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Subject:Re: Cleaning Moly grease from clothing
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Fri, 9 Apr 2004 19:57:58 -0500

Since the shirt is a loss ..................
Spray on EZ-Off Oven cleaner, work it in, let it dry, wet it again and wash
it in cold water, worked for me.

Stan

----- Original Message -----
From: "developtrust" <developtrust@COX.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 7:47 PM
Subject: Cleaning Moly grease from clothing

> Has anyone had success cleaning Moly grease from clothing?
>
> I made he mistake of thinking I could wear a good pair of short pants when
> pushing the grease I added in my CV boots toward the bearings. I thought I
> could avoid any grease on my clothing. Wrong. (When will I learn?)
>
> I tried to clean it with soap, paint thinner and gasoline. Nothing worked.
>
> I've decided the only method that will work is gasoline then a match to
burn
> them up and then buying a new pair of pants.
>
> By the way the grease gun tubing injector method Stan Wilder came up with
> seems to have worked well. No more clunking sounds coming from the problem
> area-- (Yet.) It took the final step of forcing the grease toward the
> bearings to complete the process. Before that, the clunking sound that
> happened only when cold was less after the grease injection and quieter,
but
> now is gone and CV joints sound normal (I.E., no sound.)
>
> Any ideas for cleaning clothing anyone.?
>
> William