My washing machine has left grease stains on some of my clothes. How can I get it off?
Question:I have tried Shout and Bleach for colors. What could I use to get rid of the grease? It's for colored clothes, not white. Anyone know any tricks? Help!
Answers:
First of all, please don't put any of the clothes into the dryer until we have the grease out. Put Dawn dishwashing detergent onto each grease stain, let it sit for about an hour, then use an old toothbrush to scrub the grease spot. Add a little water to the spots and scrub some more. Often times it takes elbow grease to get these types of spots out, so keep scrubbing. Next I'd run the clothes through a wash cycle on the hottest water setting that is safe for the fabric. Use lots of water, you want the clothes to move freely through the water.
If your washer is indeed leaking grease onto clothing, I'd wash the clothes at a friends house or a public laundromat. My washer did something similar, it was newer but defective so I hope that's not the case with yours!
If after soaking with Dawn and running through the washer on the warmest setting possible you still have grease stains, I'd try the color safe bleach next. I love Clorox 2, it's a lifesaver. You can't leave the color safe bleach on fabric as long as Dawn, so you have to work faster this time. Add some color safe bleach to the grease stains, let it stand for 5 minutes, then scrub it with the old toothbrush again. Get into the warmest wash that is safe for your fabric and let it run all the way through the cycle.
With grease it takes multiple washings, and I have found after 2 to 3 treatments the grease stains come out. Keep your chin up, the stuff usually comes out. If you can't get it out, do not put the clothing into the dryer. Just hang them up and let them air dry and take them to your local dry cleaners. They have solvents and detergents that we're not able to get out hands on, and before I throw anything away I take it to my dry cleaners as a last resort. I haven't been disappointed yet.
Hope you get the stains out! Take care and have a good day, hon.
Lots of household cleaners have laundry instructions on the back(lestoil is one, and is excellent for grease stains)
Grease on clothes is an indication that you have a transmission problem!
rub go-jo into the stain then wash
Goop hand cleaner will do it. Rub a little into the stain & brush into the fabric lightly with a toothbrush. Wash in warm water if you can.
If it's like grease you cook with you could try some dish soap in the load... just apply directly to the greased area(s) and run as normal. I would try just with the dish soap first, and then with the laundry detergent in the next run...
If it's like the grease from a vehicle, I"m not sure what you could use. Try the dish soap. My dad used that for his hands all the time when he was working on the cars, and it cut it out... maybe it will work for clothes too...?
Good luck.
Dawn and very hot water and this will not hurt your clothes
simple green
Depending how much grease is on the clothing, rub Dawn detergent into the grease spots, let set for thirty minutes, then wash in cool/warm water. You may want to add a liquid laundry soap to the grease spots along with the Dawn.
use dawn dish soap
Dawn, it takes grease out of your way...
Try M-30 hand cleaner. No, seriously. My dad is a mechanic and my mom always washes his work clothes separately and puts about a tablespoon of that in the wash with the detergent and his clothes always come out nice and clean. Hope this helps. You can get M-30 hand cleaner at Wal Mart. Have a great weekend! :)
Dawn Dishsoap
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