How are yall cleaning your shop rags?
02-24-2011, 08:49 PM
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I get rags for free and toss them. They are non lint producing to boot.
Find someone that works at a hospital or surgery center, they have to have surgical facilities. They are used in wrapping the sterile instruments.
These are NOT contaminated. They are the towels that come from instruments that were supplied but not used in surgery.
They are commonly referred to as, you guessed it " blue towels", because they are blue, they can be green though.
I have, literally 60 pounds of "rags".
Find someone that works at a hospital or surgery center, they have to have surgical facilities. They are used in wrapping the sterile instruments.
These are NOT contaminated. They are the towels that come from instruments that were supplied but not used in surgery.
They are commonly referred to as, you guessed it " blue towels", because they are blue, they can be green though.
I have, literally 60 pounds of "rags".
03-04-2011, 12:53 PM
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I spray mines with properly deluded formula 88 or any degreaser should work and trow them in the washer like any other laundry plus detergents, washing machine looks like its never been used inside...
03-04-2011, 01:03 PM
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I put mine in the same type 6 gallon bucket, let them soak for several days with about ¾ full water and a big dose of Dawn dishwashing liquid. Rinse the nasty crap off with the garden hose then throw them in the clothes washer with another hefty shot of Dawn and hot, hot water. I'll also run another empty cycle thru the washer with Dawn and the hottest water possible to 'rinse' the residue off the insides. Our washer has a stainless steel drum and I've been doing this in the same washer for over 12 years.
BTW, you'll never get all the grease stains out, even the commerical companies that pick-up and deliver them to the shops can't do that. When you wash them, the most soap you can use without it bubbling over is best.
Mike
BTW, you'll never get all the grease stains out, even the commerical companies that pick-up and deliver them to the shops can't do that. When you wash them, the most soap you can use without it bubbling over is best.
Mike
05-09-2011, 07:06 PM
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th G&K guys that pick up all our dirty rags, and when I say dirty Im talking about smothered in asphalt dirts says they boil em to clean all the grunge out. not east to do at home on a small scale but they come out like new
But a laundry mat sounds good 
