Diesel Smell, how do ya get rid of it?

[Alphacowboy]

Ok, I like the smell of diesel, but not on all my clothes! :-laf



So, I accidently threw a pair of jeans in with a load of sweatshirts and pants that had diesel on them, well now all my sweatshirts reek! I have washed them numorous times, and the smell just doesnt go away! Suggestions from my TDR peeps on this subject?

 

[Nate]

Well if your not using el cheapo laundry soap, then I would suggest a cup of Simple Green or Castrol Super Clean in the wash along with your clothes.



My dad is a millwright and my Mom has been washing his work clothes (Dickies) that way for over 10 years. Hasn't harmed the washer or the clothes... and it gets them clean.

 

[nickleinonen]

Well if your not using el cheapo laundry soap, then I would suggest a cup of Simple Green or Castrol Super Clean in the wash along with your clothes.



My dad is a millwright and my Mom has been washing his work clothes (Dickies) that way for over 10 years. Hasn't harmed the washer or the clothes... and it gets them clean.

maybe try that at the laundromat first though. . why risk breaking your own machines???:-laf



[i was all my really dirty clothes at work in the machines they have. . we break a washer or dryer about every 3 months]

 

[Alphacowboy]

Well if your not using el cheapo laundry soap, then I would suggest a cup of Simple Green or Castrol Super Clean in the wash along with your clothes.



My dad is a millwright and my Mom has been washing his work clothes (Dickies) that way for over 10 years. Hasn't harmed the washer or the clothes... and it gets them clean.

woohoo! I thought about the simple green, but was worried about suds getting out of control, I will try that and see if it works, i hope so, as they stink so bad that it actually makes me feel ill wearing them.

 

[Alphacowboy]

maybe try that at the laundromat first though. . why risk breaking your own machines???:-laf



[i was all my really dirty clothes at work in the machines they have. . we break a washer or dryer about every 3 months]

Actually, probably going to use the old washer upstairs. I have new ones in the basement where I live, the old ones were left behind when my grandmother moved out a few years ago, I havent used them in 2 years, and they are as old as the house 30yrs, so if it breaks, not really out anything. :-laf

 

[Greenleaf]

Simple Green????.....

ahhh... haaaa..... You remember the Brady Bunch episode where the kids do the laundry and soap fills the HOUSE!!!??? :-laf

 

[Duluth Diesel]

I, too, use Simple Green in the washer in addition to normal laundry soap.

 

[JPS]

Best thing I've found is ODOBAN. Buy it a sam's club. Odoban has a web site! jps

 

[Alphacowboy]

Simple Green seems to have worked, and no sud problems either!

 

[rbattelle]

Simple green bottles specifically state you can use it in the laundry. Check out "Laundry" on this page.



Ryan

 

[TRAMPLINEMAN]

Ok, I like the smell of diesel, but not on all my clothes! :-laf



So, I accidently threw a pair of jeans in with a load of sweatshirts and pants that had diesel on them, well now all my sweatshirts reek! I have washed them numorous times, and the smell just doesnt go away! Suggestions from my TDR peeps on this subject?

Go to a strip club. No, wait, it's the other way around. Splash diesel on your clothes after the strip club.

 

[MMeier]

Some of us here prefer to think of diesel as the ultimate cologne!!!

 

[Nate]

Dunno. I was filling up the Chuby we have here at work and I got like a gallon of fuel on my pants leg when I tried to top it off and it blew out of the fill tube like a whale for some reason. Damn Chuby.



Luckily it was right before I was going home for the day, cause it was to the point of giving me a headache.

 

[JLEONARD]

A properly placed clothespin will get rid of the smell

 

[CumminsBu]

Powder dish soap also works good.

 

[EMD Diesel Power]

If you were on a ship in saltwater... . you could just tie a line to em... and throw em overboard and let them trail in the wake for about 10 minutes. Usually best when the ship is at full speed. :-laf :-laf



Something about the churning seawater... . gets jet fuels out right quick I guess.



I've never done this, but this was related to me by a friend of mine who was a grape (plane fueler) on the Eisenhower.

 

[SSpitzer]

I used to clean sludge out of the bottom of above ground storage tanks with diesel fuel in some and #6 in others. It was just a lovely job. We would use Borax to get the fuel that leaked through the protective clothing out of my pants. It really works.