What To Do With Our Micro Fiber Rags

Harrys · Jan 27, 2021

I just hate throwing out oily rags, or carbon impregnated, or the black from wiping off polish. My Henrys are all brass receivers and when you get done cleaning washing the Micro fiber cloths in the washer do not cut it.

Well my grandma use to use Fels-Naptha soap as a pre treatment for her laundry and even got out grease from everything. So I used it on my rags scrubbed them out by hand and they are good as new.

gtodave · Jan 27, 2021

Thanks for the tip. I have a pile of rags I won't throw out either. Now I have something to try on them.

GunBum · Jan 27, 2021

Fels-naphtha also does an admirable job washing off the oils from poison ivy and poison oak.

Alan3413 · Jan 27, 2021

Great tip. Must try it on shop rags as well

Glaron · Jan 27, 2021

here I thought Borax in hot water soak was good.

MaxVO2 · Jan 27, 2021

****I guess the above tips are ok if you are just washing the old microfiber towels in a laundry/slop sink.

No way I would put those rags in my laundry machine along with all of the Victoria Secret and other unmentionables really really hot women wear, along with garters, stocking, heels, etc... that they wear around the house for comfort..

I have a feeling those rags would make the other stuff smell funny!

mpollan1 · Jan 27, 2021

GunBum said:
Fels-naphtha also does an admirable job washing off the oils from poison ivy and poison oak.

Yes yes yes. I'm relatively immune but sometimes get a bit between my fingers after a day of yard work. The soap clears it right up.

Mr.Culper · Jan 28, 2021

where do you buy the Fels-Naphtha?
also where you getting your micro fiber rags?

Harrys · Jan 28, 2021

Mr.Culper said:
where do you buy the Fels-Naphtha?
also where you getting your micro fiber rags?

Ace Hardware, Wal-Mart, Lowes

Trepang · Jan 28, 2021

Oxiclean.

I wash microfibers that are used on the boat to clean fish, bait, oil, grease, the head, you name it in the washing machine with Oxiclean. Same goes for rags and microfibers used to clean guns and flat-top grill.

The key is to do it when the wife isn't around, run them through two cycles and then I throw in a couple clean, older towels and run it a third time to make sure the washing machine itself is clean.

Been doing this for years with no ill effects. Just don't get caught by the wife.

FWIW - its a no thrills, top load Speed Queen.

To the gentleman who asked where to buy them - it's hard to beat Amazon's bulk price. For home and the boat I buy them by the hundred and throw them away when they are too nasty. They don't go bad.

ElGato · Jan 28, 2021

GunBum said:
Fels-naphtha also does an admirable job washing off the oils from poison ivy and poison oak.

I've got enough old tshirts that rags aren't precious to me, but as my backyard seems to be an ideal habitat for poison ivy, this is news I can use. Never heard of it before.

ToBeFree · Jan 28, 2021

ElGato said:
I've got enough old tshirts that rags aren't precious to me, but as my backyard seems to be an ideal habitat for poison ivy, this is news I can use. Never heard of it before.

Great tip OP.
Seems I'm ready for new t-shirts about the time I'm ready for new rags!

JPG · Jan 28, 2021

Harrys said:
I just hate throwing out oily rags, or carbon impregnated, or the black from wiping off polish. My Henrys are all brass receivers and when you get done cleaning washing the Micro fiber cloths in the washer do not cut it.

Well my grandma use to use Fels-Naptha soap as a pre treatment for her laundry and even got out grease from everything. So I used it on my rags scrubbed them out by hand and they are good as new.

They always have so much knowledge to pass along. :party29:

Ammo Jon · Jan 28, 2021

MaxVO2 said:
****I guess the above tips are ok if you are just washing the old microfiber towels in a laundry/slop sink.

No way I would put those rags in my laundry machine along with all of the Victoria Secret and other unmentionables really really hot women wear, along with garters, stocking, heels, etc... that they wear around the house for comfort..

I have a feeling those rags would make the other stuff smell funny!

Don’t want your gun rags smelling.

toppkatt · Jan 28, 2021

GunBum said:
Fels-naphtha also does an admirable job washing off the oils from poison ivy and poison oak.

It 'may' be better than nothing but not unless you wash the area with the soap quickly after exposure. The irritant in the Toxicdendron spp. is Urushiol. This oily substance is rapidly absorbed through the skin. Once absorbed it is next to impossible to wash off. My parents said the same thing but I still got many a case of 'the itch' even after washing with Fels-Naptha.
Can't hurt, but don't go pulling it up for hours by the roots thinking I'll just wash it off after I'm done.
I actually synthesized the Urushiol as a senior, for a pharmacognosy class project. Nasty stuff when concentrated. :innocent0

mpollan1 · Jan 28, 2021

I'm a big fan of simple green. I'll usually do one cycle on HOT and another on WARM. Simple Green has a very effective masking scent.

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