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Richard J Kinch Richard J Kinch is offline
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Default Diesel fuel smell on clothes

Mike S. writes:

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.


Sounds like sulfurated hydrocarbons which are present in diesel and
especially gear oil. You could try rinsing with naphtha (dry cleaning).
But sulfur has a way of binding to fabrics chemically, and that just
doesn't come out with detergents or solvents.