What solvents can get rid of oil stains?

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Depending on where you live different dry-cleaning solvents are indeed the best choice. Perchloroethylene $\ce{Cl2C=CCl2}$ is probably still the easiest one to get.

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Updated on August 01, 2022

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  • Danny
    Danny over 1 year

    What kind of solvent would you use to remove an oil based stain?

    I need help for a chemistry lab report and I tried to look it up but nothing seems to be helping me

    • Geoff Hutchison
      Geoff Hutchison over 8 years
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    • Geoff Hutchison
      Geoff Hutchison over 8 years
      My suggestion would be to look for dry-cleaning solvents...
    • Simon-Nail-It
      Simon-Nail-It over 8 years
      I use lipase to do the job