Non-expert summaryModelling study of the decontamination of a porous material. An immiscible cleanser react with a contaminant, producing reactants which can be partially soluble in either phases. The diffusive-reactive transport problem is solved taking into account the moving boundary through asymptotic analysis and compared with numerical simulations. It is found that the partition coefficient of the product is more important in determining the removal rate than the reaction rate, as products of the reaction can prevent further reaction if they accumulate at the interface.