Removing road stains from expensive jacket
robingj
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I came off on the weekend. It seems I hit patch of diesel on a corner while descending at speed. I was wearing my brand new Gore waterproof jacket and I trashed it. I've got some tape to repairs the holes but it has black stains where I slid along the road, as do my gloves and jersey (but they aren't new). I thought they'd wash out with a biological detergent but they didn't, so I tried WD 40 and white spirit but neither worked. I assumed they were tar from the road and then diesel but now I'm not so sure. Any thoughts on what they might be and how I get them out or my lovely new jacket. Any help appreciated.
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Car (automotive) brake cleaner is one of the best solvents out there.
Gore customer services are excellent and I'm 90% sure they do crash repairs too. I'd give them a try too.ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH0 -
Car (automotive) brake cleaner is one of the best solvents out there.
Gore customer services are excellent and I'm 90% sure they do crash repairs too. I'd give them a try too.
Technical fabrics are delicate – I wouldn't want to put brake cleaner any where near it!0 -
Car (automotive) brake cleaner is one of the best solvents out there.
Gore customer services are excellent and I'm 90% sure they do crash repairs too. I'd give them a try too.
Technical fabrics are delicate – I wouldn't want to put brake cleaner any where near it!
Well, he's already slopped a load of white spirit and WD over it, so is there much more damage to do?
Back to Gore that would go if it was me. Or add up all the damage to clothes and bike and claim off household insurance for new ones.
Then spend that money on Obermayers and carry on wearing the dirty stuff because it's only dirty clothes.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Car (automotive) brake cleaner is one of the best solvents out there.
Gore customer services are excellent and I'm 90% sure they do crash repairs too. I'd give them a try too.
Technical fabrics are delicate – I wouldn't want to put brake cleaner any where near it!
What do you think will happen? It sounds like that area of the jacket is trashed anyway judging by the need to use tape to repair it.
I would recommend talking to Gore. They're based in the UK (near Edinburgh) and I've been really impressed by the support I've had from them which is way over-and-above any other cycling clothing company including Rapha and Assos.ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH0 -
Polyesters dissolve in organic solvents... fabrics are largely made of polyesters... don't use solvents on these. Polyamide is a bit more resistant, but I wouldn't treat it with solvents anyway, same goes for polypropylene.
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Gore helpful but very German! Suggested cleaning it with Gall Soap, which is not available in the Uk but I'm going to Austria soon so will try there.
More helpful on repairs. They have a repair centre. Suggested I return via online seller but if they didn't play ball I could deal with them directly.
As prev post. They were very helpful!
I'll update this when I see what the repair centre does.0 -
Forgot to say Gall soap appears to contain bile, so appropriately named.0
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Before you go to Austria you might want to try Sunlight traditional household soap. It comes in a yellow hard block. I successfully cleaned stains off a yellow Goretex jacket yesterday by rubbing the soap onto a foam kitchen pad and rubbing the stains. It worked really well. And soap is surely less harmful to technical fabrics than solvents or bio detergents.0
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Suggested cleaning it with Gall Soap, which is not available in the Uk
You tried ordering it online?0 -
Gore helpful but very German! Suggested cleaning it with Gall Soap, which is not available in the Uk but I'm going to Austria soon so will try there.
More helpful on repairs. They have a repair centre. Suggested I return via online seller but if they didn't play ball I could deal with them directly.
As prev post. They were very helpful!
I'll update this when I see what the repair centre does.
Where did you talk to them? Last I contacted them, they were in Livingstone near Edinburgh. Have the Germans invaded?
It's an American family-owned company ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH0 -
Biotex has worked for me in the past0
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I've got a similar problem with chain oil on a lot of cheaper synthetic gear; thanks for the suggestions, will try these out as well!Intent on Cycling Commuting on a budget, but keep on breaking/crashing/finding nice stuff to buy.
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There is a product called de-solv-it. I sucessfully used it on a brand new red hincapie jersey to remove oil stains. It removed them 100% which amazed me as the jersey had gotten covered after the chain came off and got wedged in the chain catcher (which was promptly removed and thrown as hard as i could into a field) My hands were covered in oil and over the course of the following 65kms got transferred to my jersey. I had written it off till my wife tried the desolvit and the jersey came out like brand new, not a single trace of the oil was left on it.
One thing I have learned since though, it will only work on relatively fresh oil, if the jersey has been washed and dried a few times it is far less effective. So if your jacket is still wet, then leave it wet unti you get de-sol-vit and douse the stains in it and leave the solution to work on the stains for approx 10 minutes, then bung the jacket in the wash on its own and hope for the best.0 -
Its more than likely tar, so a tar remover would be used on paintwork etc but not sure what it would do to clothing.
Although i have heard of margarine being used on car paintwork to remove tar spots but i have never tried that, and again, no idea if it would do anything on clothing.My winter bike is exactly the same as my summer bike,,, but dirty...0 -
Sometimes once a garment is washed but with the wrong cleaner the stain is effectively ingrained and permanent. The first approach is to tackle the stain with stain removers (of whatever type you chose) and then wash in a machine.
I found out the hard way by getting chain dirt on my bright yellow Gore Phantom II and washing it immediately. The greasy stain couldn't be moved afterwards although it has faded with subsequent washes. It's still there though.
You may be too late.
Gore are very helpful, I've had Goretex jackets repaired previously. Normally quite cheaply.0
