"Mike S." wrote in message
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I didn't know what group was best to ask this in but I figure someone
here should know the answer.

I got some sort of smell on my clothes that I believe is diesel fuel,
grease, or oil. I'm thinking that it must be diesel fuel but I can't be
certain. I've already washed the clothes as I normally would but the
smell won't come out. There doesn't seem to be any stains from whatever
is causing the odor. Any ideas on how to get this horrible smell out of
my clothes?


I worked on offshore oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico from 1974 until 1980. I
had one set of clothes that were for working. My wife used to wash them in
Simple Green in addition to Tide, or whatever was on sale.

NOTHING took that smell out. The Simple Green helped, but it smelled like a
combination of Simple Green and diesel fuel.

I'm surprised she didn't have a dedicated washing machine just for those
clothes.

Steve