How do you remove the smell of Varsol from clothing? A shirt that had been in contact with Varsol was washed in the washing machine with other clothing and now the whole load of clothing has the Varsol smell. I've tried both hot and cold water washes with laundry detergent to get the smell out, without any luck.
By Lottien from Toronto, Canada
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We have a liquid product in the U.S. called Lestoil, made by the Clorox Company, that gets out oil, tar, and grease stains. I would think doing your laundry with this product would take the smell out, since it works on petroleum products. This product is found in the stores where the detergent products are sold.
You could try a box of baking soda in with your laundry detergent on the load of clothes. It took the gasoline smell out of a load of clothes that got washed with my son's smelly gasoline clothes.
Baking soda did NOT work. But Thanks
My DH works in a commercial kitchen and his clothes reek of cooking oil. I found a tip (I believe on Thriftyfun.com) to wash the clothes using a tablespoon or two of powder dishwashing soap. He puts in the following:
Oxy Clean 1 scoop
Tide 1 scoop
Dry cascade dishwasher soap 1- or 2 TBSP
Then he puts in 1/2 cup of vinegar in the softener spot, this if for the rinse cycle. It may smell like vinegar at first but the smell goes away as it dries. It works great, he no longer has that smell.
On his black T-shirts. he uses cold water and he omits the oxy clean and they still come out awesome.
Give it a try.
Remove Goo Gone smell with Castile soap and warm water.
Step 1
1. soaking the offending shirt in about 2 gallons warm water AND about 1/2 cup of Castile soap for several hours.
Step 2
2. Rinse and dry.
You may want to send through wash one more time for soap residue, but if you rinse well it probably isnt necessary.
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