Coated clothes in hydraulic oil - what to do?

[Diamondpilot]

Originally Posted by Charlesaf3

any detergent particularly good for oil?

For some reason I have found that the blue dawn dish soap works the best. Not sure why but the blue cuts oil better. I was told this by a dry cleaner so I trust her. Plus her husband is a slob but always has clean clothes so she must be good.

Chris

[Charlesaf3]

d'oh! Make it a dry cleaners problem! Great idea! As is the dawn, but the disposal of the water is a concern to me, since I'm going to drink it eventually.

I wonder how often they get to dry clean carhartt overalls?

[Pops15]

Originally Posted by Charlesaf3

d'oh! Make it a dry cleaners problem! Great idea! As is the dawn, but the disposal of the water is a concern to me, since I'm going to drink it eventually.

I wonder how often they get to dry clean carhartt overalls?

How much oil got sprayed on the ground when the clamp broke? That's probably more of a concern than what might find its way into the water table if you wash the coveralls. Many older septic systems have a grease trap.
Do you wash your oily clothes after working on your truck or tractor? What's the difference if you wash your coveralls?
Use Dawn with a little bit of Simple Green.

[Charlesaf3]

Good thoughts. I usually don't get this much oil on me, and I'm talented at coating myself in grease. Not that much on the ground, luckily, as it all landed on the muffler and went up in smoke.... that was fun, fumbling for the off switch in a fog of smoke and trying not to breathe.

[masscity]

I worked in construction for 28 years and my clothes got dirty and greasy.

What worked for me was combination of Tide and Pinsol.

Nothing would take out the 2 cycle diesel oil stains, but they were clean.

[Charlesaf3]

Thanks, don't know pinsol. Use Tide myself, but was wondering if ALL would be better on the grease - there seems to be a lot of incidental grease to tractor usage.

[Erik_in_Hoyt]

I think he meant "Pine-sol"

[mattman]

I don't know that you will be able to get the smell out of the clothes. Also going to leave a stain.

Dawn works so good because it a BROMINE in it that cuts oil and grease like crazy. BROMINE is some very bad stuff. You breathe some and your eyes begin to water, then you can't breathe chokes you real bad. Don't get bromine on your body it will start to eat you alive. Proctor and Gamble uses it in DAWN in very small amounts. Have you seen the commericals where they are washing oily animals in DAWN.

[lightninboy]

If you read a washer or dryer owner's manual, it might say not to put clothes with oil or gasoline on them into it.

[Redbug]

I have not done it...but was wondering if a spray down with Gunk or other parts cleaner would work also? Spray it on, let it soak and hose the clothing down before putting it in the washer. Gunk works good on the tractor, cars and truck...