Help! Spilled cooking oil on kitchen floor. Bleach, ammonia, degreaser! Nothing is working! What to do?

Answer 1

i suggest cleaning up as much as possible with a paper towel. then mix dawn (dish soap) and warm water. clean the area on your hands and knees with a clean sponge, rinsing it often.

dawn is a great grease cutter.

Answer 2

Hi,
It would be easier to give an answer if we knew what type of floor you have, wood, vinyl, etc., as some remedies can and will damage your floor by remove it's finish or texture.
With that said, all the above suggestions will work, I'd like to offer the use of "mineral-spirits", applied to the area or on a rag that's to be used for wiping the spill.
As a former amature taxidermist, I used to use this to degrease bird feathers, hides, and other animal related items.
If you put your hands in mineral spirits unprotected, you will notice that as it drys off your skin and will turn white.
That is because it has pulled out the oils/water from your skin, drying your skin at the same time.
This leaves no residue, but there is the flame hazard if not used carefully.
But it can also remove any wood type finish on the floor if you floor is wood.
Some other chemicals offered may destroy you finish by melting your area of floor if not used carefully.
If the oils have soaked in, in will probably take a few times each of any treatment you use.
Hope this helps, Dave

Answer 3

Baking soda sprinkled on it is a good idea but your treatment so far will have removed most of the surface oil.

Scrub with washing soda (sodium carbonate) or 'sugar soap'. Wear rubber gloves in either case. Ammonia would have lifted some but the supermarket strength is low to avoid poisoning you with fumes so it is not very effective. I'd avoid degreaser as it may affect a vinyl/linoleum floor. Bleach might remove a pattern from the vinyl/linoleum.

Ceramic tiled floor? Wipe up carefully with odourless kerosene or mineral turpentine sold as a paint thinner. This is obviously a fire hazard but it tolerable in small quantities if the area is very well ventilated. Turn off pilot lights on gas appliances first.

Once the kero/turps have been used, mop with ordinary strong detergent and water to remove it.

Answer 4

Degreasers even have a hard time to break down oils, so its unlikely that you have some dry solvent laying around or it would be a cinch. You could call your dry cleaners to see if they might sell or give you 2 ounces, if so spray mist the area do not dilute, wipe up with rag and residual from oil is broke down and gone that fast. If not go to auto parts store and buy either fast orange hand cleaner or gojo hand cleaner, both of these will break down the oil instantly. Put about 1 ounce in trigger sprayer bottle of either hand cleaner with 2 ounces hot water mist on agitate with a scouring pad, then rinse area and problem solved.

Answer 5

Depend what kind of flooring you have. Most of the time, you can just like they all said, use paper towels to soak up excess and use dish washing detergent with warm water and it will do the trick if is small amout of oil. Sometime, you might have to clean it twice. If you have a wooden floor, it might be in btw of crevices already. You might want to look up in the internet or ask your local DIY shops for further advice. It might be trickier than you think. Porous stones? Wood? all treated or clean differently without affecting the finishes.

Answer 6

If you do not have any DAWN dishsoap run out and purchase some, a small bottle will do. Simply make a bucket of warm water and DAWN dishsoap and clean like normal. This will get rid of the grease on the floor and make it not slippery. Baking soda sprinkled on before the water/soap mix is helpful as well.

Good Luck!

Answer 7

Get most of the cooking oil removed with paper towels. Then with Dawn dish soap and h2o warm it should cut the oil but you may have to do this several times and rinse with warm water. Good Luck!

Answer 8

First, use generic, plain kitty litter to absorb the excess oil puddle.

To remove the smudge, use any of the following on a dry sponge:

Dawn
Acetone (nail polish remover)
Vinegar

All of the above are degreasers.

Dawn was used in the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska (as well as our kitchens).
Acetone is a mild relative of methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), a very effective industrial solvent.
Vinegar, the mildest of them all, breaks down fat. This is why it is used in marinades...it tenderizes meat.

Answer 9

try a product sold at most dollar store, its called awesome it a degreaser. It works wonders, I use it on all the appliances in my kitchen even on the stove, it removes grease without, working up a sweat.

Answer 10

Buy Resolve it cleans grease the best, You can get it at most all stores . Dawn dish cleaner is also good on grease(oil). I have had many drops of oil on my floor and these helped..

Answer 11

Dawn dish liquid and a small amount of water and wash with a cloth until the soap and the grease is gone.