A greasy stain is very unpleasant, but quite common, especially if you have children. One trip to a cafe or family dinner and a white tablecloth can be thrown away. Do not rush to draw such conclusions - a fat stain can be deduced!
How to remove a fat stain?
The most important thing in this business is to try to remove the stain as soon as possible. The more time the fat contacts the tissue, the more difficult it will be to remove it. If you immediately found a stain on clothes, it would be much easier to get it out:
- Good old method with salt . In order to remove the greasy stain, sprinkle the dirt with salt as much as possible and thoroughly rub it. Do this several times.
- Buy ammonia in the pharmacy - it's a very useful item on the farm. How to remove a fat stain with ammonia: dilute in 3 tablespoons of alcohol a pinch of table salt (enough half a teaspoonful) and spread the stain. Leave it for a while, then wash your clothes. Ammonia can be mixed with detergent and put a slurry on the stain. Allow to dry and rinse with warm water.
- To remove greasy stains from clothing, a dishwashing detergent is also suitable. As soon as you plant a stain, apply a little money to the soiled area and rub, then rinse with boiling water.
- Another damp spot can be sprinkled with starch and rubed, as in the case of salt. Starch absorbs fat well.
How to wash an old fat stain?
If it's not so difficult to cope with fresh spots, then you'll have to tinker with the old ones. Before you remove the fat stain, read the composition of the tissue and the conditions leaving it. Not all methods can be used for delicate tissues. Now you can choose a recipe for cleaning old stains:
- A good remedy for fatty spots is starch, and there are several ways to work with it. How to remove an old fat stain with the help of starch: in a mug or bowl, preheat the starch a little and apply a hot powder to the stain:
- As the cooling cools the starch seems to absorb fat and the stain disappears;
- from starch, you can prepare a thick slurry and apply it to the place of contamination, leave for a few hours.
- For gentle silk fabrics, the following miracle mixture is allowed: dilute 1 tbsp. l. glycerol with 1 tbsp. l. water and add there half a teaspoon of ammonia. Spot smear this mixture and leave for 15-20 minutes, then rinse with warm water. You can prepare a mixture of ammonia and salt and rub the stain, then rinse under running warm water. It is possible to do the procedure several times, but you will not spoil the delicate tissue.
- A mixture of ammonia and common washing powder helps. Blend the mixture and let it dry, after drying the clothes iron through gauze.
- With old and very difficult spots will help to cope with gasoline. How to remove a fat stain with gasoline:
- for leather products, prepare a mixture of gasoline and starch in equal proportions, apply to the stain and wait a bit. Gasoline evaporates and the starch dries, now it can be simply shaken off;
- gasoline is good to handle stains on woolen fabrics. Apply gasoline to the stain and rub, then rinse the clothes.