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awildhorsepenis t1_jacgyfk wrote

I worked in the oil fields, like a supplementary geologist.

Long story short, they drill with this stuff called OBM (oil based mud) it’s mud with oil in it. Sometimes as thick as brownie batter.

How did we clean our samples we took?

Dawn dish soap.

Or you could run your pants through the diesel sink, not sure that would help though.

TLDR: Dawn dish soap saved the ducks, why not save you too?

Edit: if dawn dish soap doesn’t work, use more dawn dish soap.

Edit edit: as someone mentioned this is for Blue Dawn dish soap.

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Sometimes_Stutters t1_jacr0t7 wrote

Goddamit. Read the first part about your experience and qualifications and thought “Oh fuck. I’m gonna learn something new today”. Nope. Just Dawn dish soap.

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awildhorsepenis t1_jad0688 wrote

The stuff called Oil Eater might be the more LPT you were looking for, it’s amazing for cleaning up any sort of oil based thing

it’s not harsh at all, and it lives up to its name.

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TheCookie_Momster t1_jadkdm1 wrote

Grandmas Secret Spot Remover

im sure it’s something very basic that they charge an arm and a leg for but it works like magic

bonus points for anyone who knows what it’s made with

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BowzersMom t1_jacwm2v wrote

I usually rub in a little baking soda with the dawn: mild abrasive and its own stain-lifting power. This is my go-to household stain remover for all surfaces. For odor: vinegar. For blood: peroxide. For everything else dawn+baking soda!

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fusterclux t1_jaddwbk wrote

cold water will get all the blood out of you do it immediately

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BowzersMom t1_jadewrj wrote

Ymmv and often the “immediately” that is actually possible isn’t immediately enough to not have a bit of stain. But hydrogen peroxide, even when the stain is set, will denature those blood proteins right out of the fabric

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fusterclux t1_jadfspx wrote

Yeah hydrogen peroxide is better. Just providing an alternative for people who don’t have any around.

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tropic420 t1_jadn315 wrote

I use lye bahaha

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BowzersMom t1_jae5vt0 wrote

I enjoy having skin lol

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tropic420 t1_jae8rmm wrote

Oh I just throw it in the laundry. It's not the chemical but the concentration so a cup of lye in like a 20 gallon washing machine is fine and the lye saponifies all the oil/grease etc literally turning it into soap

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BowzersMom t1_jaedw5h wrote

I rub dawn into stain with my bare fingers most of the time, so I was picturing using lye for the same sort of spot treatment 😂😂😂

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tropic420 t1_jaeelwu wrote

Bad idea unless that scene in Fight Club really turned you on for some reason

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jesman0 t1_jadu3md wrote

Saliva from the human who’s blood it is works great too.

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texasgirl216 t1_jacpdym wrote

I was about to say Dawn also. That stuff works in even old oil stains.

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ChickenCheeks7 OP t1_jacjzww wrote

I’ll try it! Thanks

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mamoocando t1_jad3xjw wrote

Don't dry your pants until you're sure the stain is gone! The heat will seal the stain. Good luck!

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azewonder t1_jadjkni wrote

Blue dawn dish soap is the shit. I had a sweatshirt and didn’t realize that it had a grease stain, threw it in the wash. Some blue dawn and a soft scrub brush later, the grease stain was gone.

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jess3114 t1_jaepfan wrote

Really? My husband gets grease stains on all of his shirts and I'm going to try this with one of the old ones.

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Specialist_Gate_9081 t1_jacyybp wrote

Blue dawn is my go to for almost everything from scale on plants, grease stains, and I mix it into my homemade general purpose cleaner

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hdmx539 t1_jadklhz wrote

To add to this.

If anyone has access to talcum powder, or maybe even make up powder (but be careful with this) we'd put the talcum powder over the oil drop on our clothing. The talcum powder helps to soak up some of the oil.

This can only be done on fresh stains, though.

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theonlybuster t1_jadotn8 wrote

Absolutely this!

I briefly worked in a kitchen that made nothing but fried fried food for about a month. Dawn dish soap is easily the best answer here.

I wore the same pants and shirt every day of work, so it would collect about a week's worth of grease and oil. I'd start with handwashing it with Dawn soap. Depending on the amount of soap and grease, I'd generally have to go through the washing and rinsing process about 3x before enough of the grease was removed.
After the third washing and rinsing, I'd use clean water and a bit of fabric softener to finish things up before allowing the clothes to dry.

The fabric softener was largely to give the clothes a clean smell as well as to take advantage of the thin layer that fabric softener adds to clothing.

But yes, Blue Dawn dish soap. And opt to hand wash it. It's easy to add too much soap to a washer resulting in suds foaming out of the lid.

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Batracho t1_jadixip wrote

Yeah, I use Dawn for greasy stains all the time. I just put some on as soon as I can and leave it be. I’ll throw it into washing machine after.

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