How to remove oil stains from shoes

Maybe many of our friends don’t pay attention to their shoes in daily life, which often causes our shoes to be stained with oil, especially animal and plant oil stains and soy sauce stains. This makes it more troublesome for you to clean your shoes, so you should know how to clean oil stains on shoes. For the situation of oil stains on shoes, we recommend that you analyze the composition of the oil stains and then choose the correct method to clean the shoes.

Soy sauce stains can be washed with 2% borax solution or by adding appropriate amount of ammonia into warm water (not suitable for silk, wool and fabrics). Ballpoint pen stains can be wiped off with a cloth dampened in alcohol, or you can apply some shampoo to the stained area, soak the clothes in water mixed with white vinegar, and then gently scrub them with a brush after half an hour. ※ Shoe polish stains can be wiped off with gasoline, turpentine or alcohol; as for old oil stains, they can be washed off with concentrated soapy water containing ammonia.

When the paint stains are not dry yet, apply some kerosene, then some dilute acetic acid, and then wash them off with water. For asphalt stains, first scrape off the asphalt on the clothes, then soak them in carbon tetrachloride water, and then wash them with hot water. Alternatively, you can apply peanut oil or motor oil to the stained area and wait for the asphalt to dissolve.

Grease stains are commonly known as oil stains, which are a type of stain that is insoluble in water. This type of stain should be removed from clothes by wiping or brushing with organic solvents such as solvent gasoline, trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, alcohol, acetone, alumina water, banana water, turpentine, benzene, etc. In addition, some other effective methods can also be used to remove it.

The above is an article about how to remove oil stains from shoes. I believe that after reading it, everyone should know how to clean oil stains on shoes. If we want to clean oil stains from shoes in our daily life, we need to pay attention to which solvents can be combined with the oil stains, which will help us clean the oil stains.