Help needed with my EMU TSV boots!

[Flamenco]

Could have kicked myself. I was weighing butter to bake a cake and the knife I used for cutting the butter slipped and landed on my lovely new Emu boots. I have a grease mark on my left boot now. I quickly used the UGG sheepskin cleanser from the UGG cleaning kit I bought on Amazon and followed instructions. Will grease come out of sheepskin? If it doesn't come out, is there anything I can do to remove it? Totally gutted - it on the toe area so very noticeable. Mine are the mushroom shade so maybe that teaches me for getting a lighter colour:mysmilie_476::mysmilie_476::mysmilie_476:

 

[minim]

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/stain-buster/stains-butter-may07

 

[claireabelleshopping]

Hi

Apparently, you can shake on some baby powder or cornflour - leave it for at least an hour, shake it off and the butter stain should have gone. You may need to do it a couple of times depending on how much it's soaked into the sheepskin. Good luck!

 

[babytoes]

On carpet or upholstery with a grease stain, if you lay brown paper over the stain and iron over it it draws all the grease out. I realize this would be hard to do on boots but if all else fails!!

 

[Tinkerbelle]

You might find it easier to use a hairdryer with the brown paper on your boots or to use kitchen towel if you don't have brown paper about the place. I don't want to be a miserable git but it's not going to be an easy one. If you can lift the grease stain then you should be OK.

Good luck!

 

[iggy]

mix bi carb of soda to a thick paste with some water & plaster a thick coating onto it [ also fetches out snow marks on suede too ]......good luck.....was about to say you shouldnt be wearing 'yer' boots to bake in when i realised i was wearing a pair of mine ....d'oh.....

 

[Flamenco]

Thanks for that Iggy, I will try that as its too fiddly to do brown paper and irons or hairdryers. I notice the Good Housekeeping link suggest a mixture involving white vinegar but worried that might strip the colour out of the boot. I won't be baking with them on again but trouble is they are so warm and comfy!

 

[fwend]

the brown paper works I've used it a few times !!! also works with candle wax xx

 

[Flamenco]

OK - have got a thick layer of bicarb on it. If it doesn't work I will go and buy some brown paper tomorrow and try that. Thanks for all the tips. Much appreciated

 

[Flamenco]

Oh dear the bicarb has made it worse ;-( Now there's a big huge stain that looks like a wet mark on the front of the boots. I have tried to wash the entire front boot with the Ugg cleanser to try and resolve it.

 

[boffy]

thats why i wont buy the slippers as much as i adore sheepskin footwear. i am a messy pup and unless you like the patina of stained footwear its a nono.

 

[Akimbo]

You could ask at a dry-cleaners, one that specialises in suede and sheepskin; they're pretty good at stain removal if they know what the stain is. I've used cornflour to clean suede gloves, just wear the gloves and do a kind of hand-washing action with a handful of dry corn flour. Infact corn flour is good used dry on any fabric with a grease stain it seems to draw the oil out.

Jude xx

 

[Tinkerbelle]

Oh dear the bicarb has made it worse ;-( Now there's a big huge stain that looks like a wet mark on the front of the boots. I have tried to wash the entire front boot with the Ugg cleanser to try and resolve it.

Oh hell. What a nightmare! I really feel you. There but for the grace of god go I!