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Jody Treadway said:
3 months worth of gear oil and welding stank getting washed away.
The amigo laundromat got a stench for some reason.
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I once tossed a gear oil soaked hoodie in my washing machine. It ruined a few loads of clothes. That was a very important lesson learned at the age of 18.
 
1stgenxxx said:
I once tossed a gear oil soaked hoodie in my washing machine. It ruined a few loads of clothes. That was a very important lesson learned at the age of 18.
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I have kept an old washing machine around for this very reason.... hook up the drop cord and water hose, add a bunch of blue dawn. Plus the old machines still have the agitator.
 
paradisePWoffrd said:
I have kept an old washing machine around for this very reason.... hook up the drop cord and water hose, add a bunch of blue dawn. Plus the old machines still have the agitator.
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Blue Dawn sounds like a pro tip! Does it not suds on out of the machine?
 
paradisePWoffrd said:
I have kept an old washing machine around for this very reason.... hook up the drop cord and water hose, add a bunch of blue dawn. Plus the old machines still have the agitator.
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jeepinmatt said:
Blue Dawn sounds like a pro tip! Does it not suds on out of the machine?
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Ive used Dawn and a hand full of GOOP in the past to clean Carhart bibs and coveralls. Don’t get carried away with the dawn.
I occasionally still squirt a round or 2 in the tub on particularly greasy items
 
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1stgenxxx said:
I once tossed a gear oil soaked hoodie in my washing machine. It ruined a few loads of clothes. That was a very important lesson learned at the age of 18.
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Hence using somebody else's machine
 
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jeepinmatt said:
Blue Dawn sounds like a pro tip! Does it not suds on out of the machine?
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If you add enough it will, Im sure. The washer it question would sit in the yard during its cycle, so if it overflows I dont care. But we use it occasionally in normal washing cycles.

I learned to use Blue Dawn when stripping cloth diapers. Not sure what is different, but it really needs to be Blue. Dish soap helps as a degreaser and white vinegar helps strip the built up soap from the fabrics. Wife swears by Folex for getting stains out of everything.
 
paradisePWoffrd said:
If you add enough it will, Im sure. The washer it question would sit in the yard during its cycle, so if it overflows I dont care. But we use it occasionally in normal washing cycles.

I learned to use Blue Dawn when stripping cloth diapers. Not sure what is different, but it really needs to be Blue. Dish soap helps as a degreaser and white vinegar helps strip the built up soap from the fabrics. Wife swears by Folex for getting stains out of everything.
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I've had similar results with yellow Ajax, for diapers, greasy dish cloths and greasy food stains on clothing. Also, Borax.
 
Jody Treadway said:
3 months worth of gear oil and welding stank getting washed away.
The amigo laundromat got a stench for some reason.
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I once washed a load of shop rags in our washer and it took for ever to get the mess out of the washer.Fast forward a few years and I was working in a transmission shop for a hard ass that was ZERO help even when he saw you were headed for trouble,just let you hang yourself out.I noticed one day he was rounding up rags and with him being a cheap ass I knew he was gonna wash em.His shop was at his house and a couple of days later I noticed his old washer thrown out in the yard and the box for the new washer in the back of his truck.
 
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I saw quite a commotion in my pond today. A deer was wading in and eating lily pads, and evidently slipped down the bank and took a swim. Here is his buddy taking his turn in the same spot, but being a little more cautious.

Never seen them doing this before.

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Cleaned out my deceased FIL &MIL old house. Found a few gems.
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Ingredients are: rubbing alcohol, turpentine, quinine, and oil of cloves.
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That is an 8 track tape for you young folks that don't recognize it.
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FIL was in the army and deployed to the Korean war. You can barely see the US on the handle. I bet he dug some fox holes with this.
 
The trick to washing oil soaked stuff is to rub whatever cleaner into the garment instead of just dumping it into the machine.
Helps keep from ruining the next load, plus it cuts and goes to work quicker.
I used to use Goop and Gojo and just rub it in .... Goop seemed to really work wonders.

When worked race cars the car owner was a slumlord so we had an old washer and dryer in the race shop.
We used regular red shop rags that he bought and would wash them with Tide.
Worked great on shop rags.
 
Lizooki said:
The trick to washing oil soaked stuff is to rub whatever cleaner into the garment instead of just dumping it into the machine.
Helps keep from ruining the next load, plus it cuts and goes to work quicker.
I used to use Goop and Gojo and just rub it in .... Goop seemed to really work wonders.

When worked race cars the car owner was a slumlord so we had an old washer and dryer in the race shop.
We used regular red shop rags that he bought and would wash them with Tide.
Worked great on shop rags.
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In my athletic days, we used Goop & Gojo in the wash to clean all the dirt/grass stains out. Worked well.
 
Lizooki said:
The trick to washing oil soaked stuff is to rub whatever cleaner into the garment instead of just dumping it into the machine.
Helps keep from ruining the next load, plus it cuts and goes to work quicker.
I used to use Goop and Gojo and just rub it in .... Goop seemed to really work wonders.

When worked race cars the car owner was a slumlord so we had an old washer and dryer in the race shop.
We used regular red shop rags that he bought and would wash them with Tide.
Worked great on shop rags.
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I do this, then dunk it in a sink or old bucket (depending how gross it is) of water, rise and repeat a few times to get 80% of it out. The nre-apply and throw in the wash.
Its alot easier to wash any residue out of the sink than the washer.
 
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