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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Warrior Poet" data-source="post: 2274831" data-attributes="member: 1057">A good tactic for dealing with oil on cloth textiles is baking soda, corn starch, or talc.  Cover the oil spot with the powder, and leave for a while (I usually leave it for 24 hours).  After that, wash as normal.  The powder does a really good job of drawing out the oil, which might otherwise be set as a stain if it were to go straight into the wash.  Sometimes the outline of the area touched by the oil or grease might remain, but it's usually faint.  Obviously, care should be taken with the more delicate cloths.Warrior Poet</blockquote>