Shop towels

[chevydan3]

I have a big barrel in my garage that I keep my "rags" in. These consist of old t-shirts, towels, undershirts, etc. I obliterated 1/2 of them today when my catch pan full of atf tipped over on the driveway. How or should I go about washing these? I go through rags way faster than I go through good t-shirts so I always have more of a demand than a supply. I have bought a bunch of cheapy towels and rags at the Dollar Tree, but that starts to add up after a while. I know at a shop I used to work at, the uniform service would take and wash of the shop rags, but I suspect my wife wouldn't appreciate me throwing a bunch of greasy, oily rags in her washing machine. What say the brotherhood?

 

[rampage]

Laundromat

 

[British Slave]

One advantage of living in an "OIl Boom Town" is the laundromats have washers for oil field clothes.

 

[wilpetty]

Laundromat is a good idea lol I wouldnt of thought of that

 

[diesel4me]

My solution to this dilema will enrage environmentallists,but I usually do one of two things with oily used rags--BURN them for heat in my wood stove and to prevent a fire from spontaneious combustion,or I simply hang them over a tree branch outside and leave them there for several weeks,after a few good rainfalls they are as clean as they'll ever be again!...I put them over an empty trash can or cardboard if they were so saturated they were dripping......................................................................................................................................You can"wash" them in a 5 gallon bucket with laundry detergent by hand first if desired to speed the process up..since I have several clothing bins for donations nearby that often are overflowing with clothes and towels that really should have been discarded by the "donors" ,not left to be disposed of by the charity at their expense,I have a steady supply of free rags ,so I usually just burn the oily greasy rags instead of trying to clean them again...one friend I knew used to use his old cement mixer as a crude washing machine to wash his dirty shop rags in,it actually worked pretty good too!..

 

[chulisohombre]

I used to have a extra washer I bought for 50 bucks to wash my old rags. That way I wouldn't kill the wife's and ruin her cloths.

 

[rdn2blazer]

I used to have a extra washer I bought for 50 bucks to wash my old rags. That way I wouldn't kill the wife's and ruin her cloths.

Thats a good idea for cloth type rags. Leave it outside, throw a tarp over it. only use it when ya need to wash rags.

 

[diesel4me]

If you did that here,it would be junk come October!..pump would freeze up and crack!.....I've wondered what its like not to have to worry about frost,snow or cold,it must be nice ,I wouldn't miss any of those 3 things...

 

[dremu]

Thats a good idea for cloth type rags. Leave it outside, throw a tarp over it. only use it when ya need to wash rags.

Because "appliances on porch" doesn't make a statement about socioeconomic strata.

I actually plan on getting new laundry machines down the line ... but I'm thinking about keeping my current set for washing grubbies and rags. But I can't keep 'em on the porch...

-- A

 

[rdn2blazer]

Because "appliances on porch" doesn't make a statement about socioeconomic strata.

I actually plan on getting new laundry machines down the line ... but I'm thinking about keeping my current set for washing grubbies and rags. But I can't keep 'em on the porch...

-- A

LOL!! I meant in the back yard where it can't be seen or in the garage even if you have roon silly. I live in Calif. But my mom and dad were both from Arkansas, so I got some red neck in me big time. I'm not above a washing mach. in the back yard under a tarp . And it would be a garage tool anyways .

 

[KansasTwister]

Because "appliances on porch" doesn't make a statement about socioeconomic strata.

I actually plan on getting new laundry machines down the line ... but I'm thinking about keeping my current set for washing grubbies and rags. But I can't keep 'em on the porch...

-- A

Paint it camo, or paint it the same colors as the porch and window behind it. At 50 feet you could never see it!



My buddy one time said there were car parts in every room of my house but my living room. To which I responded "didnt you see that 4 speed borg warner under the coffee table?"

 

[Deuling]

Give em to a woman and say "please clean, and make me a sammich"

 

[cybrfire]

Paper towels, the blue kind on rolls. Done!

 

[dhcomp]

Give em to a woman and say "please clean, and make me a sammich"

 

[chulisohombre]

Give em to a woman and say "please clean, and make me a sammich"

Then duck because something may be flying in your immediate direction. Lol