If you notice a greasy stain on your clothes, do not rush to send the thing to the washing machine. You should be aware that such contaminants need pre-treatment. What are the ways to remove fat stains?
You will need
- - soap;
- - turpentine;
- - ammonia;
- - potato starch;
- - a towel;
- - brush;
- - fine sand;
- - blotting paper;
- - iron;
- - turpentine.
Instruction manual
1
Before removing the grease stain, you need to carefully clean the fabric from dust and dirt. In order to avoid the formation of a "halo", moisten the material around the spot with warm water. Regardless of which tool you chose to remove the oily stain, it should always be removed from the edges to the center.
2
Modern industry produces a sufficient number of various drugs that successfully cope with fatty pollution. However, before you apply this or that tool, you must carefully read the instructions, and then try it on a small invisible piece of matter.
3
You should know that to remove grease stains from acetate tissues, you can use only synthetic detergent, soap and gasoline, and for fabrics with special impregnation - only powder and soap.
4
If for one reason or another you do not want to use stain removers sold in household chemical stores, you can resort to proven folk remedies. Rub the soap on a grater. Mix it with one tablespoon of ammonia and two tablespoons of turpentine. Put the resulting mixture on a stain and leave for a while. Rinse thoroughly with warm, clean water.
5
Potato starch can be used to remove grease stains from dense synthetic materials. Pour it thickly over the contaminated area, and then rub it with a wet towel. Let the starch dry and clean with a brush.
6
The stain left on the cotton cloth must be moistened with turpentine, and then ironed with a warm iron, after putting blotting paper on it.
7
To remove a stain from a velvet fabric ordinary sand will help. Rinse the sand thoroughly, dry and lightly heat in a skillet. Wrap in linen. Tap the resulting bag with a stain until the pollution disappears.
8
It should be remembered that the faster you take up the removal of grease stains, the more chances you will have of success. To remove fresh spots in most cases, it is enough to sprinkle them with salt or iron them with a warm iron, laying on both sides with blotting paper.
