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From: NT on 23 Sep 2009 04:00
On Sep 23, 8:18 am, "Tim Downie" <timdownie2...(a)obvious.yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
> A lost cause or worth a shot?
>
> I went a bit mad last weekend and changed the oil in my lawnmower.
> Unfortunately, I didn't realise just how far hot oil could splash and
> managed to spatter my craghopper trousers with old oil.  Conventional
> washing hasn't shifted the oily marks.
>
> Any suggestions or should I just bin them?  I haven't tried drycleaning
> (yet) as I'm concerned I could be just wasting my time (& money).
>
> Tim

ISTR adding a tb of paraffin to the wash, but that was years ago so
cant be 100%


NT
From: Keith W on 23 Sep 2009 05:03

"Tim Downie" <timdownie2003(a)obvious.yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:7hu0doF2v7uo1U1(a)mid.individual.net...
>A lost cause or worth a shot?
>
> I went a bit mad last weekend and changed the oil in my lawnmower.
> Unfortunately, I didn't realise just how far hot oil could splash and
> managed to spatter my craghopper trousers with old oil. Conventional
> washing hasn't shifted the oily marks.
>
> Any suggestions or should I just bin them? I haven't tried drycleaning
> (yet) as I'm concerned I could be just wasting my time (& money).
>

I always keep a can of the old Ronsonol lighter fuel in the cupboard for
just that purpose. It is a good way to shift grease etc although I always
do it before the clothes are washed, I don't know whether having washed them
will reduce the efficiency.
--
Keith W
Sunbury on Thames
(If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living)


From: McKevvy on 23 Sep 2009 05:42
On 23 Sep, 08:18, "Tim Downie" <timdownie2...(a)obvious.yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
> A lost cause or worth a shot?
>
> I went a bit mad last weekend and changed the oil in my lawnmower.
> Unfortunately, I didn't realise just how far hot oil could splash and
> managed to spatter my craghopper trousers with old oil.  Conventional
> washing hasn't shifted the oily marks.
>
> Any suggestions or should I just bin them?  I haven't tried drycleaning
> (yet) as I'm concerned I could be just wasting my time (& money).
>

When I was a truck driver and came home sometimes covered in shitty
grease, I used a chemical called "Green Saver Oil Dispersion Lotion"
made by a company called Stag Chem, Monarch Works, South gyle Ind Est,
Edinburgh (0131 334 8147)

It worked exceptionally well on my oily overalls when stripping my
motorbike. The bumf on the label reads "will quickly emulsify and
disperse accidental oil spills on grass including hydraulic oil" (my
brother obtained this for me when he was a greenkeeper)

I can swear by it.

McKevvy
From: The Natural Philosopher on 23 Sep 2009 06:02
Tim Downie wrote:
> A lost cause or worth a shot?
>
> I went a bit mad last weekend and changed the oil in my lawnmower.
> Unfortunately, I didn't realise just how far hot oil could splash and
> managed to spatter my craghopper trousers with old oil. Conventional
> washing hasn't shifted the oily marks.
>
> Any suggestions or should I just bin them? I haven't tried drycleaning
> (yet) as I'm concerned I could be just wasting my time (& money).
>
> Tim
>
soak in petrol, then detergent.
From: Dave Liquorice on 23 Sep 2009 05:14
On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:18:13 +0100, Tim Downie wrote:

> Any suggestions or should I just bin them?

As others if you can't get 'em clean keep 'em for the next time you
are doing summat messy. More evidence of rampant consumerism. Blew up
the paper shredder this morning spraying DFL into it when running the
butane propellant ignited and blew open the plastic case. SWMBO'd was
all for binning it. Why? Take the cover off bit of glue good as new.
Me? Lesson learnt about flammable propellants. B-)

As for the trousers as they have been washed the stain may now have
been fixed, at what temperature and with what detergent/powder where
they washed? How to treat stains or "difficult" marks has obviously
not been passed on from parents to child...

Direct local application of a detergent or prewash treatment like
"Vanish" may loosen the stain enough for it to wash out. Application
of neat biological washing stuff will also work but may work to well,
removing/reducing the colour at the place of application.

--
Cheers
Dave.



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