Paint Thinner in Laundry........HELP
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Archive through January 31, 2003 25   01/31 07:12pm

Twiggyish

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 05:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
How about soaking in Dawn dish soap? If it's oil based Dawn will break it up. Just a thought.

Hippyt

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 06:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
And Ms.Bat VERY Important,when you use the ammonia,be VERY,VERY sure whatever soap you use does not have bleach in it!!!!!! It makes toxic gas! A guy did this at a resturant I used to work, in the mop bucket one night,and everyone ended up in the hospital!(Glad I wasn't there)

Twiggyish

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 06:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
<picturing Bat in a gas mask trying to clean her laundry!>

Halfunit

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 06:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hippy - I did it in my own bathroom, lol....

I was trying to get rid of a slow/clogged drain in the tub.

Drano (the fizzy kind), Liquid Plummer, Bleach.... all at the same time.

I was gagging, coughing, and tears were rolling down my face. DH was working and stopped home, only to fine me trying to use a plunger in the tub with a towel over my face. He yelled at me to get the hell out of the house, as he could smell a "chemical factory" when he got out of the cruiser in the driveway....OUTSIDE!! I am a ding-a-ling!!

We finally did open the drain up. Had to borrow a little snake and open up the pipes in the basement. Big 'ole wad of my hair, lol...

Squaredsc

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 06:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i really have nothing to add to this conversation, just a little aubergine.

Fruitbat

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 06:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
awwwwwwwwww geeeeeeeeeee thanks Square. I hate any shade of purple but I do love you!

I like Gramns mint green deal.

Hippyt

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 06:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Dang Half ,You were lucky he showed up!!!! That could have turned very serious!

Halfunit

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 07:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes Hippy... I haven't played chemistry since, and have no plans to do so in the future.

Squaredsc

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 07:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
oh 1/2, ms. bat this is as close to mint green as i could get.

Grooch

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 07:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Back off, Bat. Green is my and Martha's color.

Fruitbat

Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 08:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for the help, everyone.

I hurled everything outside in the screen house last night and will leave it there until Spring. Then I will try the all the tips listed here. :)

The Scarlett O'Hara approach.

Fruitbat

Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 08:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Grooch, I love green. It is my favorite too.

Thanks Square, close enough.

Twiggyish

Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 07:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Grooch weren't you the one that posted that evil picture of Martha at one time? hmmmmmm

Weinermr

Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 07:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I like Martha.

Cmore

Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 11:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Goop a men's hand cleaner works well for those sort of things. Just add a cup or so to your laundry. Goop doesn't smell very well either, but it will break down the thinner and the smell usually goes away in the dryer with some bounce.

Ocean_Islands

Sunday, February 02, 2003 - 05:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Goop smells horrible!

Fruitbat

Sunday, February 02, 2003 - 08:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Aroma threapy, Goop is not. But boy does it work well. Thanks Cmore.