Minutes ago I spilled smoke fluid all over a table cloth. Any help suggestions as to laundering to get the stain out?
Thanks in advance.
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Get some pre treatment designed for oil's. When I worked with used motor oil No matter how hard I tried I always ended up getting some on my clothes. I found the stuff they sold under the dollar store brand worked the best.
Better get a haz-mat team there!
It's mineral oil mostly.
Trying Fels Naptha.
Put it in the wash machine.Nick
I use Shout! and wash it cold.
What ever the table cloth is made of makes a big difference in what you use to get out the oil.
Dawn is the best thing for getting oil and grease stains out. I remember years ago a truck carrying pig fat over turned on I-75's "death hill" in Northern Kentucky. Proctor & Gamble sent a tanker full of dawn and cleaned it right up.
Scott Smith
Seconding the Dawn. Blot off all you can get with paper towels first, then hit the spot with Dawn (if you don't have any, whatever dish soap is handy, though it won't work as well) and wash the spot in warm water. Once you've got all you can out that way, don't let it dry--put it straight in the washer if it can be laundered, or do the whole thing by hand if it's delicate (I'm thinking of cotton crochet thread and such.)
Most smoke fluid is clear, so the stain won't be too visible. If it does leave a spot, that's what table runners and center pieces were made for!
Fels did the trick. Thanks everyone.
