How to remove old greasy spots

How to remove old greasy spots

It is very simple to put greasy spot on clothes, but at removal there is set of problems. If the spot is fresher, folk remedies and modern stain removers well help, but sometimes it is possible not to notice traces from fat which brighten over time and become opaque. But also it is possible to fight against them if to know several effective methods.

Instruction

1. As a rule, greasy spots have not clear, indistinct contours and "rays" dispersing in different directions. Old spots are shown on other party of fabric. Turn thing inside out and clean from dust with damp brush. Put white tissues or fabric under matter. Apply on cotton tampon means for removal of spots and moisten the place around trace. Then gradually you pass from edges to the center – so the spot will not blur. Be especially careful with synthetic or color fabrics, check influence of stain remover on spare piece of matter better. It is possible to dilute at first means with water as too concentrated solutions can damage clothes.

2. Traces from vegetable oil, mayonnaise, oil paints, creams, pitches are well removed by means of organic solvents – alcohol, turpentine, acetone, it is necessary to apply them on cotton tampon and to work according to the first point. Be careful, these means can spoil fabric too. It is also possible to make ammonia solution solution with salt (25 grams of alcohol and 5 salts). Salt spot and water with this mix. Then rub bread or blotter. If traces remained, dosypta salt. Gasoline well is suitable for woolen fabric, from velvet you remove greasy spots turpentine.

3. Strew spot with chalk or talc, cover with blotting paper and iron. After that wash thing. If fabric cannot be erased in hot water (for example, silk), take heated potato flour, strew with it trace from fat and shake in twenty minutes. Repeat the procedure until the clothes become clean, then remove flour brush. It is possible to make gruel of potato flour, having added hot water. Apply it on old spot and leave before drying. It is possible to remove greasy traces from silk also by means of glycerin. Mix half of spoon of ammonia solution with spoon of water and glycerin, wet thing in this mix for ten minutes and wash out.

4. To remove the greased spots from collar, before washing rub it with laundry soap. On outerwear wipe collars with the cotton wool, the wetted in solution of salt or ammonia solution.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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