How to remove oil stains

There are many oil stains in our daily life. We will come into contact with oil stains when we eat. There are also many different oil stains on many cars or bicycles. We cannot avoid clothes being stained with oil stains, but it is very troublesome and difficult to clean after being stained with oil stains. Some people even damage their clothes when cleaning. So how to remove oil stains better?

1. Removal of animal and plant oil stains

Animal and plant oil stains are common stains on clothing and are also a type of polar liquid stain. This type of stain should be removed by wiping or brushing with organic solvents such as solvent gasoline, tetrachloroethylene, etc. When scrubbing, use a towel or cotton cloth to absorb the stain solution wiped off in time to remove it from the surface of the clothes. Prevent some stains from remaining on the surface of clothes after the solution evaporates, which will leave marks on the surface of clothes. If marks appear, they can be removed by repeated wiping or brushing over a larger area. You can also apply water to the stained area of ​​the clothes and spray it off with a high-pressure spray gun.

2. Removal of pine oil stains

When moving pine wood, it is easy for clothes to get stuck with pine oil, which should be removed in time. Based on the principle that pine oil can be dissolved in alcohol, you can use alcohol or a mixture of alcohol and turpentine to brush it on the stain. After the pine oil stain is softened and dissolved, wipe it with a wet towel. If there are still traces, wipe them with gasoline again. If they are not completely wiped away in one go, repeat the process several times until they are clean.

3. Removal of tung oil stains

Tung oil is a viscous vegetable oil that does not dry easily and is difficult to remove once it sticks to clothing. You can use gasoline or kerosene to scrub it, so that the teak oil will dissolve and be removed, and then use alcohol soap to remove the traces left behind. It is best to wash the clothes again with detergent after removing the stains to completely remove the traces.

4. Removal of butter stains

Butter is a viscous animal fat and can be scrubbed with toluene or carbon tetrachloride solvent. The traces left can be removed with a mixture of alcohol and ammonia water, or with alcohol soap.

Oil stains on clothes can not only be cleaned with some strong detergents, but there are also many folk remedies to clean oil stains on clothes. When cleaning oil stains, we must pay attention to prevent some chemical components from causing damage to clothes, and we must thoroughly remove the chemical substances in the clothes.