Combination family: two passes, check between
How to get salad dressing out
Oil plus vinegar, herbs and sometimes tomato or egg.
Do this first
Blot
Fresh stain
- Blot
- Cornstarch
- Dish soap
- Rinse
- Oxygen bleach for colour
- Wash
Dried or old
- Dish soap overnight
- Oxygen soak
- Fabric care
- Silk: powder and a cleaner.
- Time
- 20 min
- How to tell
- Look: oily spots with flecks; Feel: oily; Smell: vinegary
Where this fix comes from
We check every fix against these published guides. We do not run a test lab of our own.
Before you start
- Test on a hidden seam first.
- Never mix cleaners.
- Keep it out of the dryer until the stain is gone.