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Cleaning garments with flamable liquids.
Posted on 6/12/23 at 10:35 am
Posted on 6/12/23 at 10:35 am
Q. Is there a safe way to clean garments that are soiled with motor oil or other flammable liquids?
A. The safest method of cleaning garments soaked in any type of flammable liquid is to let them air dry first. Once they’re dry (and take your time, because some flammables don’t evaporate very easily), you can wash them. However, I would recommend washing them in an open machine. A toploader would be best, or a frontloader with an open pocket (which most laundromats don’t have). If you wash the garments in a tightly sealed machine – such as a typical frontloader – the gases can build up, spontaneously combust and cause an explosion. In an open machine, the worst-case scenario would be a small fire.
Wash the garments in cold water with nothing containing bleach or ammonia.
When you get through washing, put the empty machine through a minimum of one hot rinse, and ideally an entire hot water cycle to remove the excess oils on the drum and agitator.
Posted on 6/12/23 at 10:38 am to Eurocat
There is a note function on your phone. You don’t have to post it on TD to record your thoughts
Posted on 6/12/23 at 10:48 am to Eurocat
Come on man. You can’t be serious with this shite.
Posted on 6/12/23 at 11:21 am to Eurocat
If only there were magical chemicals that would emulsify the oily hydrocarbons and water together.
This post was edited on 6/12/23 at 11:21 am
Posted on 6/12/23 at 12:31 pm to Eurocat
Had a pathologist tell me unwashed clothes with flammable liquid in them is the most common reason for so called “human spontaneous combustion “
Posted on 6/12/23 at 7:55 pm to Eurocat
Dry cleaners use Perchloroethylene, a flammable liquid.
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