How do you remove oil from inside a push bike's disk brakes?

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Don't ask me why but as i was oiling my chain on my 'Scott' mountain bike i also put some oil in the mechanism that presses on the disk's on my wheels, now i cannot use my brakes because they are lubricated.

I am using a 3 in 1 clear oil, i tried getting it off using a kitchen paper towel, i got quite alot from it but it still didn't help me. I still don't have any working brakes.

Is there an easy way to remove the oil from my brakes without having to dismantle my brakes or taking it to a local bike repair shop?

Thanks so much if you can help me, guaranteed 10 points to the person who can solve my problem the best.
 
I doubt seriously that even the answerers in MOTORCYCLES would care to answer this one either but that would be the BEST CATEGORY to reask your question because OUR BIKES are nothing like YOUR BIKES that use gasoline.....we use pedal power on our bikes here in CYCLING!
 
You don't want to use 3 in 1 oil on your bike. It is a vegetable oil and will gum things up. Get your self some good chain oil and a lite oil for the cables and derailleur pivot points. You need the take the wheel off and clean the disk with brake cleaner. Pull the brake pads and replace them. Use brake cleaner on the brake calipers after you get all of the oil off that you can with paper towels.

You want to use a degreaser on the chain to get the junk off of it and re-lube with a good chain oil.
 
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