Smells like gasoline

September 28, 2004 8:19 PM

How do you get the smell and stain of gasoline out of clothes?
posted by ChasFile to Clothing, Beauty, & Fashion (3 answers total)

tried baking soda in the wash? or maybe something with cleaning enzymes in it?
posted by Hackworth at 9:47 PM on September 28, 2004

Put a match to them.

Sorry. I tried so hard to resist.

Better still, here or here. (Serious advice.)
posted by i_cola at 6:50 AM on September 29, 2004

Drycleaning solvent usually does the trick for me. Few hosehold laundry products seem to touch oil or gas.

Take the clothes to a "waterless" wash laundromat. It will cost about four times the price of a regular wash, but is very effective.
posted by bonehead at 12:44 PM on September 29, 2004