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YUCK!
updated: Sep 16, 2012, 10:20 AM
By Edhat Subscriber
Unbeknownst to me, the person who used the machine at the
laundry mat before me had washed their work rags and I can't get the
smell out of my clothes no matter how many times I wash them. These
were all of my work clothes!
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COMMENT 320723
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2012-09-16 10:35 AM |
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Burn them.
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D8VANILLA
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2012-09-16 10:45 AM |
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Doesn't that stuff evaporate? I would think "heat". Soak in white distilled vineager, then low boil, then wash in Oxi-clean. Add vanilla extract to the wash.
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COMMENT 320740P
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2012-09-16 11:13 AM |
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I got the smell of gasoline out of my clothes (after being sprayed by a rogue hose at a filling station) by soaking them in a bucket of real Coca Cola (not diet). This was an Internet tip, and it really worked!
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COMMENT 320750
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2012-09-16 11:37 AM |
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If you can hang them outside in the sunshine the UV will be effective in cleaning the clothes.
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COMMENT 320766
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2012-09-16 12:28 PM |
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750 is the best advice....hang them in the fresh air and sun. Sounds like soaking them in something is too much with iffy results...unless you want to try soaking them with some baking soda in the washer and then running the cycle, the give them the fresh air, it will take a while but I thin it will get better.. I painted for 30 years!
The dryer kinda doesn't work, it makes it worse.
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COMMENT 320769
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2012-09-16 12:32 PM |
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Keep it simple..... baking powder rinse and set in the sun and fresh air to dry. Complex recipes is for the birds.
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COMMENT 320863
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2012-09-16 05:29 PM |
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Just don't touch turpentine and touch your eye. (Got residue off some old oil paintings!) I did that last week, and suffered for three full hours before the pain abated. (Did lots of eye-washing and one Advil, too.) Youch. It was like being stuck in the eye with a hot poker, or so I imagined it to be. I love baking soda. That combined with lemon juice can clean anything.
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COMMENT 320872P
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2012-09-16 05:51 PM |
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Buy replacements.
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KATETHECAT
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2012-09-17 06:25 AM |
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Soak in a mixture of ammonia and water. Yes, I know that smells too but it will get out the smell (and any residual grease) and will NOT smell like ammonia afterward.
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CORKY
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2012-09-20 08:22 AM |
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I think the baking powder poster meant baking soda.
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