I smell bad, can you help me?

Ok, I screwed up. I was working on a semi-truck last week. This thing was FILTHY, over 750,000 miles of grease, grime and general filth were on it. Well, after 10 hours, that grease, grime and filth were on me. I was wearing jeans and didn't want to toss them in the trash so I sprayed some degreaser on them, the kind you get at any auto parts store. That worked well. Very well. The problem now is, the clothes smell like de-greaser now, and there were some other clothes I washed them with that have a faint smell now.
How can I get this smell out? I've washed them once and dried them. Now I've washed them again and they are sitting here next to me, still wet and they freaking stink. I was going to put them outside hanging hoping to get some sun and fresh air on them, but it's cloudy today. Any suggestions?

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Simple Green or Fast Orange seem to be the most popular

Try washing them in Ivory Snow, which I think is soap and not detergent.

I bought a "new" Mexican hooded sweatshirt once that smelled like it was made from old kerosene soaked rags, which it probably was. Several washings in regular laundry detergent couldn't get the smell out, but once with Ivory Snow did the trick.

aussiesmg wrote: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf454968.tip.html Simple Green or Fast Orange seem to be the most popular

+1, Simple Green works awesome and it takes grease out of everything. I wash all my Mechanix gloves, shop rags and stuff in it. For real clothes you would wear somewhere other than the garage you have to toss a few dryer sheets in to get rid of the Simple Green smell.

Good suggestions. If the weather clears up, sunlight and wind do a good job of killing off smells.

I've had good luck with a product called "Odo-Ban." Kind of expensive. I'd use it as a last resort.

Did you try hitting them with a hammer? It works on cars.

Otherwise, the Simple Green solution seems like a good idea. That stuff smells nice too, so even if it sticks around, you'll have freshly scented clothes.

Shotgun!

Shotgun.

Wow. Exactly the same time.

I called the company that makes it today. They said to soak the clothes in Febreez? I thought that was just to cover up odors, not to REMOVE them. I tried the fast orange today (because I already have some) and I'll share the results. I tried the hammer, the only thing that did was make me feel better.

Febreeze might also work--or at least get out the Simple Green smell from getting out the degreaser smell. You can also washing it again after the Simple Green treatment and overdosing on dryer sheets and/or fabric softener.

Sort of reminds me of that great kids song "There was an old lady who swallowed a fly...."

*Edit: Sorry, typed that while you were typing yours, I guess.

Tommy Suddard wrote: Wow. Exactly the same time.

I get the feeling I'm missing an "inside joke" here. Y'all spill it.

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