Removing white thermal grease stain from T-Shirt.

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Trevor Wilson

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Yep, I did it. My favourite T-shirt (a black one) managed to collect a
fair bit of white thermal transfer compound (Unick, FWIW). I removed
most with metho, but there's still a fair old stain that seems resistant
to removal. Naturally, SWMBO gave me the usual "I told you to wear an
apron" nonsense.

Any clues on the best method to restore 'black boy' to his original
condition?



--
Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au
 
On 19-Jul-13 3:37 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
Yep, I did it. My favourite T-shirt (a black one) managed to collect a fair bit of white thermal transfer compound
(Unick, FWIW). I removed most with metho, but there's still a fair old stain that seems resistant to removal. Naturally,
SWMBO gave me the usual "I told you to wear an apron" nonsense.

Any clues on the best method to restore 'black boy' to his original condition?
Click to expand...
Isopropyl alcohol might do it.
Bunnings, Jaycar.

Cheers Don...


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On 19/07/2013 1:37 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
Yep, I did it. My favourite T-shirt (a black one) managed to collect a
fair bit of white thermal transfer compound (Unick, FWIW). I removed
most with metho, but there's still a fair old stain that seems resistant
to removal. Naturally, SWMBO gave me the usual "I told you to wear an
apron" nonsense.

Any clues on the best method to restore 'black boy' to his original
condition?
Click to expand...

Perhaps white spirits (coles, woolies, bunnings.....)

If it doesn't take out the stain, at least it wont harm your shirt.


Soak it in Napisan or Oxywash (?)
 
On 19-Jul-13 4:55 PM, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 19-Jul-13 3:37 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
Yep, I did it. My favourite T-shirt (a black one) managed to collect a fair bit of white thermal transfer compound
(Unick, FWIW). I removed most with metho, but there's still a fair old stain that seems resistant to removal. Naturally,
SWMBO gave me the usual "I told you to wear an apron" nonsense.

Any clues on the best method to restore 'black boy' to his original condition?

Isopropyl alcohol might do it.
Bunnings, Jaycar.

Cheers Don...
Click to expand...
Jaycar actually state "stain removal in the laundry"

===========================
Isopropyl Alcohol 99.8% Spray

Isopropyl alcohol is one of the most useful service aids you can have around. It has many of uses such as head cleaning,
surface cleaning and prep, contact cleaning, stain removal in the laundry etc. It's also a medical-grade surface
disinfectant and is ideal for cleaning your windscreen before you put your new rego label on. Easy to use pump pack
spray bottle & dries quickly.

99.8% concentration
250ml bottle
===========================

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Don McKenzie

$30 for an Olinuxino Linux PC:
http://www.dontronics-shop.com/olinuxino.html

The World's Cheapest Computer:
DuinoMite the PIC32 $25 Basic Computer-MicroController
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Add VGA Monitor/TV, and PS2 Keyboard, or use USB Terminal
Arduino Shield, Programmed in Basic, or C.
 
Don McKenzie wrote:
On 19-Jul-13 4:55 PM, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 19-Jul-13 3:37 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
Yep, I did it. My favourite T-shirt (a black one) managed to collect
a fair bit of white thermal transfer compound
(Unick, FWIW). I removed most with metho, but there's still a fair
old stain that seems resistant to removal. Naturally,
SWMBO gave me the usual "I told you to wear an apron" nonsense.

Any clues on the best method to restore 'black boy' to his original
condition?

Isopropyl alcohol might do it.
Bunnings, Jaycar.

Cheers Don...

Jaycar actually state "stain removal in the laundry"

===========================
Isopropyl Alcohol 99.8% Spray

Isopropyl alcohol is one of the most useful service aids you can have
around. It has many of uses such as head cleaning, surface cleaning and
prep, contact cleaning, stain removal in the laundry etc. It's also a
medical-grade surface disinfectant and is ideal for cleaning your
windscreen before you put your new rego label on.
Click to expand...
What rego label ?
various states have discontinued them.


Easy to use pump pack
spray bottle & dries quickly.

99.8% concentration
250ml bottle
===========================
Click to expand...
 
On 20-Jul-13 12:29 PM, F Murtz wrote:
Don McKenzie wrote:
On 19-Jul-13 4:55 PM, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 19-Jul-13 3:37 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
Yep, I did it. My favourite T-shirt (a black one) managed to collect
a fair bit of white thermal transfer compound
(Unick, FWIW). I removed most with metho, but there's still a fair
old stain that seems resistant to removal. Naturally,
SWMBO gave me the usual "I told you to wear an apron" nonsense.

Any clues on the best method to restore 'black boy' to his original
condition?

Isopropyl alcohol might do it.
Bunnings, Jaycar.

Cheers Don...

Jaycar actually state "stain removal in the laundry"

===========================
Isopropyl Alcohol 99.8% Spray

Isopropyl alcohol is one of the most useful service aids you can have
around. It has many of uses such as head cleaning, surface cleaning and
prep, contact cleaning, stain removal in the laundry etc. It's also a
medical-grade surface disinfectant and is ideal for cleaning your
windscreen before you put your new rego label on.

What rego label ?
various states have discontinued them.
Click to expand...
Just quoting from the Jaycar web page.
http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=NA1066

Don...



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http://www.dontronics-shop.com/olinuxino.html

The World's Cheapest Computer:
DuinoMite the PIC32 $25 Basic Computer-MicroController
http://www.dontronics-shop.com/the-maximite-computer.html
Add VGA Monitor/TV, and PS2 Keyboard, or use USB Terminal
Arduino Shield, Programmed in Basic, or C.
 
"Don McKenzie" <5V@2.5A> wrote in message
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On 19-Jul-13 3:37 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
Yep, I did it. My favourite T-shirt (a black one) managed to collect a
fair bit of white thermal transfer compound
(Unick, FWIW). I removed most with metho, but there's still a fair old
stain that seems resistant to removal. Naturally,
SWMBO gave me the usual "I told you to wear an apron" nonsense.

Any clues on the best method to restore 'black boy' to his original
condition?

Isopropyl alcohol might do it.
Bunnings, Jaycar.
Click to expand...

Anything you put on it is likely to bleach or discolour the whole area to
some degree.

Maybe try bleaching the whole she-bang white ?

geoff
 
On 2013-07-29, geoff <geoff@nospampaf.co.nz> wrote:
"Don McKenzie" <5V@2.5A> wrote in message
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On 19-Jul-13 3:37 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
Yep, I did it. My favourite T-shirt (a black one) managed to collect a
fair bit of white thermal transfer compound
(Unick, FWIW). I removed most with metho, but there's still a fair old
stain that seems resistant to removal. Naturally,
SWMBO gave me the usual "I told you to wear an apron" nonsense.

Any clues on the best method to restore 'black boy' to his original
condition?

Isopropyl alcohol might do it.
Bunnings, Jaycar.


Anything you put on it is likely to bleach or discolour the whole area to
some degree.

Maybe try bleaching the whole she-bang white ?

geoff
Click to expand...
according to the MSDS Unick thermal grease is a silicone grease
(dimethyl polysiloxane) plus a metai-oxide particulate (zinc oxide).

deal to the grease with a hydrocarbon solvent like kerosene, and then wash the
particulate (and herosene residue) out with an ordinary laundry detergent and
the hottest water allowed in the laundry instructions. (or just try
some non-grit hand cleaner)

zinc oxide will dissolve in weak acids like dilute hydrochloric acid, vinegar,
or possibly even soda water, so that may be a way to clear up the last traces.

If you don't want to follow the instructions of a bunch of internet
bozos, make it someone elses problem: have it drycleaned.

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On 29/07/2013 6:45 PM, geoff wrote:
"Don McKenzie" <5V@2.5A> wrote in message
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On 19-Jul-13 3:37 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
Yep, I did it. My favourite T-shirt (a black one) managed to collect a
fair bit of white thermal transfer compound
(Unick, FWIW). I removed most with metho, but there's still a fair old
stain that seems resistant to removal. Naturally,
SWMBO gave me the usual "I told you to wear an apron" nonsense.

Any clues on the best method to restore 'black boy' to his original
condition?

Isopropyl alcohol might do it.
Bunnings, Jaycar.


Anything you put on it is likely to bleach or discolour the whole area to
some degree.

Maybe try bleaching the whole she-bang white ?

geoff
Click to expand...
**Noooooooooooooooo. Not black boy.

--
Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au
 
On 30/07/2013 9:44 PM, Jasen Betts wrote:
On 2013-07-29, geoff <geoff@nospampaf.co.nz> wrote:

"Don McKenzie" <5V@2.5A> wrote in message
news:b4s66gFmbmkU1@mid.individual.net...
On 19-Jul-13 3:37 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
Yep, I did it. My favourite T-shirt (a black one) managed to collect a
fair bit of white thermal transfer compound
(Unick, FWIW). I removed most with metho, but there's still a fair old
stain that seems resistant to removal. Naturally,
SWMBO gave me the usual "I told you to wear an apron" nonsense.

Any clues on the best method to restore 'black boy' to his original
condition?

Isopropyl alcohol might do it.
Bunnings, Jaycar.


Anything you put on it is likely to bleach or discolour the whole area to
some degree.

Maybe try bleaching the whole she-bang white ?

geoff

according to the MSDS Unick thermal grease is a silicone grease
(dimethyl polysiloxane) plus a metai-oxide particulate (zinc oxide).

deal to the grease with a hydrocarbon solvent like kerosene, and then wash the
particulate (and herosene residue) out with an ordinary laundry detergent and
the hottest water allowed in the laundry instructions. (or just try
some non-grit hand cleaner)

zinc oxide will dissolve in weak acids like dilute hydrochloric acid, vinegar,
or possibly even soda water, so that may be a way to clear up the last traces.

If you don't want to follow the instructions of a bunch of internet
bozos, make it someone elses problem: have it drycleaned.
Click to expand...
The drycleaners? I don't trust them.

Seriously, though, the drycleaner would cost more than a new t-shirt.
I'll pop down to Rivers, next time they have a sale on.

--
Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au
 
On 31/07/2013 8:21 AM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 30/07/2013 9:44 PM, Jasen Betts wrote:
On 2013-07-29, geoff <geoff@nospampaf.co.nz> wrote:

"Don McKenzie" <5V@2.5A> wrote in message
news:b4s66gFmbmkU1@mid.individual.net...
On 19-Jul-13 3:37 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
Yep, I did it. My favourite T-shirt (a black one) managed to collect a
fair bit of white thermal transfer compound
(Unick, FWIW). I removed most with metho, but there's still a fair old
stain that seems resistant to removal. Naturally,
SWMBO gave me the usual "I told you to wear an apron" nonsense.

Any clues on the best method to restore 'black boy' to his original
condition?

Isopropyl alcohol might do it.
Bunnings, Jaycar.


Anything you put on it is likely to bleach or discolour the whole
area to
some degree.

Maybe try bleaching the whole she-bang white ?

geoff

according to the MSDS Unick thermal grease is a silicone grease
(dimethyl polysiloxane) plus a metai-oxide particulate (zinc oxide).

deal to the grease with a hydrocarbon solvent like kerosene, and then
wash the
particulate (and herosene residue) out with an ordinary laundry
detergent and
the hottest water allowed in the laundry instructions. (or just try
some non-grit hand cleaner)

zinc oxide will dissolve in weak acids like dilute hydrochloric acid,
vinegar,
or possibly even soda water, so that may be a way to clear up the last
traces.

If you don't want to follow the instructions of a bunch of internet
bozos, make it someone elses problem: have it drycleaned.


The drycleaners? I don't trust them.

Seriously, though, the drycleaner would cost more than a new t-shirt.
I'll pop down to Rivers, next time they have a sale on.
Click to expand...

But you said it was your favorite T-shirt? :)
 
On 31/07/2013 4:58 PM, Gonadicus wrote:
On 31/07/2013 8:21 AM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 30/07/2013 9:44 PM, Jasen Betts wrote:
On 2013-07-29, geoff <geoff@nospampaf.co.nz> wrote:

"Don McKenzie" <5V@2.5A> wrote in message
news:b4s66gFmbmkU1@mid.individual.net...
On 19-Jul-13 3:37 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
Yep, I did it. My favourite T-shirt (a black one) managed to
collect a
fair bit of white thermal transfer compound
(Unick, FWIW). I removed most with metho, but there's still a fair
old
stain that seems resistant to removal. Naturally,
SWMBO gave me the usual "I told you to wear an apron" nonsense.

Any clues on the best method to restore 'black boy' to his original
condition?

Isopropyl alcohol might do it.
Bunnings, Jaycar.


Anything you put on it is likely to bleach or discolour the whole
area to
some degree.

Maybe try bleaching the whole she-bang white ?

geoff

according to the MSDS Unick thermal grease is a silicone grease
(dimethyl polysiloxane) plus a metai-oxide particulate (zinc oxide).

deal to the grease with a hydrocarbon solvent like kerosene, and then
wash the
particulate (and herosene residue) out with an ordinary laundry
detergent and
the hottest water allowed in the laundry instructions. (or just try
some non-grit hand cleaner)

zinc oxide will dissolve in weak acids like dilute hydrochloric acid,
vinegar,
or possibly even soda water, so that may be a way to clear up the last
traces.

If you don't want to follow the instructions of a bunch of internet
bozos, make it someone elses problem: have it drycleaned.


The drycleaners? I don't trust them.

Seriously, though, the drycleaner would cost more than a new t-shirt.
I'll pop down to Rivers, next time they have a sale on.



But you said it was your favorite T-shirt? :)
Click to expand...
**Not anymore. Black boy #2 is my favourite now.

--
Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au
 
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