How to wash oil from clothes?
There are many types of oil that we meet literally every day and sometimes we don’t even guess what we could do to stain our favorite dress or jacket, where the stain came from, and how to get rid of it.
To understand how to properly get rid of the oil stain, you need to study the types of oils and where they are applied.
Types of oils
There is a certain classification of oils. There are various types:
- readily soluble and hardly soluble;
- non-drying, semi-drying and drying;
- oils of animal, vegetable and technical origin.
Consider the most common types of oils:
- Sunflower Oil of plant origin is obtained from sunflower seeds, semi-drying. The most used oil in cooking, it is used for salad dressing, frying, stewing. Used in everyday life, for example, to lubricate locks, handles, door hinges. Also used in the manufacture of soap and other products.
- Vaseline Oil is a refined fraction of oil that is obtained after the distillation of kerosene. Difficult soluble substance, non-drying. It is widely used in the medical, pharmaceutical, as well as in the food industry for lubrication equipment. Included in the creams, ointments, lipsticks.
- Flaxseed vegetable oil, drying out. Apply it both in medicine and in cooking, but also in cosmetology. In medicine, it makes up for the level of unsaturated fatty acids that the body needs. In cosmetology, it is used as a component of anti-aging creams, face and body masks. In cooking - as a salad dressing, and also give a spicy taste to the dish.
- Hydraulic Oil is a technical, semi-drying, complex substance. This is an important component for any hydraulic system. It is used in foundry machines, presses, heavy manipulators, machine tools, robots, plastic molding machines and many other industries.
- Transformer Oil is a refined fraction of oil, which is mineral oil. It is obtained after the distillation of oil, when the fraction is boiled at 300-400 degrees Celsius. The main property of this oil is electrical insulation.
- Castor - This vegetable oil, extracted from the fruits of the plant. The castorphenus, is a mixture of glycinides ricinic, linoleic and oleic acids. Actively used in medicine against various ailments. There are also legends on the Internet spaces about the magical properties of oil, so it began to be used in cosmetology to enhance the growth of hair and eyelashes.
- Lampadnoe butter. Everyone knows about its use in churches, since the Lord commanded to set fire in the lamp. In a different way, lamp oil was formerly called wooden. Currently it is used in medical practice in the form of a mixture of purified oils.
- Transmission oils are lubricating oils used to lubricate gearboxes, transfer boxes, drive axles, steering gears, and more.
- Lean Oil is a group of oils that is permitted for use on certain days of fasting. This is sunflower, corn, mustard and other oils of vegetable origin.
Facilities
Fatty oil stains can be cleaned with the help of food products, as well as improvised means that you have at home. Food products include the following:
- Means for washing dishes. They contain fat-soluble components that are able to remove the oil stain easily and simply.
- Stain removers. The composition of these funds mixed a certain amount of substances that can clean the source of pollution of any origin.
- Soap. Everyone has soap at home. Currently, their huge diversity - lumpy, liquid, toilet, antibacterial, intimate, economic, whitening.
- Washing powders. You can use high-quality laundry detergents that can dissolve any type of oil.
- Bleach If there is a greasy stain on light or white matter, do not be afraid to use bleach.
To improvised means should include time-tested products:
- Common kitchen salt. It is used as an absorbent.
- Tooth powder, baby powder or talcum powder, starch contain small particles that are able to absorb oils and fats.
- Mustard is a “grandmother's” way, hostesses used many years ago, and to this day mustard is popular with greasy dirt.
- Petrol. This liquid has an unpleasant odor, but a good fat-dissolving effect.
- Alcohol. You can use both ammonia and ethyl alcohol when removing stains.
- Acetone will perfectly relieve you from delivered drying oil pollution.
- Vinegar. Available solvent, which is in everyone's cabinet in the kitchen.
- Baking soda. Perfectly copes with any and types of pollution.
How to quickly wash?
Just remove the stain is not so difficult to remove, you just need to make some effort. For fresh stains, you can use non-aggressive methods of cleaning the product. Excellent and effective way to remove fresh stains is hot water, but this tool is not suitable for many products:
- First of all, remove the item and place it on a horizontal surface, place a cloth or a wooden board under the stain, so that you can conveniently influence the place of pollution.
- To begin with, blot the stain with a dry cloth to absorb some oil. Then you can remove the stain with the help of improvised solids in the form of salt, tooth powder, starch or talc. Sprinkle the cloth with a small amount of the substance, gently rub it with your fingers and leave for a while. Then you need to shake, and if the stain is not removed, repeat the procedure, and then wash the thing.
- In the area of oily stains you can pour a little detergent for dishes, rub into the thickness of the fabric and wait until the product will work. Next, you need to wash the thing with the use of washing powder. You should do the same with the stain remover, or simply add it to the laundry detergent and soak the product in warm water.
- They also advise you to soap the dirty place with laundry soap, leave the thing in warm water for a couple of hours, and then wash it.
- Sunflower oil can be removed with starch, which should be diluted with water. The mass should not be too fluid. It must be applied to the surface and wait. Do not allow starch to acquire a different color, as it may additionally stain light-colored fabric.
- The combination of alcohol, water and salt also gives a positive effect. You need to mix one tablespoon of salt with one tablespoon of alcohol and water.
- Toothpaste is suitable for light and white things. Apply to the site of exposure and leave to dry. Then you can put in a washing machine and wash.
Removing old stains
Dry mustard is considered to be the most harmless to the fabric. It is necessary to dissolve it with warm water to form a thick mixture, similar in consistency to sour cream. Spread the solution on a dirty surface and leave to dry completely, and then rub it with a brush and wash the item as usual.
You can try to scrub the stained spot with gasoline or some other solvent. Take the purified substance and apply to the desired area, you can optionally rub it with laundry soap. Leave for a while to effect the product, then rinse and apply again. After washing your clothes.
Use a mixture of glycerin, ammonia and water. It is necessary that the fabric is soaked with this solution, and then you can wash the thing.
Another secret to remove the old dried oil stain is aerosol WD-40. Apply the product on a stain, put soda over it and rub it with a brush, then add detergent. Wash clothes.
If the stain is very old and no way helps you, try to enhance the effect of the solvent by adding another type. If this does not help, make a mixture of three types of solvents. For example, you can make a mixture of turpentine, acetone and gasoline, and just get rid of the old spot.
Just do not forget that after removing the stain, you need to wash the jacket so that there are no divorces and a disgusting smell.
Features of cleaning clothes and fabrics
For example, to clean a bolony jacket it is better to use an absorbing agent if the spot is small. Pour soda, salt or starch, talc and leave the jacket overnight. In the morning, the oily stain should disappear. If the stain is large and do not avoid subsequent washing, try to clean the bolonyev fabric with a stain remover or detergent. We do not recommend the use of such aggressive solvents as gasoline, kerosene, as they can change the structure of the fabric and act on dyes.
You can use less aggressive solvents - ethyl alcohol or ammonia. You just need to treat the place with a cotton swab and after washing the jacket or attach a lotion and leave for some time to dissolve the fats.
For delicate fabrics that make up your bedding, underwear or curtains, it is better to use professional household chemicals and hand washing. If your soiled woolen thing, use absorbent substances and mixtures, only diluted in cold or lukewarm water, otherwise the thing will stretch under the influence of hot water.
For example, sprinkle an oil stain on a woolen sweater with cornstarch, leave for an hour, and then shake the thing. Then prepare a mixture of water and alcohol, you can add a little gasoline. Wet the cloth with a mixture of contamination and leave for half an hour, then erase the thing.
All will experience some difficulties when cleaning up stains from jeans. If the stain has just formed, you need to blot with a dry cloth or napkin, and then apply quality detergent or stain remover on the jeans fabric, leave it to absorb the product, and after washing the thing. From improvised means you can use purified gasoline: it will perfectly relieve the product from greasy stains, while maintaining the color and structure of the fabric. Pounded chalk also works as an absorbent, and for jeans it is an excellent tool for removing greasy stains.
What means to wash?
Many people ask the question than to wash at home. Wash oil from clothes can only be high-quality detergents. Nowadays, the market is very rich in household chemicals. Washing, washing substances can be combined, to make solutions from them, to use both for coarse and delicate fabrics, even if you wash underwear. The most popular detergents on the market are the following:
- From washing powders - Ariel, Tide, Aos, Deni, “Biolan”, Persil, “Eared Nannies”;
- Of stain removers - Vanish, Faberlic, “Bleach Bos plus Plus Maximum”, Amway PreWash Spray, Sarma, Astonish Oxy Plus.
If you want to use a more budget option, just purchase a laundry soap - this is an excellent antibacterial agent for stains, hypoallergenic and affordable.It can be grated and added when washing in a washing machine instead of washing powder.
Tips
Use solvents reasonably, as they have many negative effects: they evaporate quickly, if you use a large amount, they can spoil the structure of the fabric, the color of the product, and after such a procedure you may feel unwell. Also, sometimes an oil bottle or dispenser is needed on the farm. Wash the bottle is simple, for this you need a ruff for dishes and detergent. It is enough to pour a certain amount of substance into the bottle, add warm water and use a brush to clean the bottle of oil using a brush.
To clean the dispenser, attach it to the bottle and release the liquid from the bottle through its system, and use it further, without throwing objects into the trash.
How to remove stains from various types of oil, see the following video.