Does anyone know how to remove the smell of diesel fuel from hands and clothing?
Michelle from PA
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My husband is a truck driver and we have had this problem a lot on his work clothes. He has a hand cleaner called Fast Orange. We got it at Wal-mart, they also carry it at auto parts stores. I put a little of that on his clothes and wash as usual. It gets the smell and the greasy feel out of the clothes. I would think it would work just as well for your hands.
Good Luck!
My husband spilled diesel on his hands tonight and we saw that Simple Green might get rid of it, so we tried it. The smell is gone for the most part. We're satisfied with it!
Semi on side soaked everything. Clothes is a challenge have used everything but fast orange or simple green can't stand smell of diesel
Vingar and soda helped a bit but not enough.
My husband works in the oil field and always reeks of diesel. Getting sick of running to the laundry mat everyday, finally I just threw some baking soda and vinegar in with laundry soap, in the washer, and the smell came out.
I have used this for years, wash the clothes in warm/hot water as usual, then for the rinse, put about a 1/2 cup of white vinegar in the rinse water, takes any smell out of the clothes.... its a great and cheap fix, works every time, also works for any animal urine odor as well... just fyi,,,,
I tried that twice and clothes still smell...urgh!
Try soaking the clothes in a tub of warm water or washer after agitating a few minutes with 1 cup of Tide or degreaser like Dawn dish soap for 2 hours (this breaks down oils in fuel). Drain this water off, then rinse, and then refill tub or washer with warm clean water and a 2 liter bottle of Coke and a whole box of baking soda agitate it around to mix it up with the clothes.
I'm going to try this idea I hope it works. Thanks for the idea
My husband work in the oil field and his clothes had a horrible smell. I tried everything I knew to remove the odor. I saw the post by Alisa and I tried Fast Orange Smooth with a little ARM and Hammer with oxy detergent. The clothes came out smelling wonderful.
the fast orange cleaner--do you think it is safe to put in the washer with the clothes and the detergent? my husband works in a refinery and his work clothes are soaked in it, my bedroom and bathroom smell so bad I have to keep the doors shut any suggestions??please help
Acetone will cut the residue off of your washing machinge after washing shop clothes and rags and towels. It smells too, but cleans fast and dries fast and leaves no residue on your machine that could transfer to your other clothes. The only thing worse than stinky clothes from diesel is having all of your laundry smelling like deisel.
I Use Brilliant on my boots it removes the diesel stains and keeps them really shiny and nice
I just read that adding a cup of vinegar or more to your wash will remove the smell of diesel from your clothes!
Not true I just used on my gloves and still smells
Fast Orange also works on grease stains and PB Blaster also works on diesel stains as well as on clothes and hands.
I had the unfortunate experience of getting diesel gasoline all over my hands, and I tried everything possible to get the smell out,(I didn't have any industrial strength cleaners available) so finally I had the Bright idea of using clay face masque (oatmeal & and avocado) but i'm sure any kind will do. basically the clay drys and absorbs all the oil from you hands as it is meant to do on you face and Vwalla! NO MORE DIESEL SMELL! Hope this helps someone else out. geez I hate that smell.
I tried the vinegar and baking soda it helped some, but the clothes still smell. Guess I'll try the Fast Orange.
Simple green can be purchased at costco or sams club in large bottles. Does anyone know if this is safe for the skin? Also is fast orange irritating to the skin?
Simple green should not be harmful to the skin as it is all natural. Fast orange is made for skin so it should not be irritating either.
I own a Landrover. Diesel is the eu de cologne of the day. Try toothpaste on your hands.
We had our RV in the shop and they spilled diesel on the carpet. I'll try all of the above. I'm desperate! I'll let you know how it works.
I echo Jill's post above. I was nervous about putting Fast Orange with the laundry, but I tried everything else above: soaking overnight in extra detergent, adding lots of vinegar to the wash, and nothing even faded the smell. I poured probably 1 cup of the Fast Orange (Smooth, with no pumice) with no other detergent into the cycle, and though the clothes smell strongly of orange, they no longer smell like diesel. This load was a mix of cotton & synthetic fabrics (wool socks, nylon/spandex underwear, cotton tshirts, cotton twill shorts) and it didn't discolor or fade any of the fabrics. I am so glad I found this suggestion! Thanks so much.
How much of each ingredient did you use
I seen this question, so I had to chime in. LOL! I've been a truck driver for 15 years and I tried everything to get the diesel smell out. Fast Orange (W/ or W/O pumice) works the best. Adding baking soda is ok too.
I accidentally threw an old rag with two way thinner and turps on it!!
it reeks and ive put it through three washes already!!???
My late husband was a farmer, current boy friend runs a asphalt plant. The best way to remove disel smell from clothing is to add vodka to the wash. Use regular laundry detergent (currently like Persil) & about 1 cup of vodka. Just don't use the good stuff, I have a cheap bottle I keep in the laundry room. Now go pour yourself a drink you deserve it.
Found a product called NatraPower Hand Shield Cream made in Australia that works brilliant for this. Put a bit on your hands before touching fuel and it works for about 4 hrs plus. Stops the stink of fuel getting into your skin, I found it works really well. You can buy it online.
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