All your clothes smells like that stuff

37chief · Apr 29, 2017

Filling my tractor I managed to spill diesel fuel on my pants. I was going to just let my clothes dry while wearing them. I decided to change them. I let them dry outside for a couple days. My wife washed them with my other work clothes, and told me all my clothes smell like that stuff now. The diesel smell was still there. The smell doesn't bother me, but the cat didn't want to sit on my lap this morning. I have had other solvent, and gasoline spilled on my clothes, that started to burn my skin. I wonder if diesel fuel will hurt your body? It didn't seam to. Any thoughts? I have a barrel pump, I just didn't use it for some reason, maybe I was in a hurry. Stan

Larry EC-OH · Apr 29, 2017

Maybe the best idea is to sell it as cat repellent....LOL

Larry

flying H · Apr 29, 2017

Brother got a worse bath in diesel few years ago. It got pretty bad before he could change and shower. not good to leave on skin too long.

rustyfarmall · Apr 29, 2017

I recently "repurposed" a 275 gallon furnace oil tank. It sat empty for many, many years. I never got any of that stuff directly on me, but the stink still permeated the clothes I was wearing. I set the tank way out in the backyard, put a large vent hole in the top with a hole saw, made a small cut into it with the torch, and then walked away. The empty tank burned for a long, long time.

Eric in IL · Apr 29, 2017

Let me guess. The cat lives in California and watches too much television news ?

westga · Apr 29, 2017

No problems with ticks this year.

Ken Macfarlane · Apr 29, 2017

Woolite gets rid of it but then it stinks with a different smell. My brother in law uses lestoil I think to clean his.

matthies · Apr 29, 2017

Once during a red cross donation one gal asked another about the color of my blood, the seasoned gal asked me if I work with fuels and solvents, which I do, she said that's the way it is. chris

Steamboat · Apr 29, 2017

I was in Submarine Service 5 years, on diesel- electric boats. After long patrol, with no showers, no way to wash clothes, we all smelled very ripe. Combination of diesel, hydraulic oil, and just basic submarine smell. WE did not notice it until leaving the boat. Most wives would not allow husbands to come home until stopping by barracks to shower and change clothes.

hd6gtom · Apr 29, 2017

I sold and delivered diesel for 15 years, When I got a major cut or infected cut on the hand, I would stick it down in the top of the diesel tank on the tanker truck, soak it in premium #2, usually pretty much healed up the next day. Premium #2 has stuff in it to kill alge, must work on destroying other bad stuff too.

Billy Shafer · Apr 29, 2017

We could always tell. When one of you guys came into the EM club. Even one's off the Nuke boats

Steve@Advance · Apr 29, 2017

I don't think you need to worry about occasional exposure.

I've spent many hours up to my elbows in it, nothing has happened yet. But that is why I never wear rings or a watch, anything trapped under there turns into prolonged exposure.

But soaking clothes, like socks, inside shoes where it can't evaporate, that could cause some problems, as well as some more "sensitive " areas...

But as for the smell, maybe it's just my smeller doesn't work like it used to, but the new low sulfur diesel doesn't smell like diesel, has more of a paint thinner, turpentine smell. Anyone else noticed that?
Diesel MSDS

Bill in IL · Apr 29, 2017

I got a dose of diesel the other day changing a fuel line on a tractor. First time through the wash did not take care of the smell so the second time I gave it a dose of ammonia. Ammonia is a great degreaser and it really cut down the smell.

I would say that diesel contact for most people would not be a problem but not sure that it would be good health wise to bathe in it every day.

Buddy · Apr 29, 2017

My clothes been smelling like diesel , 90w gear oil , parts washing solvent (varsol) for over 40 years.
Fingernails has had grease under them for the same amount of time.
Guess I am a regular slob. oh well....LOL

Ragnarok · Apr 29, 2017

Wash oily/greasy/diesel clothes with a healthy dose of 'Purple Power' or pine sol poured on them in the washer(with laundry detergent too)

Bruce from Can. · Apr 29, 2017

Time is the cure , time will take the smell away.

37chief · Apr 29, 2017

You're right, the TV is destroying what little brain he his. Stan

Joe W. · Apr 29, 2017

I used a generous amount of paint thinner a few days ago and rubbed my hands dry. I came in the house and my grandson told me I smelled flammable.

Texasmark1 · Apr 29, 2017

Back in the day, the Zippo cigarette lighter was a wonder in the wind, but leaked on your leg if you over filled it or the absorber wasn't working. Made some pretty nasty burns for a few days.

I raised a few Duroc hogs for awhile...........................

dhermesc · Apr 30, 2017

Next time run them through the washer twice before removing them - hot water both times. Cold water (what you normally use for "colors") doesn't do much with petroleum. And of course use a good detergent with about double the normal amount called for. The first wash gets rid of most of the diesel and the second wash get rid of the small amount left that causes the smell.

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