Mum uses washing-up liquid and a hairdryer to remove oil stain from her wooden floorboards in minutes
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LET'S face it - nothing quite spells disaster for your wooden floorboards quite like an unsightly oil stain.
However, one savvy mum has come to the rescue of our homes with her genius hack for lifting stubborn stains - and you don't need to buy a single cleaning product.
Posting on the Facebook group , one woman asked for help tackling a vegetable oil stain which hadn't budged no matter how many products she tried.
She wrote: "This is my enemy in our house... I hate it, it's a vegetable oil spill from a few years ago on raw jarrah wood floors."
"I've been ironing it with a paper towel the past week and it's brought loads up BUT IT'S STILL THERE."
Desperate to remove the vegetable oil fiasco once and for all, the woman concluded: "Any other great ideas or do I just keep ironing it like a crazy woman?"
Luckily for the mum - who was at her wits end with the unsightly stain - a fellow user was quick to recommend her husband's foolproof method.
She replied: "My husband is a floor sander and he said to use warm water with Palmolive washing liquid as it removes grease and oils."
That's right, this £2 washing up liquid - which has been developed to tackle greasy pots and pans - is also amazing at getting rid of oily stains thanks to its fat dissolving formula.
- Palmolive Ultra Original Washing Up Liquid, £2.80 from Amazon -
After mixing the solution, the user also advised that the mum point a hairdryer at the floor as the cool air setting helps bring the oil to the surface and dry quicker.
Delighted with the results, the mum wrote: "Please tell your husband I owe him a beer!!"
Unsurprisingly, other users were blown away with the transformation.
Vowing to try it out for themselves, one wrote: "Awesome results!!"
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