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   FastEddie | Apr 25, 2006 10:46pm | #1

   Run them through the dishwasher.

    

   "When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it."  T. Roosevelt

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   joewood | Apr 25, 2006 10:53pm | #2

   don't have a dishwasher. good idea though.

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   JDRHI | Apr 25, 2006 11:09pm | #3

   You might try Dawn dishwashing soap.

   I've used it to clean oils off of various items.

   Rumor was, that it was used during the Exxon Valdez cleanup.

   J. D. Reynolds

   Home Improvements

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   BossHog | Apr 26, 2006 12:41am | #4

   Dawn is made to deal with animal fats. Petroleum is a whole different ball game. So I think this whole thing about using dawn is total BS.
   My mind not only wanders, it sometime leaves completely.

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   FastEddie | Apr 26, 2006 01:31am | #7

   So I think this whole thing about using dawn is total BS.

   If dawn won't work, try Dusk. 

   "When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it."  T. Roosevelt

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   JohnSprung | Apr 26, 2006 03:34am | #10

   I've had good results using Dawn to clean up motor oil from the car.  With all this kind of stuff, it can't hurt to try a little test. 

    

   -- J.S.

    

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   Sphere | Apr 26, 2006 03:40am | #11

   Same here.

   BH been cranky of late...send him pleasant thoughts.

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   BossHog | Apr 26, 2006 04:11am | #12

   "BH been cranky of late..."

   Oh shut up.

   I have NOT been cranky.

   It's everyone else, not me...

   STRESSED is just DESSERTS spelled backward.

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   JDRHI | Apr 26, 2006 04:57am | #15

   Tried checking Snopes for a story on Dawn and the Exxon oil spill cleanup.......no story dedicated specifically to this situation....but in another story that came up while searching, I got this:

   Dawn was indeed used to degrease otters caught up in the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill, and the detergent was also used to remove oil from penguins and cormorants rescued after the Sydney Harbor oil spill in 1999.

   BS indeed Boss......in this case Been Snopesed.

   ; )

   J. D. Reynolds

   Home Improvements

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   JDRHI | Apr 26, 2006 04:48am | #13

   All well and good.....but its worked for me on plenty of stuff that doesn't fall into the "animal fats" genre.

   J. D. Reynolds

   Home Improvements

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   fishdog | Apr 26, 2006 01:05am | #5

   i heard vinegar was good .

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   Sphere | Apr 26, 2006 01:08am | #6

   Parts washer with TCE. Think auto repair shop.

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   pm22 | Apr 26, 2006 02:53am | #8

   Most coat hangers are just painted or coated steel. Why do you want to clean them?

   On the other hand, if you are talking about aircraft hangers, you need big brooms, a pressure washer and a 32 ounce mop. Charge by the hour and take your time.

   ~Peter, formerly the Education Editor for Mad Magazine

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   brownbagg | Apr 26, 2006 03:13am | #9

   go-jo

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   jesse | Apr 26, 2006 04:56am | #14

   Simple Green is the standard degreaser at my family's metalwork shop.

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   TomC | Apr 26, 2006 05:01am | #16

   Castrol Superclean. Similar to oven cleaner.