Washing Work Clothes

Your colleagues must have been more trustworthy than mine, someone would have been unable to resist the temptation to spark them up.

Mike

My problem is that I rarely have time/bother to change into scruffy clothes when doing a grubby job, and usually forget to put on my green overalls. On the plus side my clothes just go straight into the normal wash one the downside I seem wreck decent clothes quite quickly...

Neil

If it was leaded gasoline it may have given you some protection against x-rays

Russell

Have used Genkleene / Jencleen ? back in the day, & for really oily overalls a quick soak in tub of carbon Tet... didn't seem to last long though...?

George.

One of the REME mechanics that I knocked about with, we were motorbike mad, in Berlin used to go to the American px where they had huge washing machines, buy a box of omo and wash everything together, everything! jeans, shirts, underwear, socks, army uniform and overalls and towels, have you ever seen a mechanics overalls that has worked in the bowels of a chieftan tank? not a pretty sight.

Then everything into a huge tumble drier, it always made a good night out sitting chatting to American servicemen and women in their bar.

His clean clothes had an overall dark greyish tinge and a hint of diesel. We never waited to see what the next user thought of their wash.

I wear overalls in the 'shed' and wash them when the missus isn't at home and must admit that a masonry nail can cause havoc with the internals, thank goodness for service contracts.

Edited By Cyril Bonnett on 24/02/2017 23:22:33

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Perhaps this is a new opportunity for Keatan at ARC to fill a hole in the market for vital workshop equipment.

Nick

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This might be a sweetener for the OP's other half?..... could be pushing the envelope a bit for dirty hobby clothes mind.

I used to wear dust coats until my cuff was caught by a milling cutter pulling my arm into the machine. I have now sorted the heating in my workshop and wear a denim apron and bare arms!

Blimey, a sock-sized mangle!