How To Remove Chair Lift Grease stains from Gore Tex Jackets?

[Joseph Rae]

Ok Here is one for you...

I was recently skiing in some very cold, snowy weather, and the chair lift
was dumping some greasy water from the towers when the chair passed under
it. Well I now have a Marmot jacket that has black splotches over parts of
it.

I am wondering if any of the experts out here can tell me a good way to
remove the greasy drop marks.

Thanks in advance

Joseph

[JGD]

Talk to the ski resort and have them dry clean the jacket at their expense.
This has happened to me at Telluride twice, and they paid the bill. This
occurs when they put too much grease on the fitting at the top of the chair.

Gary
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[Richard Henry]

Go to the main office and insist that they get it cleaned, or that they get
you a new jacket. Tell them that you'll settle for a brand new ski school
instructor parka, but only if Goretex.

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[ps]

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> Talk to the ski resort and have them dry clean the jacket at their
expense.
> This has happened to me at Telluride twice, and they paid the bill. This
> occurs when they put too much grease on the fitting at the top of the
chair.

> >

> > I am wondering if any of the experts out here can tell me a good way to
> > remove the greasy drop marks.

>

Resorts actually do this? No way.

Anyway here's how you clean your coat: According to a conversation I had
with Gore re this very thing, you can use "shout" or any of the laundry
stain remover products like that, and wash it regularly with detergent. The
stain remover may leave a shadow but it's won't damage the membrane.
Generally dry cleaning isn't the first choice for Gore-tex any more but if
you go that route make sure they know what base the grease is ( molybdenum,
whatever) and use a clear rinse. Also, you can call Marmot 707-544-4590 and
see what they say.

PS

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[mark]

This happened to me about 10 years ago while I was skiing at June Mountain
(owned by Mammoth Mountain). I spoke to the mountain manager, who very
graciously offered to pick up the tab for cleaning my brand new Spyder
jacket and pants.

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mark

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[lal_truckee]

In article <twQk6.1606$v77.1...@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net>, mark
says...

Badges of honour - wear them proudly. Goes well with duct tape for a complete
ensemble.

[The Real Bev]

ps wrote:

> Anyway here's how you clean your coat: According to a conversation I had
> with Gore re this very thing, you can use "shout" or any of the laundry
> stain remover products like that, and wash it regularly with detergent.
> The stain remover may leave a shadow but it's won't damage the membrane.
> Generally dry cleaning isn't the first choice for Gore-tex any more but if
> you go that route make sure they know what base the grease is ( molybdenum,
> whatever) and use a clear rinse. Also, you can call Marmot 707-544-4590
> and see what they say.
>
> PS
>
> --
> Specialty Outdoors
> Modification Specialist for Outdoor Gear & Clothing
> Factory Authorized by The North Face
> www.specialtyoutdoors.com/whatis.htm

What do you think of mechanics' hand cleaner for grease? Rub it in until
it looks like a REAL disaster and then wash as usual...

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Cheers,
Bev
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parasites that they are victims." --Thomas Sowell

[ps]

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> What do you think of mechanics' hand cleaner for grease? Rub it in until
> it looks like a REAL disaster and then wash as usual...
>

Probably won't kill the gore-tex...

[Bert..]

ps wrote in message ...

But will it remove all the grease stain?

Bert

[Peter Tang]

Doesn't that suff have grits in it? It may not hurt the membrane but it
sure would wear your shell...

[The Real Bev]

Peter Tang wrote:
>
> Doesn't that suff have grits in it? It may not hurt the membrane but it
> sure would wear your shell...

Some does, some doesn't. I like the gritty kind for hand cleaning, but the
smooth variety would probably be better for fabric. You can also use
straight liquid detergent for both tasks, but the hand cleaner works
better. The good-smelling orange stuff, even if it's made by Permatex,
doesn't work as well as the cheap solvent-smelling stuff.

Make sure you get the kind that can be washed off with water. The other
kind makes a godawful mess if you get it wet!

> > What do you think of mechanics' hand cleaner for grease? Rub it in until
> > it looks like a REAL disaster and then wash as usual...

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operate a computer means that evolution has made a general
fuckup and our race is doomed." -- Anon.

[Don Lee]

This happened to me at Whistler Crystal Chair. The resort agreed to clean
it for me, but I had to leave it with them for 3 days. Turned out that the
stain came off quite well with some hand or dish liquid detergent and a
piece of damp cloth.

Good luck.

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[ant]

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> Go to the main office and insist that they get it cleaned, or that they
get
> you a new jacket. Tell them that you'll settle for a brand new ski school
> instructor parka, but only if Goretex.

Huh. Goretex uniforms? Ours are entrent, and they don't work. Mainly because
no one here has ever heard of nikwax, they use normal detergent to wash them
in, or worse, get them dry cleaned. So on rainy days, everyone wears plastic
bags or their own gear. I wear my Aussie entrent popover.

ant

[ps]

I've been telling you guys for years that Entrant is bottom of the barrel
fabric, and that usually if it's made of Entrant they haven't taped the
seams either. No wonder you are wet.

ps

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[ant]

I'm not wet! I wear my entrent popover, it's excellent in rain. covers my
bum, too.
It's a lot heavier than the ski school parkas, I am not sure if that's the
fabric or the membrane.
Or the amount of nikwax I've lavished on it over the years.

The ski school parkas have taped seams, but that's no good when the fabric
as a whole is treated badly.

ant

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[Bert..]

ant wrote in message ...

Sometimes you stumble over your own "expertise."

Your entrant uniforms don't work because *others* don't know about nikwax.
They use normal detergent or dry-clean.

Yours doesn't work, either. You have to wear a piece of Australian bakery
goods over yours.

So which is it? Are you so dumb you use normal detergent or dry-cleaning,
even though you know it doesn't work?

Or are you wrong in saying that it doesn't work because people use normal
detergents or dry-cleaning?

You use nikwax instead of normal detergents or dry-cleaning and yours
doesn't work either? But they are all fools for not using nikeax, even
though it doesn't work for you?

As usual, you are not making a whole lot of sense here.

Bert