Tried washing them with Oxyclean Stain Remover sprayed on then let set for awhile. They're a very dark blue denim (almost black) and though I thought it was out, I noticed it again when I wore them this weekend in the daylight.
They've been washed and hung (not dryer dried) - is it too late to rescue them? Is a better option to take them to a dry cleaner? I know, I know - silly to waste it on jeans, but...like I said, brand spanking new and they actually fit me!
A friend suggested using Dawn with a toothbrush, letting it set, then washing them again.
Other ideas?
TIA,
AJ's MOM
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I once got some kind of grease stain out of a shirt that had been washed and dryer dried! came right out.
just squirt it on the stain, rub and wash again.
You rub it in, leave it for a while, and then wash it. You may have to repeat. If you let the GOOP dry, it may take a couple of washings to get it all out. Also works for lip stick.
(Don't leave the lid off the GOOP, or it will turn to liquid and be harder to use.) And don't buy the other brands of automechanic hand cleaner, as they leave their own residues and don't work as well as GOOP.
And no, I'm not a sales rep for GOOP
I've gotten old oil stains out of clothes using this (including jeans where movie theather butter had leaked through onto my jeans), so I can verify that it worked for me.
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Thanks for the help! Think I'm going to go the Dawn route, at least to start. I really don't want any damage done to them. Plus I have the pomegranate scent at home, so they'll smell extra nice!
I figure if it's used to clean petroleum saturated birds in the Gulf, it should work on butter!
I used Dawn to get sweat bald man's head grease outta pillow cases... works great.
Let them sit for a day or two, then wash in the hottest water they will tolerate.
It took the cooking oil stain out of my carpet when someone mysteriously knocked over the deep fat fryer... and the oil soaked into the carpet for who know how long until my children noticed it. (Did I mention that daughter was sitting right next to the fryer that SOMEHOW overturned on its own for at least 20 minutes before her brother noticed it? Or that said brother then decided to use my household VACUUM CLEANER to sweep up the extra oil. Yeah. That ended up in the trash. But I digress).
I've been told the plain old blue regular Dawn works the best. That is what I used, and it did do wonders for me.
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They're not cheap, but I've used them successfully on a variety of stains, sometimes after trying other products and failing.
They have different numbered bottles for different stains. From the chart I downloaded from their web site, I think that for butter you'd need #5 (Fat & Cooking Oil).
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