Oil on headrest .. help!

[elyob]

Borrowed my brothers car and stuck my bike in. I completely forgot that my
rear spokes were a little oily and I've gone and got lube on the headrest.
It's a cloth material, and I need to get it cleaned quick in situ.

Any advice appreciated.

 

[Adrian Godwin]

elyob <[email protected]> wrote:
> Borrowed my brothers car and stuck my bike in. I completely forgot that my
> rear spokes were a little oily and I've gone and got lube on the headrest.
> It's a cloth material, and I need to get it cleaned quick in situ.
>
> Any advice appreciated.
>

Swarfega.

 

[Jim Price]

elyob wrote:
> Borrowed my brothers car and stuck my bike in. I completely forgot that my
> rear spokes were a little oily and I've gone and got lube on the headrest.
> It's a cloth material, and I need to get it cleaned quick in situ.
>
> Any advice appreciated.
>
>
Alcohol or dry cleaning fluid are suitable solvents for oil. You'll have
to apply a solvent as a mist to avoid driving the oil further into the
cloth, then blot off with kitchen roll. It helps if the headrest is
removable so you can hold it with the oily bit facing downwards. Then if
you do overdo the solvent, it will drip out of the cloth rather than
deeper (if it's already penetrated quite deep into the cloth, you may
just have to overdo the solvent). Try whatever solvent you use on an
inconspicuous bit first.

HTH

JimP

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[Sue White]

Adrian Godwin <[email protected]> whizzed past me shouting
>elyob <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Borrowed my brothers car and stuck my bike in. I completely forgot that my
>> rear spokes were a little oily and I've gone and got lube on the headrest.
>> It's a cloth material, and I need to get it cleaned quick in situ.
>>
>> Any advice appreciated.
>>
>
>Swarfega.
>

"Fast Orange" works on pale-coloured carpets: rub it carefully into the
stain until all grease is loosened, then remove with detergent-type
carpet or upholstery cleaner. It smells nicer than Swarfega.

Beware of car-lovers.

--
Sue ]

Bicycle helmets are really a bit of a scam.
They make most cyclists slightly less safe but there's money in selling them.

 

[Stan Cox]

elyob wrote:
> Borrowed my brothers car and stuck my bike in. I completely forgot that my
> rear spokes were a little oily and I've gone and got lube on the headrest.
> It's a cloth material, and I need to get it cleaned quick in situ.
>
> Any advice appreciated.
>
>
Got oil on the velour ish interior of my car and washing up liquid
completely removed the mark.

Stan Cox

 

[David Martin]

Stan Cox wrote:
> elyob wrote:
> > Borrowed my brothers car and stuck my bike in. I completely forgot that my
> > rear spokes were a little oily and I've gone and got lube on the headrest.
> > It's a cloth material, and I need to get it cleaned quick in situ.
> >
> > Any advice appreciated.
> >
> >
> Got oil on the velour ish interior of my car and washing up liquid
> completely removed the mark.

I just left the car parked in Liverpool overnight. In the morning the
mark had gone.

So, in fact, had the rest of the car..

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