Removing grease stains from carpet

What kind of rug is it?

Uh-Oh... hurry before the Mrs. gets home clean it up... you will never be able to set up your trains again....

I've had this panic when I was a kid... grease on my Mom's new carpet...

I had great luck with dabbing it with baking soda first, then repeated applications of shaving cream....

 

 

 

Dawn dish washing liquid.

Scott Smith

Lighter fluid works great, the kind you use to fill a Zippo lighter, NOT charcoal lighter fluid

 

Mike P

Simple Green or Spot Shot

Dawn works great, But in some cases will not remove the black stain complete. I have been using a pet stain remover with oxyclean in it. It has worked great. 

in the auto trade we used to use a product called Afta, it is cleaning fluid, would clean a white interior of any grease stain, amazing stuff. i I don't think they make it anymore because of VOC's, but it was replaced by a product called http://www.truevalue.com/produ.../25013.uts also works great on grease stains.

Of all the things that I've tried, Oxyclean seems to work the best.

 

God Bless,

"Pappy"

When I was facing that after pulling up my carpet track I used Simoniz Tuff Stuff in the orange spray can with yellow top found in auto parts stores. A bit Of Resolve carpet cleaner helped too.

Rob

Goop waterless hand cleaner will remove most stains on any surface. It can be rubbed on soiled clothes also, before machine washing, to get out stains.

 

Larry

Oh Oh!!!!!!!!!

you are wondering into the Land of the Lost.

I put stains in our living room carpet and my

wife went on a rampage/warpath what ever

you want to call it.

Hell knoweth no fury...........

Denatured alcohol. Blot ..dont rub

Zep's Clean'ums are the best product around for cleaning upholstery and rugs.

Krud Kutter.....best stain/grease/spot/paint remover out there! I am an expert at getting stains on everything. Krud Kutter was introduced to me by my house painter. He uses Krud Kutter to clean his brushes, even after the paint has dried. I got grease on one of my nicer polo shirts....never saw the stain 'til after it was washed and dried in the dryer. Took Krud Kutter to the stain....rewashed the shirt....BAM...CLEAN and spot free!

Brake cleaner(spray can).Years ago I worked for a tractor trailer dealership in the body shop. One of my duties was to steam clean the greasy frames of used trucks so they could be painted before going on the used truck lot. One day I had just finished steaming a truck, and I got sent to the showroom to fix a file cabinet drawer. My shoes were covered in grease, and by the time I was done so was the carpet in front of the cabinet.Never occurred to me to put something down before hand. The secretary sent me to the parts department for a can of the brake cleaner, and I sprayed it on the heavy grease and it totally dissolved. It was light colored carpet to. It just left a wet spot.

I think I married her sister 40 years ago

 

She also used to use Goop hand cleaner on clothing stains before doing laundry. Don't recall her ever using it on carpet though?

Cut and remove damaged area.  Move sofa and cut and remove same size piece.  Place damaged piece where sofa goes, put sofa back in place.  Place clean piece where damage piece was with 2 sided tape.  Brush out edges to blend with rest of carpet. Done. :-)

that would work in this house.....24 years and the furniture is arranged today the same as it was in '91.

Hi Folks,

 

    IMO, Simple Green is the best product for safely removing grease and tar from carpets.  Just be sure to following with a good rinsing with water.  After it has dried for a couple days, use a regular carpet cleaning product with Scotch Guard or a similar protectant.  Simple Green will get the carpet fibers "squeaky clean," but without a protectant to coat the fibers, the carpet is a like a magnet for future oily dirt.

 

    Hope this helps!

 

Take care, Joe.

Wow.  Some great solutions.  Even better than Google.  Some we may even try in other parts of the house.  As far as the wife goes I had obtained prior permission for the layout.  I had even offered to buy a remnant to lay down first.  Whew!!!   What we didn't anticipate were the grandkids taking the trains off the tracks.  A raised layout is in the planning for the next visit.

 

Thanks,

Chris 

Brake Kleen works fantastic but only the Perchlorethyene based formula. Perchlor is dry cleaning fluid and I have wiped up large black oil stains on a station wagon carpet with it. The following day there was not even the slightest trace of dirty oil or grease residue and no evidence of the spill. If you try it, just try not to breath the vapors.

+1

I've had good luck with Meguiars carpet cleaner.

Lighter fluid, denatured alcohol, brake clean? Are you guys serious?

 

I'm assume Chris is currently residing in the house with the stained carpet, he may wish to continue doing so.

 

With the noxious chemicals folks are cleaning carpets with. Its no wonder why some posts are so rediculous

 

I take it that you do have some of your clothes dry cleaned. If so they are soaked in perchloretylene. As such they do dry completely and leave no harmful residue behind. Do you ever drink decaffinated coffee? It is decaffinated using methylene chloride then the residue is roasted out. You ride in a car coated with enamel paint?  Point is that chemical agents can be used safely and effectively as long as no residue or vapors are left behind. I use Brakekeen to wipe the grease off my tracks. One wipe and all oil is removed.