Oil spilled on your hardwood floor?
Ouch... that's a nice grease stain.
It's a little household blunder that we could do without.
Do not panic ! Your floor is not finished.
Luckily, there's a radical grandma's trick to removing grease stains from your hardwood floors.
The trick is to wash your parquet floor with Sommières clay.
It is a 100% natural and inexpensive remedy, so why hesitate?
1. Remove as much oil or grease as you can with a blotter or paper towel, or if you don't have one, grab some rags.
2. Sprinkle your wooden floor generously with Sommières clay.
3. Leave on for 2 or 3 hours minimum, ideally overnight.
4. Gently rub the soiled surface with a cloth.
5. Then vacuum.
There you go, the grease or oil stain is now gone from your parquet :-)
And you know how to clean and remove a grease stain from a wooden floor.
Handy when you've spilled olive oil on the floor!
You can renew the operation in case of persistent oil stain. It's as simple as that.
And it works for wooden floors, raw or waxed wooden floors or oiled parquet.
Know that it is just as effective on oiled wood or to remove a stain of grease on a wooden table.
Sommières earth is a kind of clay and it has a very high absorption power.
It acts as a blotter on grease stains.
The faster you act, the more effective it will be in removing a grease, grease or oil stain.
If it's a bleach stain you've done, use this trick instead.
Terre de Sommières is a natural stain-removing clay, which costs less than €4 for 500 g.
You can find it in organic stores, supermarkets and DIY stores or here on the internet.
And if you are looking for a tip to clean your parquet floor easily, follow this link.
