Wife asking - best way to get fresh engine oil off my hoody?

[TiminYorkshire]

So my wife is asking, "What's best way to get fresh engine oil off my hoody?"

[hungry_hog]

TiminYorkshire said:

So my wife is asking, "What's best way to get fresh engine oil off my hoody?"

Dr Beckmann stain devil (oils / sauces version), there are about 8 variants.

Managed to get red wine out of a white shirt with it!

May take two cycles to remove all

[Cliftonite]

Swarfega?

[5lab]

if you've got some degreaser that'll often get it out (if you don't have swarfega). failing that fairy liquid does a fairly good job

[Blue_star]

Is that more of a threat, did you book boys road trip last minute? Was she holding pickaxe when she asked you?

[Robertb]

Brake cleaner is an excellent degreaser and evaporates away. Had success using it to remove bicycle oil from my study carpet.

In this instance I’d soak the oily area on the hoodie with a neat washing up liquid for a while then shove it in the washing machine.

[Mr Squarekins]

Spray wd40 all over the spot and rub, dab with kitchen roll. I got gloss paint off a fleece with this, last weekend. Like new now.

[ninepoint2]

[Cakey_]

Elbow grease degrease spray, i think its yellow. Its saved me a couple of times with grease and oil marks. Somewhere like homebargains should sell it with the household cleaning sprays.

[SimonTheSailor]

Lots of saliva - suck it out.

[turbomoggie]

I had a 'funny' incident with a slippery oil filter. It was a cartoon moment of it slipping out of my hands just as I took it off the handy integrated peg on my oil drain tray, I attempted to catch the oil filter, it slipped again and somehow ended up by my face cheek and it rolling down the shoulder of my t shirt before landing on the floor.

So oil on my hands, face, beard, t shirt and drive way.

I thought the T shirt was a gonner and put it in to a pile of old clothes I keep for doing DIY. After several washes over a few months of wearing the T shirt for other grubby tasks, (with bio powder) the oil stain eventually disappeared.

[LunarOne]

Brake cleaner, or petrol!

[TiminYorkshire]

A good dollop of fairy on it first and a bit of a scrub, then a wash in the machine and right as rain.

[OIC]

Keep the oil stained hoody for manly car mechanic stuff and get the boss to buy you a new one to wear down the boozer.

Win win.

[mikey_b]

Cliftonite said:

Swarfega?

I’ve always used this to great effect. Rub a blob of Swarfega thoroughly onto the grease stain, and then wash as normal. It simply disappears.

Unfortunately traditional green Swarfega has recently gone out of production, and I’m not sure what to replace my almost empty tub with. There’s obviously demand for remaining stock as the prices on eBay and Amazon have gone insane, by which I mean £15-20 for a tub.

Anyone know an equivalent product? I’ve always found it quite effective on my hands after working on the car, and also I specifically don’t want one with grit in it, if it’s going in the washing machine on clothes stains as well.