grease/fat stain on top

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ls there anyway l can remove this from my top?? l didnt notice the stain til after it was washed still there.....is there any chance of me getting it off?? Should l keep washing it til it comes out or just bring to a cleaners?

My top is 95% cotton.

SpaceTime

Just get some Persil Small & Mighty bio liquid.
Fill a dosing ball and pour a tiny bit onto the stain directly from the ball. Rub it in using the bottom of the ball as a tool.

Put it into the washing machine along with the rest of the liquid in the ball.

Wait 5 Min (Max) then start the machine on a normal 40 degree wash.

A lot of the cheaper liquids except Aldi and Lidl are useless.

Try a normal color powder instead they're often way better.

The detergent pods are total gimmicks too. You're just adding dissolvable plastics to your machine, clothes and the environment for no reason.

bnagrrl

Put a drop of washing up liquid on the stain. Leave it sit a minute and wash as normal.

This has worked for me removing liquid foundation, melted butter and hot sauce stains. (Not on the same top :P)

SpaceTime

Good scoop of Ariel or Persil bio ... 40 degrees!
Everything else is basically gimmicks.

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bnagrrl wrote: »

Put a drop of washing up liquid on the stain. Leave it sit a minute and wash as normal.

This has worked for me removing liquid foundation, melted butter and hot sauce stains. (Not on the same top :P)

even after its already been washed??

bnagrrl

Yup. I only learned this tip recently after getting liquid foundation all over a cream blouse that I'd washed a few times with no luck so tried it on other stuff and it's grand. I think it's the grease cutting properties in the washing up liquid that remove it.

SpaceTime

Basically, just pick a washing product with better grease cutting powers.

If you use something like say Persil Colour powder it has lipase (an enzyme that dissolves fats) and a very powerful mixture of different detergent components that break down fats and oils. Ariel and most other strong products should be similar.

If you use something less powerful, it may not shift it at all.

For colourful stains like make up and water-soluble paints and pasta sauces and all of that kind of stuff , normal biological washing powder will be far more likely to remove them. Powder contains a colour-safe peroxide based bleaching agent (it won't damage your clothes, but it will remove stains .. Just never use it with unfixed dyes as it'll also fade them).

Liquids and colour powders do not contain any bleaching agents. So, you don't get the same level of stain removal.

It's just basic chemistry and a bit of biochemistry.

Faith

SpaceTime wrote: »

Basically, just pick a washing product with better grease cutting powers.

If you use something like say Persil Colour powder it has lipase (an enzyme that dissolves fats) and a very powerful mixture of different detergent components that break down fats and oils. Ariel and most other strong products should be similar.

Would something like Fairy Liquid work well, in that case?

SpaceTime

Faith wrote: »

Would something like Fairy Liquid work well, in that case?

Yeah, just don't put it in the washing machine unless you want to host a foam party in your kitchen!

I'd say put a small bit on the stain, wash it in the sink and rinse it out very well and then maybe run it through a very short wash in the machine to make sure it doesn't have any weird marks left.

harr

Baking powder , put top on a flat surface sprinkle a tea spoon onto the stain ,very gently rub in or I use a nail brush but be gentle and leave it 2 or 3 hours then brush off and repeat after that into a normal wash on it's own.
This has never failed to get grease or other stains from my shirts or t shirts .

bnagrrl

SpaceTime wrote: »

Yeah, just don't put it in the washing machine unless you want to host a foam party in your kitchen!

I'd say put a small bit on the stain, wash it in the sink and rinse it out very well and then maybe run it through a very short wash in the machine to make sure it doesn't have any weird marks left.

I've put a drop on the stain, let it sit and washed in the machine as normal. Never any problems with the machine overflowing with suds. Unless you're squirting half a bottle in I can's see this happening.

cgh

get a brown paper bag, place over the stain and use a hot iron over the bag, should get most of the fat out.

SpaceTime

That works for candle wax too.

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thanks a mil guys for all the replies - lm kinda scared to pick the right one :rolleyes: really dont wanna mess this top up!! tempeted to try the fairy liquid ...

SpaceTime

I'd try the Persil liquid as it's designed for that purpose

Miaireland

I find that rubbing in ordinary liquid handsoap works well at removing most stains, even washed in stains.

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Miaireland wrote: »

I find that rubbing in ordinary liquid handsoap works well at removing most stains, even washed in stains.

Have you tryed it for fat/grease stains? worried il try something and it might make it worse

Miaireland

Plenty of times. If I have a top I like I seem to always get some kind of grease stain on it. I just dampen the area where the stain is with water. Rub the soap on to the damp area on the outside and the inside of the top. Gently rub it into the stain from both sides. Rinse the soap off. I just hold the stained area under the tap and run the water for a few seconds and then wash the top as normal in the washing machine.

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Miaireland wrote: »

Plenty of times. If I have a top I like I seem to always get some kind of grease stain on it. I just dampen the area where the stain is with water. Rub the soap on to the damp area on the outside and the inside of the top. Gently rub it into the stain from both sides. Rinse the soap off. I just hold the stained area under the tap and run the water for a few seconds and then wash the top as normal in the washing machine.

k might give that a go....you think it'll still be ok tho cause l already put it in the washing machine?? sorry just paranoid not to ruin this top any further:o

Pippy1976

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even after its already been washed??

This absolutely, no messing, worked for me about 3 weeks ago.

Washed a white top. It came out with the little oil stain on the front. Put a little bit of washing up liquid on it and rinsed it by hand.

Poof! Gone!

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thanks guys, il report back !

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so put some washing up liquid on for 10min....threw in the wash, dried........stain gone :D:D:D thanks a mil for all who suggested the liquid