Comments on: Oil and pants do not mix

By: angelo's mom

angelo's mom — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:31:08 +0000

Oh, and I almost forgot. A couple of friends from work suggested Lestoil cleaner for grease and oil stains, even ones that have been washed and dried already. One of my coworkers used to work in a manufacturing plant where she got grease on her pants virtually every day, and she swears by it. If you can’t find it in a local cleaning aisle, a lot of hardware stores carry it.

By: angelo's mom

angelo's mom — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:27:29 +0000

Omg, my husband just used that logic on me about his own gas tank a couple days ago. He gets gas just about every day or every other day, and it makes balancing the checkbook a pain in the butt. So I told him he should just fill it up, even if it cost a lot. Well he gave me the whole spiel about how he is really saving gas by filling up so little at a time due to the weight of the gas lol. I didn’t argue, as he is the mechanical one, but I’m not sure how much stock I put in that theory!

By: Milehimama

Milehimama — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:24:44 +0000

A can of coke will get oil out of clothes. Add it after everything starts swishing and the soap dissolves.

By: Pam

Pam — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:54:39 +0000

Your mechanic friend is very creative. Let’s see… water weighs 8 lbs. per gallon. If you put no more than 3 gallons in your 12-gallon tank, you’re carrying 72 fewer lbs. around… IF gas weighs the same as water.
But there’s another good reason to lose weight… better gas mileage!

By: Fawn

Fawn — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:13:45 +0000

According to a mommy friend who has a very spit-uppy baby, dishwashing detergent is also a good way to pre-treat clothes that have baby blurp on them. Even an exclusively breast-fed baby spit-up can be pretty good at staining clothes if it’s not dealt with right away, but dish detergent seems to cut through it right away.