Remove oil drops from quilt?
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Remove oil drops from quilt?
Morning all. I took the advice of a friend and oiled my walking foot. The oil was clear but dripped black onto my quilt. Any advice as to how to remove oil drops? I'm thinking the Tide pen but, any advice would be appreciated. I don't wish to wash it out right, I was planning on entering it into a show. Do they still make that K2R spot remover?
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In the past, I have used shampoo to remove oil spots. It is gentle and made to remove oil from hair. I would test first. I don't think they make K2R spot remover anymore, but I remember it and it worked great. Wonder why they don't make it anymore?
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K2R is what came to my mind as well and they do still make it.
http://www.amazon.com/American-Home-.../dp/B000BQWN08
http://www.amazon.com/American-Home-.../dp/B000BQWN08
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Rub some cornstarch into the stain with an old toothbrush and let sit for awhile. Cornstarch will absorb oil. Brush off. Repeat if needed. Or, put a towel behind spot. Rub spot with a cloth which has been wet with warm water, wrung out and rubbed across a bar of Ivory soap. Rinse with a clean, wet cloth. You can then blot wet spot with a dry cloth and let finish air drying. If a heavy or old spot you can let Ivory soap sit on spot for awhile(does'nt hurt if soap dries). I have used this method of spot removal for many years on all kinds of stains and it works wonderfully.
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Well, to make a long story short. A friend attended a Juki class from an "expert". The expert said to oil your walking foot because of the moving parts. Well. It sounded good to me, my walking foot was squeaky. So, I guess what either the expert didn't say or the friend didn't say. Wipe away any metal shavings that might be up in the foot. The foot ran like a dream, till it dripped. The corn starch worked like a dream. I don't know if it was the fact that it was fine white powder or if it absorbed the oil and I wiped it away with the toothbrush. But, it worked, Thank you selm, cornstarch is now in my sewing essentials.
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Thank you Selm for the remedy, and thank you Toverly for the followup message to let us know. As to listening to bad advice, you never know until you try. I could fill a book with advice that didn't work out. It's the ones that work that become golden.
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