Neat persil left on clothes

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slomax

6,661 posts

193 months

Wednesday 20th March 2013
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simon1987 said:
So I should boil the kettle twice and try cleaning with that water? when its cooled down?
yes, it should work- might take a couple of goes though, it depends how dried in it is, but it should work eventually.

Justayellowbadge

37,057 posts

243 months

Wednesday 20th March 2013
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simon1987 said:
slomax said:
yes ^^ this- sort of

Persil Works in much the same way as Vanish Oxi- in that it creates foam/micro bubbles within the fabric when wet, lifting the dirt. This is caused by the chemical reaction in the (now wet) powder/paste formula with the oxygen naturally found in water, the tumbling of the washing machine increases the air volume in the water, im the same way that you have an air pump in a fish tank.

If you add oxygenated water to the mix, it will lather up, but the colour within the powder will remain. Ideally you will either need to take it to a dry cleaners (where they use tetrachloroethylene, instead of water as the cleaning liquid) or use water that you have boiled in the kettle twice, leaving to stand still. Boiling the water reduces the amount of oxygen and particulates in it, giving it the different taste when you drink cooled boiled water. This will dilute the dye used within the powder, but will not cause the active cleaning ingredient to react.

If you have any more Q's about it post em up and i'll try my best to answer them for you.

Hope this helps smile
So I should boil the kettle twice and try cleaning with that water? when its cooled down?
Dear God.

DO NOT touch the kettle.

Get an adult to help with this bit.

simon1987

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401 posts

136 months

Wednesday 20th March 2013
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slomax said:
yes, it should work- might take a couple of goes though, it depends how dried in it is, but it should work eventually.
Okay thank you, I will give it ago and report back with the results.

bob1179

14,107 posts

210 months

Wednesday 20th March 2013
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So is the GF an ex now?

What did you do to annoy her so badly?

To be honest, I wouldn't worry too much about the Persil on your clothes. I'd check for st in your slippers.

smile

ehonda

1,483 posts

206 months

Wednesday 20th March 2013
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Hugo a Gogo said:
wtf am I meant to do now?
Nothing. Unless your Mrs has left you, in which case leave them for a couple of months in case she comes back.

Hugo a Gogo

23,378 posts

234 months

Wednesday 20th March 2013
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get some ice, melt it, then boil that water

let that water cool down, then put it in the freezer overnight

in the morning, crush that ice with a mortar and pestle, leave it in a bowl on the window ledge for the day

then boil it, and use that water (cooled, with some tap water) to clean it off


trashbat

6,006 posts

154 months

Wednesday 20th March 2013
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simon1987 said:
So I should boil the kettle twice and try cleaning with that water? when its cooled down?
NO, you need to cool the water gently so that it stays boiling. Twice.

Hugo a Gogo

23,378 posts

234 months

Wednesday 20th March 2013
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and make sure to clean out the kettle first with some hot (cooled) ice water

Cotty

39,584 posts

285 months

Wednesday 20th March 2013
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Justayellowbadge said:
Dear God.

DO NOT touch the kettle.

Get an adult to help with this bit.
Excellent rofl

slomax

6,661 posts

193 months

Wednesday 20th March 2013
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Hugo a Gogo said:
get some ice, melt it, then boil that water

let that water cool down, then put it in the freezer overnight

in the morning, crush that ice with a mortar and pestle, leave it in a bowl on the window ledge for the day

then boil it, and use that water (cooled, with some tap water) to clean it off
well, yes. you could do that- it would be the same effect, but thats just being silly- boiling it twice will work fine.

trashbat said:
O, you need to cool the water gently so that it stays boiling. Twice.
no, it doesnt matter, so long as it has been boiled twice then the oxygen levels within the water will be negligable.

smile

SWoll

18,442 posts

259 months

Wednesday 20th March 2013
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Hugo a Gogo said:
get some ice, melt it, then boil that water

let that water cool down, then put it in the freezer overnight

in the morning, crush that ice with a mortar and pestle, leave it in a bowl on the window ledge for the day

then boil it, and use that water (cooled, with some tap water) to clean it off
So what you're saying is

1) get some water
2) freeze it
3) melt it
4) boil it
5) cool it
6) freeze it
7) crush it
8) melt it
9) boil it
10) cool it
11) dilute it

Seems straight forward enough to me. smile

Hugo a Gogo said:
and make sure to clean out the kettle first with some hot (cooled) ice water
But now you've made it complicated again. WTF is hot (cooled) ice water? Something to do with the 'triple point'?

Edited by SWoll on Wednesday 20th March 14:11

Hugo a Gogo

23,378 posts

234 months

Wednesday 20th March 2013
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just be careful she hasn't booby-trapped your washing machine by putting a liqui-tab in the tray

Hugo a Gogo

23,378 posts

234 months

Wednesday 20th March 2013
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SWoll said:
So what you're saying is

1) get some water
2) freeze it
3) melt it
4) boil it
5) cool it
6) freeze it
7) crush it
8) melt it
9) boil it
10) cool it
11) dilute it

Seems straight forward enough to me. smile
don't be silly

1) get some ice

SWoll said:
But now you've made it complicated again. WTF is hot (cooled) ice water? Something to do with the 'triple point'?
you've heard of dry ice, right?

well this is wet ice

Hackney

6,853 posts

209 months

Wednesday 20th March 2013
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SWoll said:
So what you're saying is

1) get some water
2) freeze it
3) melt it
4) boil it
5) cool it
6) freeze it
7) crush it
8) melt it
9) boil it
10) cool it
11) dilute it
Technologic!

SWoll

18,442 posts

259 months

Wednesday 20th March 2013
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Hugo a Gogo said:
just be careful she hasn't booby-trapped your washing machine by putting a liqui-tab in the tray
yes

Sound advice.

And don't even get me started on fabric softener...

It's a minefield isn't it?

trashbat

6,006 posts

154 months

Wednesday 20th March 2013
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slomax said:
no, it doesnt matter, so long as it has been boiled twice then the oxygen levels within the water will be negligable.

smile
Don't listen to this, OP. Water without oxygen is hydrogen, and you know what happens with hydrogen. One word: The Hindenburg.



TheEnd

15,370 posts

189 months

Wednesday 20th March 2013
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bob1179 said:
What did you do to annoy her so badly?
This is a woman, remember your training.

Whatever you could imagine would be far more interesting than the true cause.

SWoll

18,442 posts

259 months

Wednesday 20th March 2013
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Hackney said:
SWoll said:
So what you're saying is

1) get some water
2) freeze it
3) melt it
4) boil it
5) cool it
6) freeze it
7) crush it
8) melt it
9) boil it
10) cool it
11) dilute it
Technologic!
biglaugh

I was thinking exactly that as I typed it. smile

SWoll

18,442 posts

259 months

Wednesday 20th March 2013
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trashbat said:
on't listen to this, OP. Water without oxygen is hydrogen, and you know what happens with hydrogen. One word: The Hindenburg.

rofl again.

I've got tears rolling down my face at that. Brilliant.

i was thinking more of this



Edited by SWoll on Wednesday 20th March 14:18

Monty Zoomer

1,459 posts

158 months

Wednesday 20th March 2013
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Why not try a bit of dehydrated water?

That should work.