Comments on: How to get Desitin cream out of… well… everything

By: An

An — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:01:25 +0000

If you want to get it off of skin, I know coconut oil works well. Just put some on the desitin and it mixes so that it becomes easy to wipe and/or wash off. I have a suspicion any type of oil will do the trick because the cream is oil based- I like organic extra virgin coconut oil because it is a fungicide on its own and I feel good about the fact that it’s 100% safe because it’s edible. I’m sure this would work for hair too- for furniture, etc. I don’t know…

By: Margaret

Margaret — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:52:15 +0000

My grand daughter had a finger painting wonderful time with Desitin all over my brown fabric loveseat. THE DAWN WORKED!!!! THANK YOU!!!

By: Julianna

Julianna — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:04:51 +0000

I have three 1 yr olds who just emptied a tub of Desitin. I found that mineral oil works to helped to get it out of the hair. Then wash with shampoo till thats gone.Repeat as nesscary. Thanks for the tips fo the couch and carpet!

By: Samantha

Samantha — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:40:24 +0000

Use Dawn Dish Soap. It will get everything clean (since Destin is oil based and Dawn is the best at getting oil off) Think about all the oil covered animals it saves every year… Good Luck!!

By: Blair

Blair — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:59:01 +0000

My son, 2 years old, got into his diaper rash cream and got it all over my sheets and brown comforter and I have tried everything to get it out. I have washed them about 3 times and I have tried putting Dawn on them. It looks awful. If anybody knows how to get it out or has any idea, please help!

By: Gina

Gina — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:51:23 +0000

soap and water works, but only with A LOT of “elbow grease” and time. I just used “Goo Gone” on my livingroom tables, couches, carpet, and clothes. Works great and FAST! Hope this helps =)

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:26:55 +0000

My girls spilled diaper rash cream all over the carpet this afternoon and I followed the advice from Simone to boil hot water, put it in a bowl, put some cleaning gloves on, and mix it with dish soap and it worked just fine. I didn’t have very much dish soap but I used lots of very HOT water. Thank you to Simone for your advice!

By: Tara

Tara — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:18:20 +0000

Daughter got Destin all over our grey carpet. I used Spot Shot Non toxic/eco friendly Carpet stain remover and it worked fantastically! Great thing about this product it is safe for children and pets. It has also got out anything she has put on the carpet, including squished fresh raspberries!

By: Amber

Amber — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:26:24 +0000

For everyone looking to remove ointment from clothing or other materials…put a good dish soap(full strength)DIRECTLY on the spots and rub in really well, then rinse. It may take a while to get all the soap off but it works. It might take a few trys to get the stain completely out. Also, from experience small spots will eventually come out on thier own after a few regular washes w/out treatment.

By: mike

mike — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:00:16 +0000

Try burning it out and if the hole looks worse than the cream than throw it out!!!!