On 17 Jan 2002 at 17:11, David Strike wrote:

> On Thursday, January 17, 2002 4:08 PM, Dave DeBarger wrote:
>
>
> > Does anyone have experience cleaning diesel oil from clothing and dive
> > equipment?
> (snip)
> >Detergents and vinegar have had little
> > effect thus far . . .
>
> > Any suggestions for cleaning this stuff?
>
> My only experience was with clothing and footwear.  In the end - after
> trying all sorts of things to get rid of that clinging smell - I just threw
> the lot away.  I don't know that it'd be any good for the wet-suits, but in
> terms of the equipment it might be worth trying C12.  (You probably have a
> different name for it in the States, but it's the solution that we use for
> O2 cleaning.)

We use Simple Green for O2 cleaning over here. While I have not used
it on Diesel I have used it on my dry suit and a lift bag that got coated is
Gasoline during a vehicle recovery. It did get the smell out after two
washings in the stuff and has not seemed to damage the material any. It
did seem to fade the outer shell of the drysuit a bit. Since I prefer my
jeans and Tshirts to be faded and well worn anyway, I haven't worried
about the drysuit. :-)


>
> Good luck!  :-)
>
> Strike


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