Stain Guide: Grease
This is a 4th generation dry cleaner's guide for removing a grease stain!
What you need
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Dish soap or laundry detergent
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Water
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Bowl to mix the ingredients
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Cleaning brush (optional but helpful)
Steps
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Mix a solution of 2 or 3 drops of dish soap or laundry detergent and warm water. Work this solution into the stain and tamp it in with the brush.
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Allow the pretreatment to sit on the stain for at least 15 minutes.
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Wash as recommended on the care label.
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Inspect before drying. If you dry a grease stain with heat, you may “set” the stain, which will make it much harder to remove. If the stain was removed, dry as recommended on the care label; If not, repeat step 1 and allow the pretreatment to sit on the stain overnight prior to rewashing.
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Rewash on a warm or high water temperature.
Grease stains can blend in and be hard to see when a item is wet. If you are unsure if the grease stain was removed let the item air dry and inspect. Removing a grease stain after it has been tumbled dried with heat can be nearly impossible!