Cobra4B

I have a huge box of towels/rags/buffer bonnets that I haven't washed in years. Some have car detail stuff on them and others have car fuilds on them. I was thinking of splitting into 3 groups:

1. car detail/lighly soiled

2. unk/med. soiled

3. petroleum products/heavily soiled.

Then washing the first 2 groups at home and taking the 3rd to a laundromat. Will the stuff get flushed out in my home washer or is there risk of contaminating my washer and getting my normal clothes etc. dirty? If not, then I'll just wash all 3 groups at home. If there is risk, even w/ the car detail rags, then I'll take all 3 to the laundromat.

Thanks,

Brian

Daft Punk

good question.

B-Well

I've washed a load of my "petrol" covered pants in my home washer and it did not affect any of the following loads.

forced4gsix3

Take them all to get cleaned professionally. Regular detergent wont get all of the chemicals out and when drying could cause a fire. It's not worth the risk for me.

forced4gsix3

I washed a sweater all by itself that had diesel on it and the next full load of clothes stunk like diesel. I'm never messing with it again.

Daft Punk

air dry it then

sumospeed.com

ive done it and just ran the washer with nothing in it once after the rags and it was fine.

Kim Jong Illin'

depends. any car wash/detailing rags i use are thrown in the washer/dryer as it's own load. a small amount of detergent, if any at all.

anything with gas or oil on it is handwashed in a bucket and rinsed a few times. if they still stink or have huge stains in them, i use them as wheel rags or just throw them out.

Fobby

Car wash/detailing stuff wash at home. Oil rags etc. depends throw away or wash at laundry mat.

Cobra4B

Cool... I'll spit my stuff up and do that.

Any tips on washing car detail rags etc? I know no fabric softener on towels b/c it puts a coating on them. Bleach ok?