Thursday, January 7, 2010

What can be used to remove a motor oil spill from a light colored carpet without leaving an obvious stain ?

The spots are small spots and they were tracked in by foot. The carpet is beige.What can be used to remove a motor oil spill from a light colored carpet without leaving an obvious stain ?
Hi,


I would use ';mineral spirits';, this is a solvent that degreases petro-oil from many things, and dries clean.


Have a few old towels, washcloths, or paper towels that can be discarded when you are done using them.


What I'd do is first take a clean old towel, use a section that is folded to make a ';dobber'; to put over the end of the can of mineral spirits, get this saturated.


Then ';dob'; the area of one spot until almost wet with spirits.


Then as this carpet gets wet, you'll see the oil dissolve.


Immediately start to take up the wetness with the dry towel to sop-up the oil/spirits mixture.


Repeat the process until carpet just looks wet, but has no oil residue noticeable.


The mineral spirits will dry residue free, in a short time.


One word of caution though, Don't smoke !!! and provide adequate air as to not let any fumes concentrate in your work area, as the area drys.


This has worked for me.


Hope this helps, DaveWhat can be used to remove a motor oil spill from a light colored carpet without leaving an obvious stain ?
Spot Shot removes greasy/oily stains. I've used it for just such a purpose. Follow the directions on the can.
nothing no matter what you use it will only smear it may be you can ask a proffesional rug guy and he might no but from past experiance it wont come out tell your man to TAKE OFF HIS SHOES!!!!!!!!
What you need to do with this stain is use a solvent something you clean grease off with. Since you don't have the professional stuff try using orange glo or even 409. The most important thing to do is rinse the stain with a wet vac to remove all the reside, or the spot may come back.





If you have fingernail polish try acetate. Blot the chemical onto the spot and then remove with a towel and repeat, keep on doing this until stain is gone or you stop getting colour transfer. Then rinse the stain with a wet vac and water to remove all the reside,





from a carpet cleaner of 14 years
there are 2 product that i love one is lestoil and the other is dawn both will remove oil but you will need a carpet extracter to suck it out
try dish soap or liquid landry detergent. If that doesnt work - if you have a dollar tree store look for a product called Awsome. It is a great cleaner! You can also try shampoo for oily hair.





Kathy
My husband spilled used motor oil on our white carpet a few yrs ago. I used EVERYTHING and nothing seemed to work....unitl I tried Goo-Gone. It's sold at Walmart. Spray or squeeze it onto the carpet and blot up with white paper towels. Wash with Tide and hot water when the stain is out to remove any excess cleaning product left in the carpet.
GOD, JESUS, %26amp; THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE ONLY ONES CAPABLE!


YOU NEED A CARPET PATCH!
Emulsifying hand cleaner such as ';Goop'; or ';GoJo.'; Get the kind with no pumice. Rub it into the affected area generously. It creates an oil in water emulsion. Since the oil is suspended in globules of water, you simply shampoo the carpet. The globules become suspended in water and sucked up the hose. Oil all gone, no brutal cleaners.

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