Help for grease stains on shirts

[Audreysmama]

Honestly I have no idea where they come from or why. my best guess is that since we have no paper towels and only cloth towels is that there may be a transfer going to my clothese. Anyhow, I do not have that many shirts which fit right now and no real shirts to grow into and just put on my fav. one with a nice big grease stain right on the blooming belly, lol. Frustrating! Anyone know any remedies for getting these out after they have been washed and dried? I sure hope so, lol!!

[Jojo F.]

I don't know about after being washed or dried but as soon as you notice it, fresh, put flour on it. The flour will soak it right up.

You could still try the flour trick but it may not work as well. The only other thing I can think of is putting some dish liquid on it.

I hope someone has a tried and true product for when the item has been washed and dried

[Jodie]

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Wondering the same thing. We get it to. Also what seems to be grease spots left from breastmilk leakage. Don't noice the spots till after the shirts are dried.

I have shirts that fit me well and I like but there are stains. And no money to buy more shirts.

Anyone have any suggestions?

[Sydnee]

Oh man, we get this too!

[vbactivist]

We get this too, I actually think its from the laundry detergent. So now I've started dissolving the detergent really well in hot water and then adding the clothes and then changing the water temp to whatever, ie cold, etc....

[californiajenn]

Dr. Bronners! Put it straight on the stain and let it sit overnight. Wash in the morning and poof, the stain is gone. It has worked on greece stains that have been washed and dried before I noticed.

[Jodie]

This is the second time I have heard Dr. Bronner's today.
I think I need to find some.
Never thought it could be the detergent.
We have been washing more things in cold water, like shirts.
Maybe I should go back to Warm for shirts?

[bwylde]

I find putting shampoo on stains, even old ones, gets them right out. Most commercial hair shampoos have degreasing agents. I think dish soap works for this too.

[lovesdaffodils]

I always pretreat oil/grease stains with my dish detergent. It usually works even for ones that have been washed and dried.

[montlake]

I know front loaders can leave what looks like grease stains from using too much detergent.

[babycarrier]

Simple Green works really well for this, too.

[Abarat]

Dr. Bronner's is great, but if you can't afford to get some any soap will work!

For all my real bad stains I just wet the area, rub a plain white bar of soap all over it, scrub a little then put it in the bin or wash. Any soap should work, bar, liquid, dish soap, just be sure to get plenty of soap on there.

[sweetcheeks]

Originally Posted by montlake

I know front loaders can leave what looks like grease stains from using too much detergent.

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This happened to me a few times and I cut down the amount of detergent I use and I haven't noticed any new stains lately. I use the HE detergent and I still only use about 1/2 of the recommended amount.

[MtBikeLover]

We get this all the time. We also have a front loader so I am going to try cutting back on how much detergent we use to see if that helps. So many of our shirts are ruined because of this.

[4evermom]

I just spot treat the grease spots with straight hand dishwashing detergent. It's formulated to cut grease and I've never had it not work.

[JTA Mom]

Only name brand stain remover product worth its claims: Zout. That stuff gets out pretty much everything.

And oxiclean, it made 15 year old stored baby clothes brand spanking new without any damage to the clothing. The original powdered kind, not the newfangles spray on stuff. That stuff sucks.

Ami

[cristeen]

I'll have to try the Dr. Bronner's.

I have a stain treating stick I got at the HFS. It's enzymatic instead of bleach based like most of the mainstream ones seem to be. It usually does a pretty good job of getting grease stains out. What I find really interesting though is that the enzymes don't wash out in the wash, so even if the stain is still there when you pull it out of the wash, they still may disappear in a day or two.

I'll definitely add Dr. Bronner's to my repertoire, though.

[littlemizflava]

wash in dawn 5ml for a load, even spot treat and hand wash