How to get the dirtiest coat EVER, clean?

robb_o
robb_o Posts: 332
edited December 2010 in The Crudcatcher
This has got to be one of my most random posts, but I love this coat for mountain bike riding, and over the 7 years of owning it it's gained quite a few bike oil and grease stains. And it's kind of an off-white colour coat so the stains really make me look like a tramp when people see me wearing it riding my bike on cold nights.

Is there any hope for getting these stains out? I'm a young man with nearly no experience of this sort of thing haha.

It goes through the washing machine and the stains remain, see photo below...

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Comments

  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,401
    Fire! Burn the stains out to clean the coat's soul.
  • Even though it is probably not dry cleaning specific, you could try having a dry cleaned and see if that helps sort it out.
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    petrol.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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  • robb_o
    robb_o Posts: 332
    Should I be wearing the coat when I set fire to it?

    I was thinking about soaking it in something like this...

    http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165713


    It's just such a useful coat, cost me about £80 back in the day, has thick fleece on the inside, 2 massive internal zipped pockets and the external zipped pockets are big enough to fit about 10 cans of lager in, serious!
  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,401
    robb_o wrote:
    Should I be wearing the coat when I set fire to it?

    Hmm, that sounds sort of dangerous. Do it! But make sure someones handy with a camcorder... erm I mean fire extinguisher. :D
  • Pudseyp
    Pudseyp Posts: 3,514
    I wouldn't use Gunk as it might breakdown the fibres....how about neat Fenwicks as that degreases and is biodegradeable and safe to hands etc...if this does not work, refer to El Cap's method, and I will see you on You've Been Framed soon.....
    Tomac Synper 140 Giant XTC Alliance 1
    If the world was flat, I wouldn't be riding !