Are you a magnet of sorts? I need your advice.

[kensfarm]

"Others like the Pigpen character "

That's me.. grease, manure, dirt, diesal fuel, cow/calf slobber(cows make a lot of spit).. not only do I take off my shoes before going into the house.. but the misses wants me take off my pants as well.. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif the cuffs are always full of hay, straw, and dirt.. and covered w/ a mud/manure mix.

I have a second washing machine that was in the cellar when I bought the farm.. thought about seeing if it still worked.. and hooking it up outside to wash my "farm/work clothes".. I don't worry about the stains in my work clothes.. makes me look like I've already done something.. when I'm just getting started! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Try some "Cascade Complete" instead of laundry detergent.

 

[jwstewar]

Just keep all of the above away from your girl's school uniform, right Bob? /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Bob_Skurka]

<font color="blue"> Just keep all of the above away from your girl's school uniform, right Bob?
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Jim, do you realize how low of a blow that was? I thought we were all supposed to be friends here. Sworn to "guy code" and all that sort of stuff.

Now I will probably have nightmares for a week, I will likely get fleas from the memories of sleeping in the dog house, the smell of diesel fuel will likely fill my nose when I smell dinner cooking, and I'm sure that the lovely Mrs_Bob will be mad at me for some unkown reason long before I get home from the office.

Thanks for reminding me. . .

 

[jwstewar]

Sorry about the nightmares, just thought I would help PineRidge out.

Send the bills for therapy to Junkman /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[Cliff_Johns]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Just keep all of the above away from your girl's school uniform, right Bob? /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif)</font>

Uhhh . . . Bob wears a girl's school uniform? Man, you think you sort of know a guy.

Cliff

 

[Henro]

<font color="blue"> I'm also willing to bet that I'm not the only one that is having this problem. </font>

Problem? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif I see no problem. Clothes are made for wiping grease off one's hands and other body parts, are they not?

And removing grease from clothes, what is the sense of that? Except for making the cloth more receptive, and able to load up better next time, I suppose... /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Sounds like time to get the priorities in order. Grease and clothes are meant for one another.

It is the natural way. Live with it. That is my advice... /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Also sounds like time for better half enlightenment...going against nature is not healthy in the long run... /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[PineRidge]

I somehow figured that more than a few of you guys would come up with ideas on removing grease, thanks for all the great ideas. I think I'm going to start with the hand cleaner trick and then go on from there. I guess If I was wearing black jeans this wouldn't have been a problem for me in the first place but black grease really looks terrible on regular Levis, at least it does in my opinion.

 

[Henro]

Pineridge,

On a serious note, one of the best grease spot removers that we found when I worked in a steel mill, was a spray can of electrical cleaner.

This worked extreemly well on "good clothes" like suits and dress shirts.

You would take the soiled item, put some paper towels under the stain, then spray the spot, and the cleaner would carry the grease through the material and deposit it on the paper towels.

The stuff that worked for us was called "Electra-Clean" or something similar. It really could have been named "Dry cleaner in a can."

If you got a spot of grease on some nice clothing, you would be surprised how well this stuff works...

 

[beenthere]

I remember stuff we used to clean circuit boards off with, and it was Trichloroethylene , or something like that. I think the stuff was included in some of the enviro clean sweep, and taken off the shelf. You are lucky you are still alive, maybe. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Probably brake cleaner spray is something that would work too.

 

[JJT]

The following work great:

-WD40, it's more of a solvent than a lubricant
-EngineKleen, ($.88/can), I also use this to clean out the recessed grease fitting on the FEL before adding new grease