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Nothing ruins the singular joy of a pizza topped with delicious toppings like having a bite slip down to your shirt or pants. Greasy, oily stains are the worst! Not only is oil attracted to synthetic fibers like polyester, but oil stains turn darker and get more noticeable over time. So the last thing you want to do when faced with an oil stain is make a serious laundry mistake. Luckily, if you need to know how to get oil stains out of clothes, you're in the right place. We went to the laundry experts at Maytag to find out how to remove oil stains, even old oil stains, from your clothes.

According to Rebeccah Buurstra, Maytag Brand Manager, the trick to getting oil out of clothes is acting as soon as possible. Here's what she says to do:

Oil stains are easier to get out of clothes if you address them as soon as possible but sometimes, that isn't possible. "Don't worry–there are methods to remove old grease stains from clothes, even after they dry," Buurstra says. Here's what she suggests:

So what if you did all of the above and you're still looking at an oil stain? Buurstra says there's still hope!