The Right Way To Get Rid Of Oil And Grease Stains From Your Carpeting

The rule of thumb when you want to remove a nasty stain that came from oil or grease from your carpet (or from any type of fabric for that matter) is to deal with it as soon as possible.

Procrastinating or making excuses not to deal with the carpet stain immediately will only make room for the oil or grease to dry and cling to your carpet. When that happens, odds are you may not be able to eradicate all signs of that stain. So do yourself a favor and eliminate that stain from the face of the earth immediately.

To do that, this article should walk you through the steps to getting rid of those unwanted grease stains on your carpeting.

Let’s start with the things that you will need to eliminate that stain from the face of the earth. Start with getting some talcum powder or corn starch. You won’t need to have both. Just one of the two will do. Get paper towels or wash cloths for wiping the stain or absorbing the stain. The last ingredient you’ll need is laundry pretreatment.

We’re assuming here that the stain is fresh and hasn’t taken several hours, days or weeks before you’ve decided to remove it.

The first thing you should do is to place the talcum powder or corn starch on the stain. This should absorb some of the liquid stain. You can then brush away the powder or starch.

Get your laundry pretreatment and spray it over the stain to loosen the carpet stain’s cling to the fabric.

Take your paper towels or, in this case, more ideally a wash cloth and dampen it with really hot water. Dab this over the stain. Don’t risk the stain spreading by wiping. Afterwards, leave the carpet to air dry.

Now, if for whatever reason, you weren’t able to do this immediately after the stain was made, you can blot the stain with some dry-cleaning solvent and use as many paper towels as you need to absorb the stain. You will need to do this before spraying your carpet with the laundry pretreatment.

That’s it! Followed correctly, these instructions may be your effective carpet stain-fighting solution!


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