How to remove butter stains from jeans

Were you hurrying for work and thus quickly munching your breakfast? And before you knew you had butter spilled all over your jeans. Now you neither want your favorite denim to get ruined, nor would you want to head to work with soiled jeans and butter all over you.

Yet, the problem with butter stains is that they do not get removed easily; as many detergents out there do not work effectively on greasy stains. Therefore because of their greasy, oily texture, getting rid of butter stains from denim is almost a challenge. Following are some effective tips which will help you in this battle against butter stains.

Method One (Using Prewash Stain Remover and Laundry Detergent)

The following method can help you get rid of butter stains which you have incurred recently. Removing greasy stains can be a time taking procedure, yet if done promptly and accurately, you will surely end with up jeans as good as new.

Things that you will require:

·      Blunt knife

·      Pre wash stain remover

·      Absorbent pad

·      Liquid laundry detergent

·      clean water

Steps that you need to take:

1.   Primarily, you ought to scrape off the excess butter with a dull knife or a spoon. If scraping it is not possible, then blot off the melted butter. You ought to do it as soon as butter gets spilled on your jeans. The longer it takes you to remove it, the further will the stain set in and the harder will its removal be.

2.   Afterwards, treat the stain with a pre wash stain remover.  After applying the stain remover, blot the butter stain.

3.   Launder your jeans like you normally do, however before you put it in the dryer, make sure that the stain has been removed.

4.   If the butter stain still happens to be there, then place it upside down on an absorbent pad, so that the maximum amount of grease might be absorbed.

5.   Pour some liquid laundry detergent on the stain and let it set in for some time, approximately 15 to 20 minutes.

6.   Once the detergent has set in, agitate it by rubbing gently and soak it in hot water for almost 15 minutes.

7.   At the end, wash your jeans like you normally do. Hopefully the butter stain would have been removed by now.

Tip:

If you spill butter on your jeans while you are out, and following the above mentioned procedure is not possible at that moment; then treat that butter stain with granulated artificial sweetener. This happens to be an emergency absorbent. After letting it sit on the stain site for some time, brush it off. It will absorb some proportion of the grease. When you get home, treat the stain properly, as swiftly as possible.

Method two (WD40 or Lighter Fluids)

Before embarking upon this method, you need to take into account this fact that you cannot apply it on all fabrics to remove butter stains. It can be highly dangerous and thus proper precautions and careful tact ought to be used.

Things that you will require:

·      WD40

·      Spray Bottle

·      Detergent

·      Tooth brush

·      Hair spray

·      Lighter fluid

·      Hot water

Steps that you need to take:

1.    If the butter stain is not getting out of your jeans by any means, then this is a shot which you can try. Take some WD40 and spray it on the stain. WD40 is basically a product which is deployed to save metal from corrosion, penetrate stuck parts, displace moisture and lubricate squeaky wheels. Yet it has also been known to be helpful in removing butter stains from jeans.

2.   If you cannot lay your hands on WD40, then any lighter fluid or hairspray may also fit the bill.

3.   Just spray a little of any chemical on the stain.

4.   Rub it slightly with a tooth brush.

5.   And launder it with a detergent like you normally do. However make sure that you use the hottest water possible.

 Precaution:

Although this method method might damage your jeans in some cases, yet if the other option is discarding it away anyhow, then this method is indeed worth a shot. Moreover when you are using any lighter fluid, and then make sure that you do not have any heat source nearby.