On Fri, 9 Apr 2004, developtrust wrote: > Has anyone had success cleaning Moly grease from clothing? > > I made he mistake of thinking I could wear a good pair of short pants when > pushing the grease I added in my CV boots toward the bearings. I thought I > could avoid any grease on my clothing. Wrong. (When will I learn?) > > I tried to clean it with soap, paint thinner and gasoline. Nothing worked. You're probably screwed. I've had occasional success rubbing "Goop" hand cleaner (the oily, smelly stuff, not the stuff that smells like oranges) into the stains as a pretreatment, then washing normally. The Goop loosens the stain, then the detergent washes out the Goop and the stain together.
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