Grease
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Grease on My Carpets!
Asked by A.M. from Kansas City
on January 19, 2009
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Yesterday a large puddle ( I guess that is the right word for it!) of grease fell off of our garage door. I didn't notice this and stepped in it. I then walked all thr...
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- Hi A., Squirt Dawn dishwashing liquid on the grease spots. Let it soak in, then spray it heavily with water and cover the spot with a good shammy for about 2 hours...
- I would try the mechanics hand cleaner called Goop and Dawn dishwashing liquid. Anything that is an actual grease cleaner.
- Regular Dawn will work. Just like getting the grease off of your dishes it will get it out of the carpet. Use a rag and warm soapy water. Good luck and God Bless.
Grease on Cabinets
Asked by A.Z. from Columbus
on February 4, 2009
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help!! I fried some potatoes in a deep frier and now i have grease spots on my cabinets i have tried magic eraser, liquid gold, anda couple other things so if any one ...
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Removing Grease Stains
Asked by A.W. from Cincinnati
on April 6, 2009
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I need some suggestions on how to get truck grease out of my husband's clothes. He drives a semi and has recently got a new truck and now has grease on his clothes. I ...
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- Hi A.! My hubby is also a truck driver. We usually put some dawn dish soap in with the laundary. It's got that grease cutting agent in it that works wonders on dish...
- I use Prespot and then laundry detergent by Melaleuca. It uses all natural enzymes and tea tree oil to clean clothes, and it can get anything out. You can email me p...
- A., Have you tried the Lestoil product ? You pour it directly on the spot, or 1/4 cup in the washtub. Sometimes it pays to let the stain soak with the lestoil on it...
Removing Grease from Clothes - Help!
Asked by K.L. from Erie
on May 21, 2009
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OK ladies, I'm sure someone's had this problem. Two of our shirts have bacon grease splattered on them from the stove, and I don't want to ruin them. What works to g...
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- Dawn dishwashing liquid.
- Put a dab (use very little) of Lestoil right on the spot, let it sit, than wash. I use this all of the time to get stains out of the kids clothes.
- Hi K., The best results I have had is with Amway LOC. Many years ago, when I was first married, my husband got butter on a permapress shirt. I washed it and dried it....
Grease Stains in Clothes
Asked by D.S. from Minneapolis
on August 12, 2008
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Does anyone have a good way to remove oil or grease stains from clothes? I have tried everything I know.
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- I've used Simple Green for every stain from blood to grease and mustard. It can found in the automotive department.
- As long as you catch it before it's washed and dried, try pre-treating it with regular old dish soap (rub it in good). This almost always works for us on oil based st...
- If it is a washed in black or brown automotive or bike grease try this...rub Crisco into stain, it will begin to dilute the black gunk in the fibers, then wash out wit...
How to Get Set in Grease Stains Out?!?!?!
Asked by M.K. from Dallas
on July 18, 2007
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Ok, so I noticed that a few shirts that I love to wear on the weekends have small little grease stains from when the grease splattered while I was cooking. My questio...
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- I use Baby Powder, it works GREAT!!! I promise!! Just put baby powder directly on the spot (completely cover it) then let it set overnight, wash it the next day and th...
- Dawn dishing washing detergent works well. If you've already washed and machine-dried your shirts with grease stains, then it may take a couple rounds through the was...
- Goop...yes the hand cleaner that mechanics use (don't get the sanded variety). It does a great job, it is also good for cleaning really dirty wooden furniture! Good luck.
Removing Grease from Baby Blanket
Asked by K.N. from Boston
on April 18, 2008
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In the hopes that my daughter would take a much needed nap in her stroller, I brought her white lovie blanket with us. Of course, she kicked off the blanket and it be...
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- It sounds like you have used a lot of the safe products out there....is there any way that you could buy her another blanket that's just like her white lovie blanket?...
- Hello Erin, Try Dawn dish washing soap. Let it soak and then, using something hard, like the edge of a comb, rub it going with the grain of the material. Although if ...
- I have found that Lestoil (smells bad - but works great) works good on things that have an oily residue to them, put some on the spot and let it sit for awhile before ...
Desperate! Grease Stains on Clothes....
Asked by C.R. from Modesto
on September 20, 2008
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Hi, I have lots of grease stains on my good shirts from cooking w/ oil. I use Ajax laundry detergent and they are not coming out. I have put stain remover on them (B...
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- Use dish soap. It takes it out really well. Just put some on and rub it around, Then rinse it out. I have used it on car grease and it took that out as well!
- I use Shout Advance... that stuff is great! As soon as you can put it on the garment and let it set and then before washing it put it on again. It was done wonders f...
- It might be too late since you have washed them, especially if you dried them also, but I always use Dawn dish soap on my grease stains and it works really well. I lik...
Getting Grease Smell Out of House
Asked by M.D. from Dallas
on November 17, 2009
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Okay to make a long story short, we had a grease over spill in our stove and leaked into our oven. I turned on the self-cleaning element on the oven not realizing the...
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- Anytime you cook food, it releases small oil droplets into the air. That is why the food odor can be sensed throughout the house. Over time the oil collides into dus...
- Have you tried Fabreeze?
- Lampe Berger is great for taking odors out of the house. Several years ago we had a skunk spray under our house and our L.B. got rid of the smell. We got my MIL one ...
Grease Spots?
Asked by J.S. from Chicago
on June 3, 2009
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I keep getting these dark spots on my clothes after I wash them. They are just darker spots, kind of like wet spots. It looks like grease but it is not there before I...
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- Thanks for the question. We get the same problem and maybe it is fabric softener like the other person suggested. It's just a pain to have to wash the shirts that g...
- It may be fabric softener. If you put it in either with the little Downy ball or while the rinse cycle is starting, some clothes that may be dripped on will get littl...
- I hsve this problem too. Thanks for asking and I'll be reading the responses.
