How to wash greasy stains?

Nowadays, there are a large number of stain removers designed to remove oily stains. But the funds are not always at hand at the right time. Grease stains appear on clothing and household items at the most inopportune moment. Yes, and effective means for removing stains are quite expensive. Therefore, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the ways that will help get rid of persistent fatty contaminants, using the available tools available in every home.

Before you start removing grease stains at home, To prepare things, do the following:

• The presence of dust, small debris, complicates the process of removing fatty stains. Therefore, the original thing must be cleaned with a brush or roller for clothing.
• Decide on the object with which you will remove pollution. They can serve, for example, a cotton pad.
• Having chosen the best and most suitable way of dealing with stains, you should test it on an inconspicuous part of the product to see if it does not harm the color and texture, and also to see if it is effective.

Some popular methods involving the use of improvised means, have proven to be effective ways to combat fatty spots. Their undoubted advantage is that most of them are always at hand. These include:

• Vinegar;
• Salt
• Soda;
• Laundry soap.
• Substances containing gasoline;
• Turpentine (liquid extracted by distillation of the resin of coniferous trees with water and used in medicine);
• Ammonia;
• Ammonia;
• Shaving foam and even fresh bread.

As you might guess, with fat stains easier to handle immediately after their appearance. After the passage of a period of time to remove the pollution will be much harder.

It is no secret that not only clothes, kitchen towels and tablecloths, but also curtains are at risk. It is especially difficult to avoid stains if this decor item is located near the stove - the place of direct cooking, or the kitchen table. Therefore, many housewives are interested in how you can remove stains without damaging the fragile texture of the fabric. Dirty curtains do not add comfort to the kitchen interior at all, and you don’t always want to part with your favorite decor item.

There are several popular ways to eliminate this problem, but if you do not trust them, you can always give preference to special means for removing stains. But it is worth remembering that, as a rule, curtains and tulle have a fragile structure that is easily damaged.

So, how to get rid of fatty stains on a particular tissue? We offer you to familiarize yourself with several popular ways:

• Dishwashing liquid. It is required to soak the thing with a cleaning agent in hot water (at high temperatures, fat stains will disappear more quickly). For the best effect, first apply the agent directly to a greasy stain and leave for 20-30 minutes.
• Water, salt and soda. To get rid of the stain, you need to mix about 1 teaspoon of salt with the same amount of soda. Pour a stain of oil or other fatty substance with hot water, and then sprinkle with a mixture of salt and soda. Next, leave the product in this form for about half an hour, and then wash it in soapy water.
• Water and acetic acid. Speaking of removing stains, it is impossible not to pay attention to vinegar. Using it as a stain remover, 9% acetic acid should be used. It is not recommended to use a more concentrated solution, as this can greatly harm the color and texture of the fabric. It should also be remembered that this method is not suitable for cleaning colored and dark products. After this procedure, the thing may lose color, and white will appear on the spot of the fatty spot. Mix this component with water and apply the mixture to a fatty spot. After a few minutes, the pollution will start to disappear. After the stain removal procedure, the fabric should be washed as usual.

• Stain remover. This substance, on the contrary, is suitable for cleaning colored things from stains. For white fabrics you can use bleach. It is necessary to put a fabric folded several times under the spot. It absorbs what remains of pollution. Next, moisten the stain with warm water. Using a cotton pad, pre-moistened with a stain remover, gently wipe the stain, moving from its edges to the center. Disks should be changed as they become dirty. After processing things need its full wash.
• Chalk powder. This tool will help remove the fat stain from things made of materials such as cotton, chiffon and silk. It is necessary to sprinkle a fat stain with powder, and then leave for a couple of hours. After that, with a damp cloth, you must remove the chalk, wash your clothes in warm water.
• Laundry soap. This cleaning method is suitable for almost any type of fabric. The downside is that this method of breeding can not be called fast. It is necessary to take laundry soap 72% (or more), rub the contaminated area and leave for about 12 hours. For a more effective effect, you can wrap the thing with cellophane. After processing, you need to wash it.
• Sugar and laundry soap. This method is much faster than the previous one. It will help to cope with a fat spot literally in 15-20 minutes. But he will save the best product from cotton fabric. It is necessary to lather pollution, sprinkle with sugar on top. Then rub it with a brush. Wait for the required amount of time and wash the thing in warm, soapy water.

For removal of fatty pollution from white clothes it is possible to use such means as ammonia. The technology of its application is similar with the use of acetic acid. These two substances will help with minor efforts to save your favorite white shirt or comfortable white T-shirt from fat spots.

Of course, vinegar can be used when removing stains from clothes of any color - be it blue, yellow, red. But in this case it is necessary to use it in combination with such means as table salt or mustard powder. It is necessary to mix the above components in approximately equal proportions, and then add warm water to the mixture. Apply the mixture to the contaminated area and leave for 5-10 minutes. After a time, wash the product in the usual way.

If the fat got on a knitted sweater, sweater or dress, then a stain remover for woolen products would be best. It should be very careful, as you can not rub the stain. Use a sponge to lightly soak the place of pollution.

Leather products are quite popular in our time, because leather is a durable material that is not afraid of moisture. Caring for such products is not particularly difficult. But if it comes to fat stains on this kind of products, then there are a number of difficulties. Leather items should not be washed or trying to cope with contamination with sharp objects. We suggest you to get acquainted with several ways with the help of which you can wash or clean the grease on the leather product:

• Napkins, blotter. There are cases when you have to cope with grease stains on a leather bag outside the home. This method is well suited for such emergency situations. You need to put a few napkins on the fat traces, and then wait for a while until the napkin absorbs the fat. If it is on the product a lot, then the cloth needs to be changed periodically. After this procedure, it is necessary to partially lock the product in warm water.
• Heating with an iron. For this method, you again come in handy cloth. We need to put it on the contaminated area, turn on the iron and set the mode with the minimum temperature. Carefully iron the area with a stain until the fat is absorbed into the napkin.
• Old toothbrush. When applying this method it is worth being extremely careful. It should be remembered that the brush will help to cope with only minor dirt on suede.

• Shaving foam. Apply foam to the dirt and wait 30 minutes. If this product can be wetted, then lock it in soapy water or in a washing machine, setting a delicate mode.
• Bread. Even fresh bread can be an assistant in the fight against fatty spots. And it is recommended to use white bread. You need to roll the balls out of the crumb and carefully wipe off the stain with them.
• Nail polish remover. This tool can be used on natural unpainted leather products. Using a cloth or a cotton pad, apply the liquid to the contaminated area, wipe gently.
• Starch. This method is also suitable for removing contamination from natural products. It is necessary to sprinkle fat stains with starch, wait 15-20 minutes until the powder absorbs the fat.

• Alcohol. This component is also able to help in the fight against fatty contamination on leather products. You can replace it with vodka.
• Petrol. Apply a small amount of gasoline to the contaminated area with a napkin or cotton pad. This simple method will help to easily get rid of fat, but after the procedure it is necessary to wipe the product, and, if possible, wash it, otherwise the acrid smell will not evaporate soon. You should also remember that this method is better suited for cleaning unpainted products, but you can try out its effect on an inconspicuous area. If no negative effect is observed, then you can safely clean the pollution. This component can be replaced with turpentine.
• Baking soda and water. It is necessary to dissolve the soda in water so that the consistency of the paste comes out. Apply the mixture to the contaminated area and leave to dry completely. Remove soda from the product, clean the surface from the remnants of the mixture.

Things are more difficult if you have to remove stubborn fatty spots. To wash them is very difficult sometimes even with the use of factory stain removers. There are a number of methods for such cases:

• Glycerin and gasoline. First you need to heat the glycerin in a water bath. It is desirable that the substance is heated to a fairly high temperature, about 30-40 degrees. Saturate the contaminated area with heated glycerin, gently wipe. Moisten a cotton pad or napkin with gasoline and use it to remove glycerin residues. After the procedure, wash the thing.
• Water, glycerin, ammonia.It is necessary to mix these ingredients in equal proportions. The resulting liquid blot the stain and set aside the product for 2-3 hours. After that it should be washed in the usual way. The described method is suitable for cleaning products made of silk, velor and velvet, that is, products made of delicate materials.
• Sawdust and gasoline. It is necessary to soak the sawdust in gasoline and wait until the wood is completely saturated. After sprinkle with sawdust contaminated area and leave. Wait for the sawdust to dry. Clean the sawdust and wash the product in the usual way.
• Purified gasoline. This substance is contained, for example, in lighters. Dip a cotton pad in gasoline, wipe the area around contamination. This will prevent the appearance of divorce. Next, wipe the stain from its edges to the center. After the procedure, wash the product in warm, soapy water. This method is well suited for removing contamination from jeans.

To remove the old fatty contaminants, you can use factory tools. Some of them:

1. "Ace Oxi Magic". This tool is well suited for removing stains from products from colored fabric. Hostesses estimate its effectiveness positively; moreover, its cost is relatively low - 60-120 rubles per package. The tool itself is a powder that needs to be sprinkled with the contaminated area, moistened with warm water and left for 10-15 minutes. In the case of old pollution, the waiting time can be as long as 30 minutes. After applying this tool should wash the thing in the usual way.
2. "Sarma Active". This tool is relatively new. But it can be safely called a worthy domestic equivalent of imported funds. Among the advantages of "Sarma Active" should be called efficiency and relatively low price. 500 g of powder will cost an average of 50-60 rubles. Also undoubted advantage of this tool is its availability. It can be found in virtually every supermarket. Application - similar to the previous tool. "Sarma Active" is suitable for both colored and white things. In addition, this tool can be used when washing children's clothes. Studies have shown that it does not cause allergic reactions in babies.
3. "Antipyatin". The form of release of this tool is different: spray, powder and soap. Used as a catalyst. Add it to your usual powder that you use during the wash.
4. "Udalix Ultra". This tool is great for dealing with old pollution. Used during soaking the product.
5. "Minute". This tool is also well suited for cleansing old stains. Used to remove contaminants from jackets, down jackets, raincoat fabric and bolonyvogo fabric. Apply the product for 20-25 minutes. After the procedure is required to wash the product. If this cannot be done, wipe the contaminated area with a sponge. The tool has a specific smell, so after use, ventilate the thing.

Before proceeding to the removal of fatty contamination, you should decide what type of material will undergo processing. Gentle, delicate materials will not tolerate cleansing with the use of force and active friction, as deformation of the texture or color of the fabric is possible.

If the fat got on the black or painted skin, it is not recommended to use alkaline solutions and oxidizers. There is a risk that the color of the product will be damaged. Do not leave greasy dirt for a long time. Of course, you can always try to derive them using the methods discussed in this article. But there is a risk that the stains will remain on the product forever. If the listed methods have not been effective in your situation, then you can use dry cleaning services.

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