Grease Stain Removal
Removing Motor Oil And Grease

Grease stain removal is something you will need to know about, whether your job is a mechanic, or you just peer under your car's engine or tinker with small appliances in your home.

Many household objects and our cars all have grease and oil on them which can get on our hands, clothes, upholstery and carpet if we are not careful.

When that happens it seems the stain will just continue to spread if you aren't careful, so the sooner you deal with it the better.

Below are instructions for removing grease stains from your clothing, upholstery and carpet so you can get back to tinkering with your cars, or just the rest of your life without having to deal with these stains.

Grease Stain Removal From Fabric And Clothing

Step 1: Pretreat the stain with a laundry prewash stain remover.

Step 2: Launder in the hottest water allowed for the fabric to thoroughly remove the stain and the oil or grease.

Hint: Make sure the stain is gone after washing, but before you place in the dryer or you may set the stain. Repeat if necessary.

How To Remove Grease Stains From Upholstery

Step 1: Scrape up as much of the motor oil or grease as possible from the upholstery without spreading the stain further.

Step 2: Place an absorbent, such as cornstarch or baking soda, onto the stain, and let it soak in for approximately 15 minutes.

Step 3: Scrape or vacuum up the absorbent, which has absorbed some of the grease and oil.

Hint: Depending on the amount of the grease or oil on the upholstery you may need to repeat this step several times until no more oil and grease is absorbed by the baking soda or corn starch.

Step 4: For the grease stains still remaining take a clean white cloth and sponge the stain with a dry-cleaning solvent.

Hint: First, be sure to test this solvent on an inconspicuous area of the upholstery to make sure it is safe.

Step 5: Next, blot at the stain until the solvent is absorbed.

Step 6: Repeat steps 4-5 until the stains are removed from the upholstery.

Hint: Be sure to get the upholstery only as wet as necessary for grease stain removal.

You can get more information on how to clean upholstery here.

Grease Removal Stain Tips For Carpet

The instructions for grease stain removal from carpet is the same as for upholstery.

However, if you don't have luck with the method above you can do something additional with the carpet stain.

Next, you can mix a solution of two cups warm water, one tablespoon dishwashing liquid, and one tablespoon of white vinegar together, and using this solution, sponge the stain with a clean white cloth, blotting at the stain until the liquid is absorbed, and the stain removed.

Once the stain from the grease and oil is removed from the carpet use plain cold water and a new white cloth and sponge the area to remove the cleaning solution, and then blot dry.

In addition, a home remedy you can try is to remove grease from carpet with shaving cream. Click the link to find out more about this method, including a video demonstration.

Removing Grease Stains From Your Hands

If you've ever worked on a car, or even tinkered with a small appliance, you have likely gotten some grease and oil on your hands.

Soap and water doesn't remove this stain very well, especially around your fingernails.

What will work for grease stain removal from your hands is mineral spirits.

Hint: After you get the grease off your hands with the mineral spirits wash your hands with soap and water to get off the mineral spirits, because you don't want it to stay on your hands too long.

Removing Motor Oil And Grease From Concrete And Garage Floors

It is very common for oil and grease to get on your driveway, or your garage floor.

It can happen if your car leaks a bit of oil, and it will leave an unsightly stain and it can also be slick, making it dangerous to walk in the area.

Check out this video giving tips for how to remove oil stains from concrete driveways.

In addition, check out this tip for protecting your garage floor from oil drips with a piece of cardboard to prevent some of these stains.

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