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This worked! I had a few oil stains on a 100% cotton shirt. Spray and Wash did NOT get it out. This shirt is new-ish, and I did not want to give up on it, so I looked to the Internet for suggestions and read about rubbing alcohol as a solution. I thoroughly saturated the stains with 91% rubbing alcohol, and let it sit for 45 minutes. I then simply rinsed the shirt, and the stains are gone, like they were never even there.
I don't know if this works on a polyester blend (I had that problem recently), but I'll try it on one eventually.
When I worked for the state highway department, during blacktopping, I was the one who sprayed the tack oil (tar) on the road before the hot blacktop. At that time I had to sit on the back with a hand bar spraying the oil, which would blow back occasionally, polka dotting my shirt. I found out some of that M-30 Hand Soap with Pumice (the grit in it) took that oil out pretty easy.
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