Chain/ trouser conflict - Laundry tips request, please!

Quoted message said:

I tried to look a bit smarter for hospital visiting and wore cream
chinos; this was a mistake.

I have smeared the inside of one leg with chain oil.

Any tips for getting it off?

fairy liquid onto the stain before washing, then soak, then wash, do not
rub you will just get the oil INTO the fibres

but I don't expect much luck

Quoted message said:

I tried to look a bit smarter for hospital visiting and wore cream
chinos; this was a mistake.

I have smeared the inside of one leg with chain oil.

Any tips for getting it off?

Dry cleaning fluid. Available in supermarkets. Test first on hidden bit to
make sure it doesn't lift the colour. Then dab on with clean cloth, and
sponge the gunge away (I use old clean white cotton - recycled
t-shirts/undies, etc.).

Don't try washing with water/soap/detergent first.

Quoted message said:

And for future avoidance, does any one make decent reflective &
fluorescent gaiters?

Not sure what you mean exactly :-)

Various firms make overshoes, and others make reflective ankle straps with
velcro fastenings.
Some better than others in my experience, though all seem to cost a bit over
a tenner at a bike shop. The ones I got most recently from Condor in London
have been the best I've had for a while. (the absolute best were years old
and got lost somewhere ).

- Nigel

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Nigel Cliffe,
Webmaster at http://www.2mm.org.uk/

marc said:

Quoted message said:

I tried to look a bit smarter for hospital visiting and wore cream
chinos; this was a mistake.

I have smeared the inside of one leg with chain oil.

Any tips for getting it off?

fairy liquid onto the stain before washing, then soak, then wash, do
not rub you will just get the oil INTO the fibres

but I don't expect much luck

NO !!! Dry cleaning fluid, as per other posting !

--
Nigel Cliffe,
Webmaster at http://www.2mm.org.uk/

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Quoted message said:

I tried to look a bit smarter for hospital visiting and wore cream
chinos; this was a mistake.

I have smeared the inside of one leg with chain oil.

Any tips for getting it off?

Washing up liquid poured over the smear as you put it into the laundry + use
a biological washing powder. 30C, gentle wash. May take a couple of washes
to get it out completely

Nigel Cliffe said:

marc said:

Quoted message said:

I tried to look a bit smarter for hospital visiting and wore cream
chinos; this was a mistake.

I have smeared the inside of one leg with chain oil.

Any tips for getting it off?

fairy liquid onto the stain before washing, then soak, then wash, do
not rub you will just get the oil INTO the fibres

but I don't expect much luck

NO !!! Dry cleaning fluid, as per other posting !

I don't think that suggesting Carbon Tetrachloride ( even if it would
be available ) is a good idea.

marc said:

Nigel Cliffe said:

marc said:

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> I tried to look a bit smarter for hospital visiting and wore cream
> chinos; this was a mistake.
>
> I have smeared the inside of one leg with chain oil.
>
> Any tips for getting it off?
fairy liquid onto the stain before washing, then soak, then wash, do
not rub you will just get the oil INTO the fibres

but I don't expect much luck

NO !!! Dry cleaning fluid, as per other posting !

I don't think that suggesting Carbon Tetrachloride ( even if it would
be available ) is a good idea.

Works when I do such stupid things, (or worse and tread oil/grit/tar mix
into the wool carpet!). Its available in supermarkets, so dry cleaning
fluid is hardly a restricted chemical.

--
Nigel Cliffe,
Webmaster at http://www.2mm.org.uk/

My suggestion would be to get a cloth soaked in White Spirit and put
this on the 'wrong' side of the stain, putting a clean dry cotton cloth
on the stain itself. This helps push the stain & grit onto the clean
cloth. May well need repetition.

The white spirit then should be washed out with a 'normal' detergent.

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Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

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Quoted message said:

I tried to look a bit smarter for hospital visiting and wore cream
chinos; this was a mistake.

I have smeared the inside of one leg with chain oil.

Any tips for getting it off?

Lighter fluid and paper towels? Just squirt and blot, don't rub.

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And for future avoidance, does any one make decent reflective &
fluorescent gaiters?

Hikers use gaiters, but hikers don't wear anything brighter than their
red socks. For the cost of a pair of dull non-reflective gaiters from a
hiking/climbing shop you could probably buy enough fluorescent ripstop,
velcro, elastic and reflective tape from eBay to make several pairs.

IME long socks are better and less baggy than anything else for trouser
restraint and a neoprene/Scotchlite ankle band provides the best
reflectivity.

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Edgware.

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I tried to look a bit smarter for hospital visiting and wore cream
chinos; this was a mistake.
I have smeared the inside of one leg with chain oil.
Any tips for getting it off?

fairy liquid onto the stain before washing, then soak, then wash, do
not rub you will just get the oil INTO the fibres

but I don't expect much luck

This method works:
Don't wet it. Apply hand cleaner (Fast Orange is best, Swarfega does
the job) and squeeze/rub gently until the stain lifts out of the fabric
into the hand cleaner. Do this part thoroughly. Then just launder.

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Sue ]🙁🙂

Thank you for all the tips - very encouraging.

I decided to go the Swarfega route, and worked that into the grease
with an electric toothbrush; then washing machine at 40 degrees with
the usual stuff.

Result was pristine!

Thanks again.

--
Charles
Brompton P6R-Plus; CarryFreedom -YL, in Motspur Park
LCC; CTC.

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Quoted message said:

Thank you for all the tips - very encouraging.

I decided to go the Swarfega route, and worked that into the grease
with an electric toothbrush; then washing machine at 40 degrees with
the usual stuff.

Doesn't the taste of the Swarfega clash with that of your toothpaste???
--
Zak

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Zak said:

Doesn't the taste of the Swarfega clash with that of your toothpaste???

Hah!

No, and I am not the double of that character with the steel teeth in
some James Bond movie!

The toothbrush is one kept near the kitchen sink, used for hard to
reach & intricate nooks and crannies in the washing-up.

--
Charles
Brompton P6R-Plus; CarryFreedom -YL, in Motspur Park
LCC; CTC.

Quoted message said:

I tried to look a bit smarter for hospital visiting and wore cream
chinos; this was a mistake.

I have smeared the inside of one leg with chain oil.

Any tips for getting it off?

And for future avoidance, does any one make decent reflective &
fluorescent gaiters?

The heavy leather ones my Grampa had would not be ideal, but something
that snapped on along those lines...

--
Charles
Brompton P6R-Plus; CarryFreedom -YL, in Motspur Park
LCC; CTC.

Spray out the oil with wd40 and then wash out the smell of wd40 in a
normal wash.