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From: Tim Downie on 23 Sep 2009 03:18
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

From: Doki on 23 Sep 2009 03:28

"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).

Jizer may help (I've had a mixture of oil and jizer on my jeans before, and
it washes out fairly easily). IME oil alone it's a very hard stain to shift,
so I make sure I always wear old gear when I'm going anywhere near oil.

From: Piers Finlayson on 23 Sep 2009 03:32



On 23/09/2009 08:18, in article 7hu0doF2v7uo1U1(a)mid.individual.net, "Tim
Downie" <timdownie2003(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).
>

Why would you bin them? Surely you would wear them next time you do
something oily/dirty?

From: Adrian on 23 Sep 2009 03:48
"Tim Downie" <timdownie2003(a)obvious.yahoo.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:

> 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

Eh? How far was it flowing from sump to container?

> and managed to spatter my craghopper trousers with old oil.

Rule number 1. You will get grubby. Never wear clothes you give a toss
about when working on anything mechanical.

> Conventional washing hasn't shifted the oily marks.
>
> Any suggestions or should I just bin them?

Rub a bit of Swarfega or similar into the stains, then wash as normal.
It's worked fine for me on a VERY ingrained grease stain on a pair of
good jeans - I wasn't looking, and walked straight into an uncovered
towball - the bruise on my shin was almost as vivid as the grease mark on
the leg. Washed the trousers several times, without any change in the
mark. Swarfega, wash - as new.
From: Andrew Gabriel on 23 Sep 2009 03:52
In article <7hu0doF2v7uo1U1(a)mid.individual.net>,
"Tim Downie" <timdownie2003(a)obvious.yahoo.co.uk> writes:
> 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 suspect there are two components -- the oil itself, which should
wash out with detergent (although probably not with an eco one),
and the particles held in the old oil, which will cause colour
staining. I'm not sure exactly what the solids are, but I'm going
to guess it's mainly metalic particles and soot. Metalic particles
will probably come out with agitation and washing through once the
oil is removed. Soot is a different story. It's sticky, it's so
fine it will have gone into the material fibres, it's not acted on
by detergents, and thus is a pretty indelible dye. So I suspect the
success or otherwise will be down to how much soot was in the used
oil.

--
Andrew Gabriel
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