rykk
spending too much on rocks
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Post by rykk on Jan 10, 2013 2:38:37 GMT -5
Hi, y'all - Ok, so I'm really bad about not taking the time to change clothes into something already stained when I get the impulse to go out back and dork with my vibratory lap. As a result, I've ended up with just about every decent t-shirt I have stained with little dark gray dots where the super fine grit has splashed when I use a spray hose. My wife doesn't seem to either be worried about it or able to get the grit dots out. I think she tried Shout once. Is there any way to get the grit off a shirt or jeans or are these clothes all permanently trashed? Maybe something like acetone?
Thanks,
Rick
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herchenx
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Post by herchenx on Jan 10, 2013 4:38:00 GMT -5
Strange, I don't have any permanent stains from grit, I just rinse it well before washing to keep the grit out of the washer- it can ruin bearings and clog drains.
Do you have some oil or something making its way into your load, or are you tumbling some unusually stain-prone material? I haven't seen any staining except on the brick I accidentally tracked grit into (which nearly cost me my life when my wife saw it;) -and even then I was able to decently remove it with detergent and a lot of scrubbing. It sounds to me like the grit isn't staining, but either something contaminating the grit or some unusual material with a tendency to stain.
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marinedad
freely admits to licking rocks
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Post by marinedad on Jan 10, 2013 8:56:09 GMT -5
i use an apron to protect my clothes and stay a little dryer. thats a man apron of course.
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Post by catmandewe on Jan 10, 2013 9:50:43 GMT -5
Just clean more rocks until the shirt is a uniform color.
Tony
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Post by gingerkid on Jan 10, 2013 10:07:36 GMT -5
i use an apron to protect my clothes and stay a little dryer. thats a man apron of course.Just clean more rocks until the shirt is a uniform color. Tony ROFL!! I tried using Shout Out, too, and the splatter of diamond paste is still on one of my tshirts, mainly around the collar, and I wear an apron. (ring around the color, lol.) Stains are still there. Hope someone has some suggestions, rykk.  |
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Post by helens on Jan 10, 2013 12:32:42 GMT -5
Just clean more rocks until the shirt is a uniform color. Tony LMAO!!! I use the same couple of ratty T-shirts when I play with my rocks. I hide if anyone comes over!!! Then I don't have to worry about stains, they get washed when they get washed!! LOL! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2013 13:53:16 GMT -5
You might try one of those foul-smelling spot treatment liquids, or a carpet cleaning spot treatment. Maybe you need to get one shirt really, really dirty and use it as a test for several to see what works without damaging the fabric.
Acetone would be OK once on 100% cotton, but would be very bad for synthetic materials (or cotton-synthetic blends). I'm not sure it would get the grit out, although it might loosen stuff mixed with oil. Since the particles are fine enough that they may be acting more like pigment than grit, you could try soaking in Oxyclean to see if it lifts and bleaches. Something containing a surfacant would also help the particles loosen and keep suspended (rather than being deposited elsewhere on your shirt). If you have a kid in need of a science fair project, maybe this would be a prize-winning subject!
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mjflinty
spending too much on rocks
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Post by mjflinty on Jan 10, 2013 14:15:13 GMT -5
I always take the time to change into my ratty clothes and then I still wear an apron over them :-)
Michael
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Post by Dicky the Rockhunter on Jan 10, 2013 16:25:31 GMT -5
I really have good luck using the gojo paste frohand cleaning available at auto parts stpres
Dicky
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Mark K
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Post by Mark K on Jan 11, 2013 0:28:36 GMT -5
You think that is bad? Imagine when I cut binghamite.
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