June 29, 2008 | Laundry, Cleaning tips
Whether it’s your upholstered chairs or your favorite shirt, grease and oil stains can be a pain to remove. But we’ve got some solutions for you, and they’re simple!
First (and our favorite), spoon some cornmeal onto the stain and let it sit for a couple hours. Launder in the hottest water acceptable for your garment or fabric. If it’s something you can’t throw in the wash (like an upholstered dining room chair cushion), let the cornmeal sit on it for a day or so. You’ll be surprised how much the cornmeal lifts off.
The second alternative is to rub white chalk on it, let it sit for the same amount of time, and launder the same way. This usually isn’t as effective on things that can’t be laundered. And working with chalk inevitably involves chalk dust - which I hate.
There’s a third tip too, but I haven’t personally tried it. I’ve been told that for a load of greasy clothes (like maybe if someone’s been working a lot in the garage or you accidentally exploded a jar of olive oil (?), you can empty a can of Coca-Cola into the wash cycle and it’ll take it out. I think that one’s kind of weird, but I’d love to hear from anyone who’s tried it.
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Jeana says:
Original Dawn dish soap works great on clothing too when it comes to greasy stains. You just put a little bit on, let it sit and throw it in the wash!
June 29th, 2008 at 7:51 pmJoseph Mercola says:
A friend of mine once told me he tried using Coca-Cola and it worked alright. Took some time though. I would prefer the cornmeal method if you ask me
July 21st, 2008 at 3:11 am