If only I knew this a few years ago when I was covered in oil from my work!

I remove oil stains all the time (from oily food, not oil from cars), just by rubbing in a little dishwashing detergent mixed with a little warm water, then rinsing in warm water and washing as usual. Works a treat, and no horrible WD-40 smells. Safe for all fabric types that are washable.
Sometimes I use a mix of cloudy ammonia with dishwashing detergent and water (all in equal parts) as a general stain remover – rub in or spray on and wash.

I tried this and the WD40 left a bigger stain that the oil mark ????

Thanks for the tip – I hate oil in clothes!!!

what sort of oils? sounds a bit tedious, I hate oil stains.

Great tip I’ll be trying today. I have a few clothes I’ve washed that have oil stains and no idea how to get them out, especially after they’ve been washed already

I was just going to try this, then thought isn’t WD40 a grease? How can spraying an oil stain with grease remove it? Now I’m sceptical. :/

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  • • june11 replied
    • 27 May 2016 , 5:06 pm

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  I agree with you. WD40 has an oily substance in it. It is used as a lubricant.
  I would love to know what you can clean off with WD40. Rust maybe???

I would be worried the WD40 would leave a stain.

Great tip. Wow, WD-40 is so useful!

Good old WD-40…really is versatile.

What a great way to remove oil stains. My daughter has just spilt cooking oil on her favourite jumper and know his to remove it. I’m off to try it now

I’m abit worried to use on fabrics other than cotton

I have thrown a few clothes out because l couldn’t get the oil stain out! Thanks this will come in handy!

This is good to know. I have a pair of grey trousers with a light oil stain on them, so I’ll try this method.

And where do you buy that WD40? In places like Bunnings or Metre10?

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  • • mom160421 replied
    • 21 May 2016 , 1:45 pm

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  You can buy it at hardware stores and last time I bought a can it was from Big W for under $4.00. I use it on locks and hinges in winter.

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    • • mom90758 replied
      • 21 May 2016 , 2:35 pm

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    Oh, thank you very much for your reply. I’ve never heard about this product before!

Wow! I never knew how to remove oil stains and have quite a few clothes with stains! I am totally going to try this!!!

Now that’s a fantastic tip. Thank you

Committing this to memory! Thanks!