Small problem

[seanandruby]

it reminds me of the book cover by penguin of the road to wigan pier by that brilliant author George Orwell. it shows a man half pissed leaning up a wall, him covered in crap. bet he would of liked a white suit.

[Pablo]

For the record I do all my own washing & ironing all my work gear goes in a bucket of water before its allowed in the washing machine, and diesely stuff gets washed in brown malt vinegar first. the vinegar cuts the oil and takes away the diesel stink.

Thats a handy tip I take it you add it to a bucket of water. How much do you put in.

[seanandruby]

i heard baking soda and vinegar. just a cup full will do

[GB_Groundworks]

i like the vinegar tip the mrs has refused flatly to wash my diesel smelling clothes we wear overalls but if your working under a machine on the fuel system you can't help but stink haha, so mum has 2 washing machines in the machine shed 1 for horse stuff and then an older one for work wear proper bottom of the ladder haha.

[oioisonnyboy]

I normally get about 3/4 bucket of hot water then add 2-3 tablespoons vinegar, depending on how diesely the clothes are

soak for a bit, wring it out and all the diesel smell should be gone, then wash it as normal in the machine.

Another good one for when your hands are covered in grease and oil. (changed the oil on 2 mowers and de coked the cultivator last weekend so came in handy)

get someone to put
2 teaspoons olive oil
2 teapoons granulated sugar
1 squirt fairy liquid

into cupped hands (do this over the sink by the way)
rub all this gunge together between your hands, around the knuckles and in between fingers. After about 2 mins start gradually washing off with hot water.

Almost exactly the same as swarfega but a lot cheaper. I mix it up and keep it in a jar just dig a bit out when I need it.