How to remove oil stains from clothes

In people's daily lives, it is inevitable that clothes will be stuck with oil stains and other difficult-to-clean substances. Especially for children, it is difficult to avoid contact with oil stains or dirt when eating or playing outside. So how do you clean oil stains or dirt on your clothes? This has become a daily problem that troubles everyone. Next, let’s take a closer look at some methods to remove oil stains from clothes.

Animal and plant oil stains

If clothes are stained with animal or plant oils, you can apply toothpaste on the stain, rub it gently a few times, and then wash it with water, and the oil stain can be removed.

Tips: This method can also be used on clothes with ballpoint pen stains.

paint

When paint is rubbed on clothes, you can immediately apply white flower oil to the rubbed area and then rinse it off.

Tea and coffee stains

If your clothes are stained with tea or coffee, rub them with hot water immediately to remove the stains. For those that have been there for a long time, you must rub them with a mixture of glycerin and egg yolk, then rinse them with clean water after they are dry; or apply glycerin to the stain, sprinkle a little borax, and then soak them in boiling water.

Vegetable soup stains

When clothes are stained with soup, you must immediately soak the clothes in cold water for a few minutes, then rub soap on the stain and scrub it. If it is an old stain, use an old toothbrush dipped in gasoline to rub the stained area to remove the grease first, then soak the stain in 1:5 ammonia solution and rub it.

Gum stains

Put the clothes with chewing gum into a plastic bag and freeze them in the refrigerator for several hours. When the chewing gum on the clothes becomes hard, take it out and rub it gently to remove it. If there is still a little bit that cannot be removed, use cotton dipped in white vinegar to gently scrub the area to remove it.

Blood stains

When blood stains are newly found on clothes, rinse them with cold water or light salt water, then wash with soap or 10% potassium iodide solution; white radish juice or carrot puree mixed with salt can also remove blood stains from clothes;

Tips: Do not use hot water when rinsing, because blood stains contain protein, which will coagulate when exposed to heat, making it difficult to clean.

Through the above methods of removing oil stains or dirt from clothes, some simple and practical methods of removing dirt from clothes are introduced in detail. In daily life, you may try to remove oil stains or dirt using the above methods. It is also recommended that if clothes have oil stains, they should be washed immediately and not left for too long. If left for too long, it will be difficult to clean them.