removing black grease?

I brought this all on myself. It is my fault. I have nobody to blame. I did a 'drop and drag' sort of maneuver from one place to another without giving Miss Bernina enough slack to comfortably stitch. She reached down into her innards and ground a filthy, greasy black snarl into my lovely, pastel blue stitching. What do you think will clean this disaster? My usual fix-it is peroxide but that's when the steam iron has a temper tantrum and spits out brown stuff. I'm tempted to try Simple Green which is what we use for auto mechanics grime but that stuff is so phew. Any ideas? Polly

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Polly Esther
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Taria

My hubby used to get black grease on his clothes at work and we used "Greased Lightening" to take it out. I also used it on a grease stain on a knit top and it took it out. I know I had washed and dried that top at least 4 times.

You'll find it with cleaners at Walmart.

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Ms P

I was going to propose Simple Green, too. I've used it in laundry when my husband had grease on his clothes from working on the kids cars. I keep it around for anything greasy, but, it does smell so I would rinse twice! Also, at least for grease on hands or under fingernails, Goat Soap is great. I've seen a couple of different brands, it's soap made with goat's milk. Good for your skin and really takes the grease off. Good Luck, Michelle

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Michelle

Having worked for years in a job that got every kind of grease on every article of clothing I used waterless hand cleaner. Had a 3 lb can of it on the laundry shelf and would just rub it into a grease spot with a tooth brush or scrub brush, depending on how large the grease spot was. I'd even get grease stains all the way through my clothes into my undies. I'd slap a glob of waterless hand cleaner on and work it in with my fingers. Toss it in the wash and worked like a charm. No nasty lingering smell either.

I can't stand the smell of Simple Green but I did use it on my *white* dog who decided to crawl under the car once. Sprayed her down good with it, full strength, and gave her a bath (per vet's instructions). She came out sparkling clean but she smelled like Simple Green for weeks. BLECHT!

Val

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Val

A product called Goop. Try that. After using it, it washes out with soap. As with any product, try it on a scrap first to make sure it does not leave anything on the fabric.

Karen, Queen of Squishies

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Karen, Queen of Squishies

Oh Polly, I feel your pain. Somethimes our machines litterally get 'fed up' with all the fluff that gets dropped into their innerds and spew back onto our projects when we least expect it.

Don't forget to clean out Miss Bernina before using her again. :)

Try 'Oops' which comes in a little can or "Goo Gone' which is in a bottle - I think I got both at WalMart and they are great for removing sticky gunk.

-Irene

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IMS

I always had good luck with Lestoil. Can you get anymore of that grease , put it on fabric and test diff products?

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MB

Aha. There you are giving me the advice I always hand to everybody else. At first, I thought "Now how in the world could I do that?". Of course, I can. I'll remove the bobbin case and swipe out the area with a scrap of the baby blue. That should give me something to experiment with without harming my sweet little creation. Thank you. Funny to be given a dose of my own medicine. I reckon I was just too distressed to think of it. Polly

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Polly Esther

Dawn? It's supposed to take grease out of your way.

Cindy

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teleflora

Weren't you told to get a 'bottle of lemon juice' ((RealLemon 15 oz)) and pour the entire bottle onto the dog, rub it in, let it set a bit and then rinse the dog off? Lemon juice gets rid of a lot of odors both on hands, dogs and in the rinse with your clothes....after you use the Simple Green or Goop. You can do an extra rinse and use vinegar to get rid of the citrus smell if its too strong. YADDA YADDA YADDA

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Butterflywings

Enzyme cleaner, usually sold to remove all traces of pet accidents from carpeting. I have had wonderful success removing black car grease from carpet using a product called PetZyme. No major rubbing involved, just spray, wait, dab, done. Debra in VA See my quilts at:

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Debra

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