study was made to investigate the emulsification and rolling-up between liquid oily soils and surfactant and its effect on the detergency. Samples used were triolein as a triglyceride, oleic acid as a free fatty acid and sodium dodecyl sUJfate(SDS) as a surfactant. The results were as follows: 1. The spontaneous emulsification occurred in the system of oleic acid alone and mixture of triolein and oleic acid contacted with 0.5% SDS solution, but it did not occurred in a case of triolein alone. 2. The stability of emulsification increased with the increase of SDS concentration. And the stability of emulsification and (-) t value increased in the order of triolein < mixture of triolein and oleic and< oleic acid. 3. The rolling-up mechanism of model oily soils easily occurred in the order of triolein< mixture of triolein and oleic acid< oleic acid, and facilitated with the increase of SDS concentration. On the other hand, the complex formation was already observed in the system of oleic and 0.5% SDS solution. 4. As compared with the detergency of triolein, the detergency of oleic acid was very high. And the detergency of mixed soil was improved with increasing ratio of oleic acid in the mixture.