getting diesel off

[Gunfleet]

I wonder if there are any recommendations for getting diesel off clothes? I have washed and was and washed some clothes contaminated with diesel and all I have managed to do is make the washer smell of it too.
Thanks

 

[colinmi]

Yep, its a b***er isnt it.

Might try engine degreaser, although if its right through the fabric maybe its for the bin.

Colin

 

[Bav34]

see HERE

Interesting re the vinegar. Me old grandma used to swear by it for most known problems. Good on chips too /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

 

[Gunfleet]

Thanks. There are no stains, just smells. I'll try the vinegar. SOunds possible.

 

[orizaba]

the smell does go away in time but i usually end wash,hang on line for a good blow then maybe wash again,
tip don't put them in the same wash as the wifes clothes
(they get the "right ump" )

 

[Bav34]

also HERE

Isn't Google wonderful.

 

[Csail]

So if i fill the engine room bilge with vinegar will that take the smell away?

 

[Bav34]

No. It will smell of vinegar /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

 

[Gunfleet]

Of course, but only if your sails are made of brown paper.

 

[NigelBirch]

what about soaking them in some diluted Bilgex?

 

[samwise]

Sadly, I think time is the answer. A former colleague soaked his shoes in the stuff when the diesel car he was filling produced a blowback. He tried a number of remedies, all failed. He was loath to dump an almost new pair of shoes, so he chucked them in the shed and then forgot about them. Clearing the shed some two years later, he found them and the diesel smell had gone.

 

[thalassa]

On recommendation, I got a botlle (spray) of pet stain/odour remover from ASDA. It works, if applied twice with a few days in between.

 

[huldah]

I have just modified my fuel system, to suck the fuel out of the top of the tank. Previously, it came via a tap fitted to the bottom of the fuel tank. This tap sheared off, dumping the fuel in the bottom of the boat. Being wood, I anticipate a smelly boat for the next 12 months.

Philip

 

[rich]

Get yerself a can of swarfega fourcourt cleaner, an pour it in the bilge,

 

[Gunfleet]

I thought you'd all like to know Autoglym car fresh spray works. Ariel tablets with Febreze are pretty good on the least diesel polluted clothes. And everything needs washing twice!