I told my daughter about this discussion, and she immediately confirmed that lavender oil or eucalyptus oil will remove greasy stains from silk! Some years ago she had a lodger who leaned against a dirty chain and got a bad stain on the sleeve of a silk shirt. He told her to throw the shirt away rather than wash it. In stead she put a pad of cotton inside the sleeve, put lavender oil on the stain, and another pad of cloth on top of it. She repeated this with fresh cloth morning and evening for two days and then washed the shirt by hand as usual - and the stain was completely removed. Her theory is that the plant oils draw the dirt from the stain into the cloth as they evaporate, leaving just the grease behind - and that can be washed out conventionally. She has used this method on more than one occasion and assures me that it works!
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