 12, 2009
Greese Stains in carpet...HELP!!!
Hello Moms,
My husbands family just left and my brother-in-law was rolling around our NEW toy room carpet with GREESE all over his pants!!! How do I get this out??? It is ALL OVER the room. And I'm am very upset and frustrated. Please help.
PS. My husband just tried using SpotShot but it did NOT take the greese out.
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L.S. answers from Lincoln on January 15, 2009
if you haven't gotten that stain out with the other ideas...try a little lighter fluid on a paper towel. I would use it as a last resort, though. My mom used to drive a truck and she would get axle grease on her clothes. She always used lighter fluid to remove it. it always took it right out. Hope something works for you.
D.H. answers from Lincoln on January 13, 2009
Try Grease Lightening. This stuff took Red Fingernail polish out of my carpet. You can find it in the cleaner isle at Wal-mart or any similar store.
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M.F. answers from St. Cloud on January 13, 2009
Try Greased Lightening. It is an all purpose cleaner and degreaser. I would just spray it on and then try wiping with a damp cloth; maybe even a dry cloth to get the grease up. I use this in my laundry and general cleaning, I love it. I don't blame you for being upset, I go balistic everytime someone refuses to take their shoes off when coming in our house on the carpet. Good luck.
T.H. answers from Minneapolis on January 12, 2009
Try using dawn dishsoap (soapy water) and see if that will bring it up and out.
C. answers from Minneapolis on January 13, 2009
We recently got some greasy spots out of our carpet with Dawn Dishsoap and a scrub brush. Then we rinsed it and it was much improved.
Good Luck
L.A. answers from Minneapolis on January 13, 2009
Try Dawn dish soap and warm/hot water and start scrubbing. Dawn takes grease out of my clothes all the time. Hopefully that will help.
J.G. answers from Milwaukee on January 12, 2009
Hi M.,
If you want to know more about some fantasic products that get close to anything out let me know. My hubby was polishing his harley boots with "black shoe polish" in our beige carpeting in ouir living room with of course nothing under the shoes, when the top came off and spilled the polish all over th ecarpeting. We have been using these products for quite some time. so we really didn't yell or get upset. He jsut called my name and I said what did you do now? LOL! He quick got the products he needed and the stain was gone!
It's non-toxic so it didn't harm the carpeting and I know that my furry little pets won't be harmed in any way either.
We have been buying these products for over 8 years. I have less arguements with my kids when they were growing up, we saved money becasue we didn't have to throw things out if they had crayon marks or permanenet magic marker all over them. We just cleaned them out.
I even got acrylic white paint out of my little black dress! a year after it happened!
I can tell ya this! There was a lot less arguing in our home.
Many blessings! let me know! :-}
J.
D.H. answers from Lincoln on January 13, 2009
Try Grease Lightening. This stuff took Red Fingernail polish out of my carpet. You can find it in the cleaner isle at Wal-mart or any similar store.
C.L. answers from Minneapolis on January 13, 2009
I haven't seen it lately, but there used to be a carpet cleaner called Tech that got out a lot of stuff other carpet cleaners didn't, such as ink. It was liquid and came in a white squeeze bottle. However, since it is all over the room I would probably call a professional carpet cleaner. I know a good one if you need a name. Good luck.
P.A. answers from Wausau on January 13, 2009
I would try a mixture of warm water, dawn dish detergent, and vinegar. This was always my mother's super stain remover and it works very well. I can't give measurments, I take an icecream bucket, fill with warm/hot water, squirt in the dawn (and it has to be Dawn, not any other brand) and I just pour some vinegar in there -maybe a 1/2 cup? Dawn is great for removing grease and there is just something about the vinegar that helps. Good luck!
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