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From: Mike P on 23 Sep 2009 06:38
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).
>
Stardrops works well, as does rubbing swarfega into the stains. I
don't know how effective it will be now you've already washed them
though..

As an aside, I've found Johnson&Johnson's facial scrub is the *best*
thing for getting oil and crud off my hands, much to my wife's
disappointment..

Mike P

From: Alt Beer on 23 Sep 2009 08:07

"Dave Liquorice" <allsortsnotthisbit(a)howhill.com> wrote in message
news:nyyfbegfubjuvyypbz.kqfgwf2.pminews(a)srv1.howhill.co.uk...
> 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-)
>
> Cheers
> Dave.

Sounds fun.

Reminds me, yesterday I was in an electrical wholesalers and noticed that
someone had removed the top part of their shredder, the part that does the
shredding and mounted it in an aperture cut out in the lid of a household
size plastic dustbin. No more emptying the shredder every 5 minutes.




From: shazzbat on 23 Sep 2009 11:09

"Mike P" <mike_w_pearson(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
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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).
>

Well, I put my overalls in the cleaners and they come back without oil
stains and not smelling of diesel any more. Worth a fiver, no?

But in the case of your trousers I'd tell them about the oil, it's obvious
in the case of overalls, but not so much in your case.

Steve

From: Peter Andrews on 23 Sep 2009 12:15

"Alt Beer" <example(a)example.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Dave Liquorice" <allsortsnotthisbit(a)howhill.com> wrote in message
> news:nyyfbegfubjuvyypbz.kqfgwf2.pminews(a)srv1.howhill.co.uk...
>> 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-)
>>
>> Cheers
>> Dave.
>
> Sounds fun.
>
> Reminds me, yesterday I was in an electrical wholesalers and noticed that
> someone had removed the top part of their shredder, the part that does the
> shredding and mounted it in an aperture cut out in the lid of a household
> size plastic dustbin. No more emptying the shredder every 5 minutes.
>
>
>
>

TLC at Coulsdon?

Peter


From: Dave on 23 Sep 2009 15:39
Mike P wrote:
> 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).
>>
> Stardrops works well, as does rubbing swarfega into the stains. I
> don't know how effective it will be now you've already washed them
> though..
>
> As an aside, I've found Johnson&Johnson's facial scrub is the *best*
> thing for getting oil and crud off my hands, much to my wife's
> disappointment..

Why? Does she like dirty hand prints on her bra and knickers that
much? ;-)

Dave
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