How to clean oil stains

Oil stains are something that many housekeepers find very annoying, mainly because it is rather troublesome to clean them, especially when they are on clothes, which makes it more difficult for us to wash clothes. Generally, when we clean oil stains, we should sprinkle raw flour on the surface of the oil stains to allow it to absorb the oil stains for free, and then use tetrachloroethylene to clean the oil stains.

1. How to remove butter stains from clothes. Butter is a viscous animal fat and can be scrubbed with toluene or carbon tetrachloride solvent. The traces left behind can be removed with a mixture of alcohol and ammonia water, or with alcohol soap.

2. To remove machine oil stains from clothes, for lighter colored machine oil stains, you can use gasoline to brush them, and then place a piece of blotting paper or cloth above and below the oily stain on the clothes and iron it with an iron to make the oil evaporate further and be absorbed by the paper or cloth. Repeat this process of changing the paper or cloth and ironing multiple times until all the oil stains are absorbed. Finally, wash with detergent and rinse with clean water. For dark-colored machine oil stains, they must be rinsed with high-quality gasoline, then ironed with blotting paper or cloth to absorb, and finally rinsed with warm water.

3. Cleverly remove animal and plant oil stains from clothes. Animal and plant oil stains are common stains on clothing and are also a type of polar liquid stains. 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.

4. If a fur coat is stained with oil, sprinkle some raw flour on the stain, and then use a brown brush to brush along the fur until the stain is removed. Then, use a rattan stick or something similar to beat the wool surface to remove excess powder and make the wool fluffy and clean. If the ski jacket is stained with oil, mix a little flour with cold water to make a paste, apply it to the oil stain. After a few hours, use a brush dipped in water to brush off the powder and the oil stain will disappear.

Based on this article’s introduction on how to clean oil stains, I believe you all know how to clean oil stains. It is rather troublesome to clean oil stains in our daily life. We need to use organic solvents to clean the oil stains, and we need to repeatedly scrub the oily areas to achieve the purpose of cleaning.