Grease off clothes?

[Sindyeli]

I was trying to reach for something in my pocket yesterday and my bike jacket fell and got caught in my rear wheel, luckily without consequences other than a soiled jacket with grease since it cleaned my sprockets a tad .
Do any of you know how to remove the grease without damaging the jacket? Shout won't work as they say not to use on fluorescent colors and it's bright orange. I'm afraid to try my citrus degreaser too. Any suggestions?
thanks!

[jobob]

Here's an old thread which may have some good hints.

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...grease+clothes

Sounds like Dawn dishwashing liquid might work.

Good luck!

[smilingcat]

contrary to popular belief, DO NOT USE HOT WATER to remove grease stains or stains related to protein. Protein will denature and cling on harder or may even react with the fiber and become a permanent stain. Grease/oil may just react with synthetic fiber or with the color of the fabric and may also become permanent. so use cold water to keep the goop from chemically reacting wih the cloth.

Use cold water and do not wait too long to remove the stain. Longer you wait, goop has more time to react and become permanent.

[Sindyeli]

thanks for the info, I'll get to work right away !

[GLC1968]

Interested in a miracle product?

I got grease across the front of my pale blue and white cannondale jacket a couple of years ago (from the chain when I put my bike into my car and stumbled...). I tried citrus degreaser right away and it helped a little. Then I washed the jacket - about 10 times in the last two years. I just accepted the fact that I'd always have a chain mark across my stomach!

Then my dad (of all people) suggested I try olive oil soap. OMG. I took the soap, lathered it up on the OLD grease. I scrubbed the fabric together and left it wet, with soap on it for about 20 minutes while I showered. When I was done, I tossed it into the washing machine (with the soap still on it) and ran a regular cycle. It came out CLEAN!!

I am stunned. We have been using this stuff to get old grease stains of of pants and t-shirts and other items that we'd saved to use as rags. It's amazing!! And the funny thing is, my brother and my father both use this soap on their face and body exclusively because they have sensitive skin and allergies and it doesn't bother them. It's amazing!

We bought the olive oil soap in Tarpon Springs, FL (a huge Greek community), but I've seen it online. In fact, let me find a link...

http://www.elikioliveoil.com/puroloilsoap.html

[SadieKate]

Don't you think any olive oil soap with the least amount of additives and no coloring would work?

I've had goat's milk soap take oil off my hands better than others. I might try that sometime.

[chakra]

Ecover Stain remover.

Available at Health Food Store.

Bloody brilliant! I started using it with DD (Child #2) who used to spit up a lot, and then found it pretty effective for chain grease too.

Good luck!

Chakra

[GLC1968]

Don't you think any olive oil soap with the least amount of additives and no coloring would work?

I've had goat's milk soap take oil off my hands better than others. I might try that sometime.

Probably. I think the olive oil thing is that oil removes oil...and then the olive oil doesn't leave behind a residue. If there are other oil based soaps, they would probably also work for the same reasons. I'm no chemist though!

[Chicken Little]

Gunk hand cleaner.

[Fujichants]

Good old oxiclean will do the trick.