Even though pizza is your favorite Friday night dinner, it’s often the culprit behind life’s worst grease stains. “Grease is one of the most common stains I get asked about and it can be one of the toughest to remove, especially from synthetic fabrics, like polyester,” Carolyn Forte, Director of the Home Appliances & Cleaning Products Lab at the Good Housekeeping Institute, says.
Shout Advanced Grease-Busting Foam worked the best on grease in our Cleaning Lab tests, but if you’re at work or nowhere near a laundry room, there are a couple of easy remedies that will help get out fresh grease stains. Forte’s go-to for removing grease stains on the go: dish soap. It’s made to cut grease on your plates, so it can also help with your clothes.
The condiments on your table can work magic, too. A sprinkle of salt or artificial sweetener helps prevent an oil stain from setting into the fabric and makes it easier to lift when you’re doing laundry later on.
How to Get Grease Stains Out of Washable Clothes
Follow these six simple steps for getting out new and old grease stains, no matter where you are (or what oily food you spilled).
Materials
- Salt or artificial sweetener
- Dish soap
- Shout Advanced Grease-Busting Foam or another pre-treater
Step-by-step Instructions
- If you’re out and about, quickly sprinkle a little salt or artificial sweetener on the stain to keep it from setting.
- Brush off the powder after a few minutes.
- At home, immediately work a little grease-cutting dishwashing soap into the stain and rinse with warm water.
- When it’s time to launder it, rub in liquid laundry detergent or apply a pre-treater, like Shout Advanced Grease-Busting Foam.
- Wash in the hottest water safe for the fabric.
- Air dry the garment until you are sure the stain is completely gone.
That’s it! Consider your work shirt officially saved.
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