How to get rid of the persistent smell of gasoline on your favorite clothes?

A beautiful woman in a garage always requires attention, the costs of which are specific pollution of clothes. Why, sometimes after a regular visit to a gas station, the question arises of how to remove the smell of gasoline that has soaked into your favorite pants. Unfortunately, this issue is not resolved very quickly, and there are a number of mistakes that must be feared when trying to remove dirty things.

What is not worth doing?

First you need to find out what can worsen the situation, so as not to accidentally go the wrong way. There are only two serious problems that an inexperienced person can make.

1. Wash things in a vending machine. In this way, you won’t be able to get rid of the unpleasant odor quickly, but the washing unit will absorb unpleasant fumes and will pass them on when washing a new batch of clothes. You will have to put up with the fact that washing will only be hand-made.
2. The desire to get rid of spots instantly often reaches for bleaches. This can not be done until the smell of gasoline remains on the clothes, since the two active substances immediately enter into a chemical reaction. Its result is poisonous fumes and your poor health.

In addition, there is one more sad news: not to get rid of the smell quickly. To remove it, you will have to carry out several lengthy procedures, so first prepare other things from your wardrobe for today's socks, and after that, begin to silently suffer over gasoline vapors.

If the smell is not very intense

Sometimes it can get lucky, and the amount of fuel on the fabric will be scanty. If the spots are not noticeable at all and only the smell speaks of the problem, the thing can not be washed. This type of fuel includes volatile compounds that themselves can weather in the fresh air. To do this, perform a series of actions.

• Hang clothes in the fresh air, preferably in a draft. Then the weathering process will take place soon.
• You can get rid of an unpleasant smell even faster if you direct a household fan to a problem place. The air flow will circulate at a higher speed, and evaporation will pass in a shorter period of time.
• It’s great if you can hang things in the freezing air. Acquired freshness will not remind you of a nuisance.

Despite a small hit of fuel, you can completely restore clothes no more than in a few days, or even weeks.

Tip

Are you going to hang clothes in the room? Make sure that none of the family members are allergic to fuel. In addition, some people experience a headache from evaporation - the vapors are still poisonous. And the best thing is not to take risks and remove things from the living room.

If the spot is large

Volumetric traces of gasoline can be removed. This must be done in a basin, the water temperature should be selected depending on the tissue. For washing you can use purchased products. “Tide” and “Ariel” - high-quality powders with a strong odor are well suited. For less delicate fabrics, choose dishwashing liquids that work more actively with odors and active substances.

Be sure to divide the wash into two stages with large or ancient stains: soak in the evening and leave to wet until morning, then finish the wash and dry the item in the same way as airing. In this morning, continue to work after changing the water. The night one incorporates the chemical composition of gasoline.

There are a number of folk recipes that will help to remove the stain and thereby get rid of the smell.

1. Drop 1–3 drops of turpentine and ammonia on 1 tablespoon of starch, mix thoroughly and apply the mixture with a toothbrush to the contaminated surface. Rub lightly, then wash as usual.
2. Rub with household soap, which removes odors well. Rinse and wash with powder for more effect.
3. Soda perfectly removes odors. Dip a napkin in a concentrated soda solution, apply the solution exactly in the right place and after half an hour wash with powder, rinsing the item first.
4. If the item is heavily soiled, mix boron, soda and vinegar evenly, soak for 15 minutes and wash in warm water. Rinse thoroughly so that the active mixture does not change the color of the fabric.
5. Ammonia can be filled with a spray gun and evenly applied to the surface. Then rub lightly, rinse and wash with the usual means.
6. The original method is to wrap a thing in newspapers, then pack it in a plastic bag and leave it for a week. Thin and porous paper absorbs the smell well, after which it remains only to ventilate the clothes in the draft.

Thermal method

It is possible to use the ability of gasoline to evaporate for the good. If you are not allergic to vapors, you can use an iron to speed up the process of weathering the unpleasant odor. In this case, you can abandon the attempt to remove the stain for a couple of days. To do this, you need:

1. Wipe the problem area thoroughly with detergent;
2. rinse this place;
3. spread out the ironing cloth, cover with a clean cloth (rag);
4. iron with a strongly heated iron (depending on the quality of the fabric, select the maximum temperature regime).

After that, the smell will be removed with the vapors, and the stain will also not remain.

When should you turn to specialists?

If it was not possible to remove the stain or get rid of the smell by any of the other methods proposed above, this becomes a good reason to turn to specialists. In addition, if a thing is very delicate, expensive, it is advisable to do this without experimenting on it. The amount paid for the services will be much less than what you have to pay for the purchase of new clothes if something goes wrong.