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Default Getting cooking oil out of cloth napkin?

On Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 9:47:44 AM UTC-7, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Nov 2018 07:57:57 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
> > I found some lovely napkins at a yard sale. The cotton's a bit
> > rough.
> >
> > I THINK the stains in one napkin are from cooking oil - it was
> > that way when I bought it.
> >
> > What's the best way to clean it? Thanks.
> >
> > Lenona.

>
> Massage in a bunch of Dawn diswhashing soap and wait an hour, then
> wash as normal. I've used lesser soaps and they don't work as well
> on my laundered oil stains.


Yup. I massage in the Dawn and then throw it in the laundry hamper to marinate till the next laundry day. The key is letting it sit for a while.