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Derek

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My one piecers ( and the forecourt coat aint a lot better) are getting
beyond the pale and Vicky is making death threats if they bu**er up the
washer I've soaked em in Vanish but its just not moving the bad stuff has
anybody got a secret mixture that removes dirty grease EP and ATF plus the
usual clag ?
My dad used to have an arrangement with the lady in the Laundrette across
from the garage he'd soak them in hot bleachy water then she'd sling them in
a big industrial washer that would boil them - you just cant get service
like that now ( they closed about 20 years ago)
Derek.


 
On 2006-06-19, Derek <[email protected]> wrote:

> My one piecers ( and the forecourt coat aint a lot better) are getting
> beyond the pale and Vicky is making death threats if they bu**er up the
> washer I've soaked em in Vanish but its just not moving the bad stuff has
> anybody got a secret mixture that removes dirty grease EP and ATF plus the
> usual clag ?

Just chuck 'em in the machine with normal powders, possibly twice,
then follow with something else that doesn't matter too much,
e.g. towels. The first wash will get rid of the nastiest stuff,
second will get rid of most of the rest and will get the worst out of
the machine, then the towels or whatever might end up with a little
smell but you don't wear them so it's not really a worry. I've never
noticed any smell on the third wash, but then my overalls have only
ever been washed about 3 times in the last 2 years as I tend to forget
to wear them!

Washing machines are pretty tough so don't worry about it.

--
Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
 

> My one piecers ( and the forecourt coat aint a lot better) are getting
> beyond the pale and Vicky is making death threats if they bu**er up the
> washer I've soaked em in Vanish but its just not moving the bad stuff has
> anybody got a secret mixture that removes dirty grease EP and ATF plus the
> usual clag ?
> My dad used to have an arrangement with the lady in the Laundrette across
> from the garage he'd soak them in hot bleachy water then she'd sling them
> in a big industrial washer that would boil them - you just cant get
> service like that now ( they closed about 20 years ago)
> Derek.
>
Use a jet wash to get the worst off, then put them in the washer.


 

"Derek" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> My one piecers ( and the forecourt coat aint a lot better) are
getting
> beyond the pale and Vicky is making death threats if they bu**er up
the
> washer I've soaked em in Vanish but its just not moving the bad
stuff has
> anybody got a secret mixture that removes dirty grease EP and ATF
plus the
> usual clag ?
> My dad used to have an arrangement with the lady in the Laundrette
across
> from the garage he'd soak them in hot bleachy water then she'd sling
them in
> a big industrial washer that would boil them - you just cant get
service
> like that now ( they closed about 20 years ago)
> Derek.
>
>

A 50 or 60 deg C wash in a normal washing machine with modern powders
will remove most oils and greases but don't expect them to be
unstained. The main problem with contamination of the next wash is
muck stuck in the door rubber seal. Give it a very good clean out and
then do your second wash. Make sure that the clothes are not too
tightly jammed in the machine - ie leave room for the water !

I have 3 launderettes, and we have customers wanting to wash heavily
soiled things like garage overalls and horse blankets. All we do is
insist on a second empty wash having cleaned the drum and doorseal.
The worst offenders are people who don't get the clothes proberly
cleaned (too cool a wash) then bung them in the driers smearing muck
for the next customer.

AWEM


 
Last year my overalls went from being covered in Range Rover rust/mud
etc to going caving in a very muddy hole near Plymouth all in the same
day. After the caving i left them in the stream next to our campsite
overnight and then left them to dry. Most mud was off but they were
still pretty minging. Got them home, made sure the machine was empty,
bunged it on 60C, bit of that magic Vanish stuff and normal washing
powder and hey presto they were clean once again....until i painted the
outside of a scouthall and they are know covered in white paint, which
will not come out.

Dom J

 

"Andrew Mawson" <andrew@no_spam_please_mawson.org.uk> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Derek" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> My one piecers ( and the forecourt coat aint a lot better) are
> getting
>> beyond the pale and Vicky is making death threats if they bu**er up
> the
>> washer I've soaked em in Vanish but its just not moving the bad
> stuff has
>> anybody got a secret mixture that removes dirty grease EP and ATF
> plus the
>> usual clag ?
>> My dad used to have an arrangement with the lady in the Laundrette
> across
>> from the garage he'd soak them in hot bleachy water then she'd sling
> them in
>> a big industrial washer that would boil them - you just cant get
> service
>> like that now ( they closed about 20 years ago)
>> Derek.
>>
>>
>
> A 50 or 60 deg C wash in a normal washing machine with modern powders
> will remove most oils and greases but don't expect them to be
> unstained. The main problem with contamination of the next wash is
> muck stuck in the door rubber seal. Give it a very good clean out and
> then do your second wash. Make sure that the clothes are not too
> tightly jammed in the machine - ie leave room for the water !
>
> I have 3 launderettes, and we have customers wanting to wash heavily
> soiled things like garage overalls and horse blankets. All we do is
> insist on a second empty wash having cleaned the drum and doorseal.
> The worst offenders are people who don't get the clothes proberly
> cleaned (too cool a wash) then bung them in the driers smearing muck
> for the next customer.
>
> AWEM
>
Just to assuage my curiosity what sort of temperature do your machines get
to on a hot wash?
Derek


 
Derek wrote:
> "Andrew Mawson" <andrew@no_spam_please_mawson.org.uk> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> "Derek" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> My one piecers ( and the forecourt coat aint a lot better) are
>> getting
>>> beyond the pale and Vicky is making death threats if they bu**er up
>> the
>>> washer I've soaked em in Vanish but its just not moving the bad
>> stuff has
>>> anybody got a secret mixture that removes dirty grease EP and ATF
>> plus the
>>> usual clag ?
>>> My dad used to have an arrangement with the lady in the Laundrette across
>>> from the garage he'd soak them in hot bleachy water then she'd sling them in
>>> a big industrial washer that would boil them - you just cant get service
>>> like that now ( they closed about 20 years ago)
>>> Derek.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> A 50 or 60 deg C wash in a normal washing machine with modern powders
>> will remove most oils and greases but don't expect them to be
>> unstained. The main problem with contamination of the next wash is
>> muck stuck in the door rubber seal. Give it a very good clean out and
>> then do your second wash. Make sure that the clothes are not too
>> tightly jammed in the machine - ie leave room for the water !
>>
>> I have 3 launderettes, and we have customers wanting to wash heavily
>> soiled things like garage overalls and horse blankets. All we do is
>> insist on a second empty wash having cleaned the drum and doorseal.
>> The worst offenders are people who don't get the clothes proberly
>> cleaned (too cool a wash) then bung them in the driers smearing muck
>> for the next customer.
>>
>> AWEM
>>
> Just to assuage my curiosity what sort of temperature do your machines get
> to on a hot wash?
> Derek


90 degrees matey, or so Jane tells me!!!

Nige

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Subaru WRX
Range Rover 4.6 HSE (The Tank!)

We might be going on a summer holiday, the Greece Ball rally!!!!


 

"Derek" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Andrew Mawson" <andrew@no_spam_please_mawson.org.uk> wrote in
message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > "Derek" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >> My one piecers ( and the forecourt coat aint a lot better) are
> > getting
> >> beyond the pale and Vicky is making death threats if they bu**er
up
> > the
> >> washer I've soaked em in Vanish but its just not moving the bad
> > stuff has
> >> anybody got a secret mixture that removes dirty grease EP and ATF
> > plus the
> >> usual clag ?
> >> My dad used to have an arrangement with the lady in the
Laundrette
> > across
> >> from the garage he'd soak them in hot bleachy water then she'd
sling
> > them in
> >> a big industrial washer that would boil them - you just cant get
> > service
> >> like that now ( they closed about 20 years ago)
> >> Derek.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > A 50 or 60 deg C wash in a normal washing machine with modern
powders
> > will remove most oils and greases but don't expect them to be
> > unstained. The main problem with contamination of the next wash is
> > muck stuck in the door rubber seal. Give it a very good clean out
and
> > then do your second wash. Make sure that the clothes are not too
> > tightly jammed in the machine - ie leave room for the water !
> >
> > I have 3 launderettes, and we have customers wanting to wash
heavily
> > soiled things like garage overalls and horse blankets. All we do
is
> > insist on a second empty wash having cleaned the drum and
doorseal.
> > The worst offenders are people who don't get the clothes proberly
> > cleaned (too cool a wash) then bung them in the driers smearing
muck
> > for the next customer.
> >
> > AWEM
> >
> Just to assuage my curiosity what sort of temperature do your
machines get
> to on a hot wash?
> Derek
>
>

60 deg C - launderette machines mainly are boiler fed - ie the max
temp is the temp that the boiler is regulated to, which is 60 in my
shops. A very small minority have electric heaters - usually areas
where there is no natural gas - but that is a very small minority. All
the water is 'direct heated' ie the water passing through the boiler
is the water that goes in the machine, unlike a domestic situation
where you have an indirect water coil in your hot tank. The by product
of this is that the water must be softened so that also affects
(improves) the wash quality ( and explains why I buy 6 tons of salt a
year !)

AWEM


 
On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 20:13:33 +0100, Dom J
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Last year my overalls went from being covered in Range Rover rust/mud
> etc to going caving in a very muddy hole near Plymouth all in the same
> day. After the caving i left them in the stream next to our campsite
> overnight and then left them to dry. Most mud was off but they were
> still pretty minging. Got them home, made sure the machine was empty,
> bunged it on 60C, bit of that magic Vanish stuff and normal washing
> powder and hey presto they were clean once again....until i painted the
> outside of a scouthall and they are know covered in white paint, which
> will not come out.

Remind me never to work on your shift ya mucky bugg*r <g>

--
William Tasso

110 V8
 

give them a good scrub with Swaffega ( or how ever you spell it ) and a
scrubbing brush on the worst bits and then a good boil wash.

Rich



"Andrew Mawson" <andrew@no_spam_please_mawson.org.uk> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Derek" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> "Andrew Mawson" <andrew@no_spam_please_mawson.org.uk> wrote in
> message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> >
>> > "Derek" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> > news:[email protected]...
>> >> My one piecers ( and the forecourt coat aint a lot better) are
>> > getting
>> >> beyond the pale and Vicky is making death threats if they bu**er
> up
>> > the
>> >> washer I've soaked em in Vanish but its just not moving the bad
>> > stuff has
>> >> anybody got a secret mixture that removes dirty grease EP and ATF
>> > plus the
>> >> usual clag ?
>> >> My dad used to have an arrangement with the lady in the
> Laundrette
>> > across
>> >> from the garage he'd soak them in hot bleachy water then she'd
> sling
>> > them in
>> >> a big industrial washer that would boil them - you just cant get
>> > service
>> >> like that now ( they closed about 20 years ago)
>> >> Derek.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> > A 50 or 60 deg C wash in a normal washing machine with modern
> powders
>> > will remove most oils and greases but don't expect them to be
>> > unstained. The main problem with contamination of the next wash is
>> > muck stuck in the door rubber seal. Give it a very good clean out
> and
>> > then do your second wash. Make sure that the clothes are not too
>> > tightly jammed in the machine - ie leave room for the water !
>> >
>> > I have 3 launderettes, and we have customers wanting to wash
> heavily
>> > soiled things like garage overalls and horse blankets. All we do
> is
>> > insist on a second empty wash having cleaned the drum and
> doorseal.
>> > The worst offenders are people who don't get the clothes proberly
>> > cleaned (too cool a wash) then bung them in the driers smearing
> muck
>> > for the next customer.
>> >
>> > AWEM
>> >
>> Just to assuage my curiosity what sort of temperature do your
> machines get
>> to on a hot wash?
>> Derek
>>
>>
>
> 60 deg C - launderette machines mainly are boiler fed - ie the max
> temp is the temp that the boiler is regulated to, which is 60 in my
> shops. A very small minority have electric heaters - usually areas
> where there is no natural gas - but that is a very small minority. All
> the water is 'direct heated' ie the water passing through the boiler
> is the water that goes in the machine, unlike a domestic situation
> where you have an indirect water coil in your hot tank. The by product
> of this is that the water must be softened so that also affects
> (improves) the wash quality ( and explains why I buy 6 tons of salt a
> year !)
>
> AWEM
>
>


 

"Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> give them a good scrub with Swaffega ( or how ever you spell it ) and a
> scrubbing brush on the worst bits and then a good boil wash.
>
> Rich
>
>
>
> "Andrew Mawson" <andrew@no_spam_please_mawson.org.uk> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> "Derek" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>> "Andrew Mawson" <andrew@no_spam_please_mawson.org.uk> wrote in
>> message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>> >
>>> > "Derek" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> > news:[email protected]...
>>> >> My one piecers ( and the forecourt coat aint a lot better) are
>>> > getting
>>> >> beyond the pale and Vicky is making death threats if they bu**er
>> up
>>> > the
>>> >> washer I've soaked em in Vanish but its just not moving the bad
>>> > stuff has
>>> >> anybody got a secret mixture that removes dirty grease EP and ATF
>>> > plus the
>>> >> usual clag ?
>>> >> My dad used to have an arrangement with the lady in the
>> Laundrette
>>> > across
>>> >> from the garage he'd soak them in hot bleachy water then she'd
>> sling
>>> > them in
>>> >> a big industrial washer that would boil them - you just cant get
>>> > service
>>> >> like that now ( they closed about 20 years ago)
>>> >> Derek.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > A 50 or 60 deg C wash in a normal washing machine with modern
>> powders
>>> > will remove most oils and greases but don't expect them to be
>>> > unstained. The main problem with contamination of the next wash is
>>> > muck stuck in the door rubber seal. Give it a very good clean out
>> and
>>> > then do your second wash. Make sure that the clothes are not too
>>> > tightly jammed in the machine - ie leave room for the water !
>>> >
>>> > I have 3 launderettes, and we have customers wanting to wash
>> heavily
>>> > soiled things like garage overalls and horse blankets. All we do
>> is
>>> > insist on a second empty wash having cleaned the drum and
>> doorseal.
>>> > The worst offenders are people who don't get the clothes proberly
>>> > cleaned (too cool a wash) then bung them in the driers smearing
>> muck
>>> > for the next customer.
>>> >
>>> > AWEM
>>> >
>>> Just to assuage my curiosity what sort of temperature do your
>> machines get
>>> to on a hot wash?
>>> Derek
>>>
>>>
>>
>> 60 deg C - launderette machines mainly are boiler fed - ie the max
>> temp is the temp that the boiler is regulated to, which is 60 in my
>> shops. A very small minority have electric heaters - usually areas
>> where there is no natural gas - but that is a very small minority. All
>> the water is 'direct heated' ie the water passing through the boiler
>> is the water that goes in the machine, unlike a domestic situation
>> where you have an indirect water coil in your hot tank. The by product
>> of this is that the water must be softened so that also affects
>> (improves) the wash quality ( and explains why I buy 6 tons of salt a
>> year !)
>>
>> AWEM
>>
>>
>
>
Wear them until the the smell off gear oil on them makes you gip then bin em
and get some more, my local auto jumble has a bloke who sells 'x' rental
ones for a fiver ish IIRC .

Icky


 
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