Re: Removing white spirit smell from clothing

[NY]

"Chris Hogg" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> I got some white spirit onto the sleeve of a terylene shirt. Bunged it
> in the washing machine with a Fairy non-bio pod. The whole shirt came
> out smelling of white spirit! Repeated the wash at a higher
> temperature - still smelling of white spirit!
>
> What should I wash it in to get rid of the smell?

I had this problem once. The first thing was to get rid of the smell in the
washing machine: I put it on the highest temperature wash with a capsule but
no clothes in it. That seemed to solve the problem of the washing machine
itself smelling.

The trousers that I'd spilled on white spirit needed to be left outside for
a few days (after trying to wash them as you had) until the smell was less,
and then I risked washing them (on their own) in the machine. Everything was
fine. The secret was letting the smell gradually evaporate.

[Robin]

On 21/06/2021 09:52, Chris Hogg wrote:
> I got some white spirit onto the sleeve of a terylene shirt. Bunged it
> in the washing machine with a Fairy non-bio pod. The whole shirt came
> out smelling of white spirit! Repeated the wash at a higher
> temperature - still smelling of white spirit!
>
> What should I wash it in to get rid of the smell?
>

Soak it for a few hours in water mixed with a *lot* of washing up
liquid. Stir occasionally. Rinse well. And possibly repeat.

Next time apply washing up liquid neat to the fabric affected and work
it in well.





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[Chris Bacon]

On 21/06/2021 09:52, Chris Hogg wrote:
> What should I wash it in to get rid of the smell?

Time.

Hang it out on the line on a nice sunny warm day.

Assuming....

[The Natural Philosopher]

On 21/06/2021 09:52, Chris Hogg wrote:

> I got some white spirit onto the sleeve of a terylene shirt. Bunged it
> in the washing machine with a Fairy non-bio pod. The whole shirt came
> out smelling of white spirit! Repeated the wash at a higher
> temperature - still smelling of white spirit!
>

> What should I wash it in to get rid of the smell?
>

just hang it out side for a week


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[Jeff Layman]

On 21/06/2021 12:51, Chris Hogg wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jun 2021 09:52:03 +0100, Chris Hogg <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the replies. I'll just hang it up in the conservatory and
> hope for sunshine.

I hope you won't need to continue the thread under the subject "Removing
white spirit smell from the conservatory"...

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Jeff

[alan_m]

On 21/06/2021 09:52, Chris Hogg wrote:
> I got some white spirit onto the sleeve of a terylene shirt. Bunged it
> in the washing machine with a Fairy non-bio pod. The whole shirt came
> out smelling of white spirit! Repeated the wash at a higher
> temperature - still smelling of white spirit!
>
> What should I wash it in to get rid of the smell?
>

hang it on a washing line for a day or two.

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[soup]

On 21/06/2021 12:51, Chris Hogg wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jun 2021 09:52:03 +0100, Chris Hogg <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the replies. I'll just hang it up in the conservatory and
> hope for sunshine.
>

A lot of the reason for hanging outside is to let the wind blow the
smell away (the WS will evaporate but the wind will blow that evaporate
away).
Unless I built the conservatory it is unlikely to have enough air
movement. Hang it outside and let the wind get to it (I wouldn't worry
if it got rained on a bit [really bad weather is another story]).

[Andrew]

On 21/06/2021 12:51, Chris Hogg wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jun 2021 09:52:03 +0100, Chris Hogg <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the replies. I'll just hang it up in the conservatory and
> hope for sunshine.
>

throw it away and head for Primark ?.