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| Thread ID: 70036 | 2006-06-20 01:52:00 | OT : How to get rid of petrol/diesel stain on jacket? | sarel (2490) | PC World Chat |
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| 464661 | 2006-06-20 20:45:00 | What's it made of? Laura, it's one of those designer pieces, only got a little attachment saying how to clean it, and another label with Yves something on it. Buggered if I know. Feels nice though, looks kind of satiny, and looks kind of polyestery, but I can't say - I usually shop for the common kind of clothes- cotton, etc so I don't know the different materials used in female fashion these days. Hang it out on the line for a long time in the sun and rain, will look really cool when the smell is gone. Zqwerty - the sun? In this weather? I wonder what extreme cold sleet rain will do to it? Hmmmmmmmm. sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 464662 | 2006-06-20 22:26:00 | After 40+ years working with diesels, and getting some on me and my clothes and bringing it home, I cannot today smell raw diesel fuel at all. Here's a suggestion: Get Mrs. Sarel a job at a diesel truck stop as a tire changer or even a lubrication tech..I bet that in short time she wil wear the jacket with no notice of any diesel smell at all. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 464663 | 2006-06-20 23:01:00 | What's it made of? Laura, it's one of those designer pieces, only got a little attachment saying how to clean it, and another label with Yves something on it. Buggered if I know. Feels nice though, looks kind of satiny, and looks kind of polyestery, but I can't say - I usually shop for the common kind of clothes- cotton, etc so I don't know the different materials used in female fashion these days. Have a look for the ticket attached to the garment, usually the lower left seam or sometimes at the neck. That will have the fabric composition listed as well as care guide. |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 464664 | 2006-06-21 02:17:00 | I'm guessing the " little attachment saying how to clean it" told you to dry-clean? And you didn't want to do that, so had a bash at your own remedies instead? (Mr Laura also used to have delusions that he knew better than the maker about cleaning fabrics. Maybe it's a male thing...) Or did you find that ticket too late? And if it is Yves St Laurent, it is indeed " a designer thing." Throw yourself on the dry cleaner's mercy & cross your fingers. |
Laura (43) | ||
| 464665 | 2006-06-21 02:23:00 | The "Yves St Laurent" label is the most expensive part of the jacket . The garment was probably produced in the same factory in China as the stuff in the Warehouse (or even the $2 shop) . How about a label transplant? :thumbs: |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 464666 | 2006-06-21 02:44:00 | Nothing short of wearing it yourself in the back yard and setting fire to it will ease the pain and suffering that you will now endure on a long term basis . The third degree burns you may suffer will be nothing compared to the alternative, long lasting outcome . Yves St Laurent - ye gods . Perhaps apply for a position as a street cleaner in Iraq . May be safer . Perhaps otherwise just seek a position now as a castrato in a male boys choir? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 464667 | 2006-06-21 05:21:00 | Perhaps otherwise just seek a position now as a castrato in a male boys choir? I'd love to hear 'Swing low sweet chariooott...' sung in a squeaky voice :D |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 464668 | 2006-06-21 05:47:00 | Let me think. Petrol or diesel is made up of long-chain of Hydrocarbon molecules, which means that the Van Der Waals force exist between HC molecules. To dissolve it, you have to use a non-polar solvent so as to break and encapsulate the hydrocarbon molecules. Quite some time ago, I have read an article that you can actually dissolve tar using butter, but I haven't personally tried that out before. Perhaps Superman might like to give butter a try? Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 464669 | 2006-06-21 05:56:00 | Please don't encourage him, James. It sounds as though he has enough problems with the current stain, rather than making it worse... (How's the grovelling going, sarel? And do you have a dry cleaner's opinion yet? Or are you just going to get the chequebook out?) |
Laura (43) | ||
| 464670 | 2006-06-21 05:57:00 | Next thrilling instalment: How to remove butter stains from an Yves St Laurent jacket? :groan: | Graham L (2) | ||
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