Help! Save my $$$ stain wont come out!

[MKCP5]

Okay so within 3 hours of getting the new soccer team sweatshirt yesterday, DD sat down to dinner, and immediately dropped greasy meatloaf on it!!!! She was SO upset. I took it downstairs, treated it w/zout and washed in cold water right away--no dice. The stain is still there. I air dried it, no dryer, but don't know what to do

Can anyone offer me any hope??? TIA!!!!

 

[HeatherFeather]

I would try washing again. Sometimes with greasy or oily stains it has taken me a few times for it to be completely gone. Also, can you take it outside and put it in direct sunlight? I have found that sometimes helps or gets rid of a stain completely. Good luck!

 

[worm761]

Soak the shirt in hydrogen peroxide. They sell big bottles at the Dollar Tree for a buck. I used to run a fast food restaurant, that is a trick of the trade. It will also take out blood!

 

[DonnaL]

Try Lestoil......my son had a job this past summer where he would sometimes get grease on his jeans. One of his co-workers suggested he use Lestoil to get the stains out..........it worked beautifully.......and I'm talking motor grease......there wasn't a spot of it left on the jeans.

 

[ekmom]

I find dishwashing liquid like Dawn is usually good for grease stains.

 

[Dani C]

I would agree that dawn is good for this (original blue dawn, not the scented, etc.) or try De-Solv-it. It is a spray that is also good at removing grease stains. For either, it will work best if you apply it to the entire stain on both sides of the cloth and let it set for a bit before washing.

 

[dseth]

I find dishwashing liquid like Dawn is usually good for grease stains.

I have great results with Dawn Dishwashing liquid too!!

 

[momejay]

You could try lava bar soap too & hand wash. I got taco grease out of a shirt this way.
I got car grease all over my white baseball pants when I was little. I remember my mother using dishwasher powder making a paste with it covering the spot & soaking them for a day. (may bleach so no colors)
Toothpaste sometimes works too on stubborn stains. The white Colgate paste, not the blue crap. It can bleach it a bit too so not sure about colors.
I got creative with 2 autistic children.

 

[Va-bear]

Along the lines of the hydrogen peroxide, but you may have what you need already, is an old trick my grandmother passed down and it often works quite well. Scrub the spot w/ Coca-Cola, or similar (though, I swear coke works best), really go at it.... the grease leaves and then you only have to wash it to get out the mild Coke stain!

Good luck!

 

[cheerforchelsea]

There is a great website that helps me tremendously with how to get diffent things clean it is howtocleansutff.net Hope it helps!!

 

[surfergirl602]

lestoil!!!!! That stuff will take grease off a car bumber!

 

[stacieps]

I've used GooGone or Goo Be Done (I have the spray bottle) on greasy stains and always had good luck getting it out.

 

[wdwmom0f3]

Go to the dollar tree and buy some LA's Totally Awesome. It comes in a clear plastic spray bottle. It has gotten every stain out that I have ever used it on. Just spray it on and scrub it and the stain should lift right out. If not, spray more and scrub until it's gone, and then rewash it.

 

[Suzanna1973]

Whatever you do, don't put it in the dryer...that sets the stain!

make yourself a paste of Oxyclean and shout. Put it on the stain. Let it set overnight on top of your washing machine.

Next morning, Place a little more oxylcean on it, Put it in the washing machine to soak for at least two hours, then wash it. If your machine has a heavy soil load, select that mode.

Keep us informed! Good luck!

 

[semo233]

This is going to sound wierd, but if all else fails, soak the shirt in oil. I have done this multiple times to get salad dressing stains off the part of my shirt that sticks out the most (come on you know what part!!)

Then launder seperately. I don't know if the oil reactivates the stain or if I am staining the entire shirt, but I have saved MANY, MANY shirts this way!! The only cost is a $2 bottle of the cheapest salad oil I can find.

 

[Blue.Fairy2]

I have great results with Dawn Dishwashing liquid too!!

another vote for Dawn.

 

[HappyDznyCamper]

another vote for Dawn.

Me too! Actually any liquid dish soap should do it, after all they are made to remove grease. Dish soap, cheap and you probably don't have to make a trip to the store, plus it is generally color safe.

 

[DisneyAndRedSox]

Another lestoil fan here!

It can be hard to find, last time I got it at Lowes!

 

[Green Tea]

I always rub Dawn dish soap on things like that and launder as usual. Everything greasy or tomatoey has always come out.

 

[mom2val]

another vote for Dawn.

I use Dawn or whatever dish liquid I have on hand all the time to get out grease/oil stains. Shout never seems to work but the liquid dishsoap works wonders!