Since I began making perfume, I’ve ruined a LOT of clothing. It’s my own fault for not making sure I owned a smock from the get-go, but since I learn best by making mistakes, it’s a lesson I learned a few rather nice shirts at a time first. I also learned that if you don’t act fast when you do spill oil of any kind on yourself, you may just have to give up your garment.
However, once in awhile I emerge from a spill triumphant. The basics to cleaning up oil products can be found here, although my own methods differ just a bit. When I get an oil spill, as soon as I can I dab it with vinegar and then follow this with rubbing alcohol. Then for good measure, I use one of those rub-and-leave it stain sticks you can get at Target for around $4. It’s actually saved me some nice stuff.
In the event that that fails me, I toss the item onto my “T-shirt surgery” pile and experiment on it with scissors, ribbons, safety pins and grommets – and that’s another story for another day.
