Serious LHM problem

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Serious LHM problem

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Please help save a marriage.....
Just managed to tip half a tank of old LHM down myself (don't ask I thought it was almost empty) and I was wearing my newest jeans and favorite shirt, Now she is gonna kill me when she gets in, it was bad enough last time (ahough the silence was nice)
HAs Anyone any tips how to get LHM out of denim jeans material, This is a serious request, Oxy clean didnt work last time....
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Post by uhn113x »

How about soaking in Milsol / Jizer / Gunk, followed by water?
I would seriously consider only buying green jeans & shirts in future! [}:)] Think Robin Hood [;)]
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Post by Kowalski »

When I've had oil stains before, I've used a paste made out of washing powder and water and a scrubbing brush applied directly to the stain. Water as hot as you can stand and lots of soaking.
My mother is good with all sorts of oil stains, she can even shift waterproof grease, I'm not entirely sure how...
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God I feel like a schoolkid again, waiting for my dad to find the dent in the car door, good job i have got kids or I would have run away[V]
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Post by bxbodger »

Make up an elaborate story about aliens/tanker crashes/ international terrorists/disgruntled german football supporters, etc- you won't be believed but it will be impossible to disprove!!!!!!
Follow the advice that T.E. Lawrence gave to Robert Graves- to conceal the truth make elaborate and incorrect misleading and confusing statements[}:)][}:)][}:)]
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Post by rg »

Arrggh...
..I got a whole load on a white boiler suit. I soaked it twice in detergent for 48 hours a time. Then it's been washed at least twice. And the stain is more or less visibile.
I don't think that anyone is a true Cit owner until they have had a real dousing in the stuff. This should ideally happen on your own drive, not by Heathrow on the M25. I seem to recall that a green dye is put in specifically to show leaks.
Matalan do cheap jeans, BTW...
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Buy new clothes. Burn old clothes. Lie.
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re-enact Venkman from Ghostbusters meeting slimer...
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Tell her you washed 'em, hung 'em out to dry and some tealeaf nicked 'em........
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Post by ItDontGo »

When she comes in start the fake tears and say 'Honey I have terrible news'. The shock will put it in to perspective.
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Post by mark_sp »

I'm afraid your doomed. There is no way out:
She will detect washing and replacement clothing due to her heightened female sense of smell.
What ever you do don't dispose of the evidence or she will assume a far worse reason.
The only thing you can do is to relax, sit back, tell her her mother was right after all, and take it on the chin.
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Sage advice from a married man...
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Post by paranoid »

Sshhh I think i have got away with it !!!!!
Overalls had been washed a couple of weeks previously, took them into garage, a little dab of green stuff here and there, act all innocent, then show Mrs F offending items ask her if she washed overall properly, "of course she said"
"well how come this has come through onto my clothes says I"
Cue Mrs F's puzzled exppression RESULT[:p]
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The evidence is here! Eat your computer at once!
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Post by oilyspanner »

I usually soak new clothing routinely in LHM, it renders them waterproof too.
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