Lestoil Heavy Duty Multi-Purpose Cleaner, Amber, 48 Fl Oz, Pack of 1

So here I am, with my just opened bottle of Malbec, two days after Thanksgiving and one day after Black Friday, apparently with nothing better to do than to give you the good, the bad, and the ugly of this Lestoil stuff. Odds are, you are reading the comments because you want to know how effective this stuff is and wondering will it remove whatever mess you've gotten yourself into. Well, let me tell you.... 1. This stuff definitely WORKS. I have attached some photos for you so you can be reassured that I am not telling tall tales. My husband is an industrial pump machinist/mechanic/technician and he sees the worst of the worst. Human waste, the sludge at cheese processing plants, waste water, potato processing plants...you name it. He removes the pumps, rebuilds them, reinstalls them and he and his clothes come home FILTHY. It was after one very long, profanity-filled text message that I sent to him lamenting how I have spent an ungodly amount of wasted hours of my life trying to get these gross stains out of his clothing, and basically ranting that his employer does not provide uniforms for his job (leaving me the task of performing miracles each week to get him ready and presentable for work.) I had tried everything--EVERRRRRYTHIIIIING--to get stains out of his clothing. Vinegar, dish soap, Zote soap bars, Pine Sol, washing soda, Borax, Spray 'n Wash, Shout, Biz, hydrogen peroxide, Oxi-Clean...I mean it when I say I ran the gamut of options available for getting oily stains out of clothing. Someone mentioned this Lestoil product in a comment section of a laundry cleaning video on YouTube, and when I read it I was intrigued. Yes....yes, you read that right. Things were getting so bad with my hatred for my husband's dirty laundry that I was resorting to watching laundry cleaning videos at 2 a.m. in bed. I REALLY needed a solution, and we were running out of bottles of wine. The first time I used it, I simply poured the liquid right out of the bottle all over the stains. I probably wasted at least one quarter of the bottle doing it this way. Plus, I had it all over my hands and everywhere else and it REEKED of chemicals. So the next time, I got smart and poured this stuff into the tiniest spray bottle I could find (I think it is an old purse/travel spray bottle from Bath & Body Works.) On the next round of laundry I used the little spray bottle to simply target the sections that had major stains, and probably saved 90% of the product doing it this way. 2. ODOR ALERT. I must warn you. For those out there with super sensitive noses like mine, this stuff smells HORRIBLE (to me, anyway.) I have Lyme Disease and one of the symptoms of this wretched illness is an incredibly increased sense of smell, so many, many scents are intolerable to me. Let me tell you folks, I have to spray this stuff outside. The first time I used it, I tried laying all the clothing in the bathtub and letting the solution soak for an hour or so, but the smell.......my good Lord. It was what I imagine walking into a gas chamber would be like, every time I opened the door. The chemical smell was so incredibly strong that it made by lungs and my eyes burn. We have four pets and I was very concerned for their welfare (cats' sense of smell is 14x stronger than humans, and dogs are up there, too) and I did not want their tiny noses suffering from smelling this stuff. Trust me. Use your exhaust fan, open the windows, let your clothing soak outside. It smells THAT badly. It's like....respiratory cancer smell in a bottle. In fact, I get pissed off every time I have to use this stuff simply because I hate the smell so darn much. So that's that. It really works, and, it reeks like industrial cleaner. For those who are wondering, I have the "fresh" scent, I think (the bottle does not indicate.) I tried seeking out the "unscented" version, which is apparently a thing, but it is nowhere to found other than on the black market for the cost of blood diamonds. I must also mention, it does a great job of removing oily stains from cooking, like olive oil, butter, bacon grease, etc. My boobs are size 32DDD (God given, and I'm stuck with 'em) and like the Siberian Shelf in the Arctic those things catch every single morsel of food, tasty sauce, or drink that drop from my lips. All of my shirts and sweatshirts have a stupid line of oil stains right across my chest (I am messy), but after a little spritz of this Lestoil stuff the stains be no more. It is truly amazing! I just wish it smelled better. Imagine if it smelled like warm vanilla, or chocolate chip cookies, or freesia flowers...or the delights of lemons, apples & mint, cucumber melon, or even freshly brewed coffee. Heck, I would take the smell of a hickory burning fireplace or even that gas station smell that I weirdly loved as a kid over the way this cleaner smells right now. So, that's the story folks. It really works and it really stinks. I guess that one sentence could have been my entire review.

It worked very well on bodyoil and hair stains around neck.of a light colored sweatshirt. The sweat shirt had been washed before and stains remained. Tried this product and it worked well. I repeated it 2x and all stains were removed. I did lay it in the sun too dry. Pleased with results. It does have an odor but it rinsed out ok.

This was my last resort to getting stains out of my clothes. I've tried pre treating with dawn the second I get a drop of oil and still that did nothing. This is my savior. It works ten times better that any other product I have used. Another review suggested using a spray bottle and that does make a big difference. Let is sit for as long as possible or as long as you can handle the smell. This will take grease out of clothes and make them look presentable again. No more greasiness. Very easy to use and you can't put a price on something that just works so good. I'm not sure why taste. Don't try it.

Works great. I had some stains on dri-lock polo shirts that I've tried to get out and never succeeded. This included using other products such as Shout. My daughter mentioned using Lestoil. Her experience was that it even worked after the clothing had been through a dryer cycle. So I gave it a try. Sprayed full strength on area and then took a toothbrush to work it in. Let shirts sit for a day (I've heard some folks mention at least 15 minutes or so, but I've also heard longer is preferable). Then put it in through our normal wash and dry cycles and stains were gone. Great!!! Yes, when using the product it does have a strong scent, but hey, if it works, I don't care. The scent disappears once dry.

Best soap on the planet. If you have a stain on a peice of fabric, rub some of this soap into it (really good) then wash in warm water and its GONE. Its gotten out every stain I've tried it on. Even old stains in kitchen towels that I had previously washed and dried a few times already before. A couple things I had to so twice but then it was gone. Its like magic. I've already bought a second bottle.

I don’t know if your grandma told you, but this stuff is magical! If you have laundry with a grease or oil stain, this is the miracle youve been praying for. Not to mention it’s super cheap! I had an old sweatshirt with a mystery oil type stain on it… I tried every laundry product there is and washed it a million times (a whole years worth of washing). Nothing worked. I got this and dipped a tooth brush in to the bottle. I scrubbed the stain and let it sit for about ten minutes. I threw it into that washer and washed it as I’d normally wash a load. The stain is gone!!! It’s crazy. Don’t get too excited though, there’s a down side (why it’s not five stars). It’s smells horrible and took another two washes to get the smell out. It’s worth it though. My favorite sweatshirt, that Ive had since my teen days, is saved! I was wearing it still anyways but now I don’t look like a ragamuffin when I do.

This stuff is magical. I used it over 30 years ago in Illinois and when I moved back to CA, we did not have it or an easy way to get it. Amazon is the best! It does have a strong smell, it is not fruity tooty, so if you are looking for a fancy spa smell, this ain’t it! lol. But I LOVE IT.

If you have never tried this product I would highly recommend it. It gets every grease spot out of clothes. Smell is a little strong and sometimes I have to wash the clothes twice to get the smell out but it works great!

I had some dark oil stains on a shirt that had been washed and dried many times. It took quite a few runs with this stuff but eventually it removed everything.

Brill product - have used it for years.... usually purchased in the USA but cannot find it there anymore! If you want to remove heavy grease from overalls etc... this is just the ticket. We discovered it when living overseas and needing to remove tar - found on the beach - from feet etc.... great stuff!

Saw a hack on instagram about Lestoil and it really works on oil stains and coloured stains, even some that are over a year old!

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I got cooking oil on one of my favourite sweatshirts and after reading all the amazing reviews, gave this a try before throwing my sweatshirt out. So glad I did! Got almost all the splats out, can barely tell.