Ask wifey: She says "nothing works."

 

Goop and/or brake cleaner, depending on what kind you got into.

Some kinds you'll never get all the way out.

 

How do you get it out of yer clothes?

WD40 usually works for me.

 

Tried to post this the other day on the "Cologne in Eyes", but got into an endless loop that I wasn't logged on. Try Men's, or I guess ladies, cologne. Rub it into the spot and laundry as usual. Could get magic marker out of clothes and the Red never-seiz grease we used on towers. The PST sealing dope can only be broken down by Acetone. The Black Carhart jackets should be dry cleaned or they will rapidly fade. PS If you have compressed air in your house run a tap over to the washer, works great for pushing prespotters back and forth through stains. Do not use this method on flammables!!

 

Try the hand wipes that you buy I don't remember the brand of them but I used one to remove keytite pipe dope from my pants and they worked great. I did this before laundering them I don't know how it would work afterwards. I think they were the blue ones and manufactured by loctite.

 

Sisores

 

gotta get the stains before the dope dries - I have used grafetti remover with success - good luck

 

Goo-gone might work

 

Yeah, WD40 gets a lot out but then ya need to wash that smell out.

 

Whats wrong with the smell?I spray wd40 under my arm pitts every morning & i smell good.

 

If WD40 makes you smell good, what do you smell like before you spray it on?

 

Pipe Dope Cure

Belive it or not. Motor oil is the cure. We used it on drill rigs to remove the ORIGINAL pipe dope from hands clothes, etc. Just smear a bit on the stained area rub the mateerial together and launder as usual. No it is not a good deoderant but it does semove the stain...

 

Belive it or not. Motor oil is the cure. We used it on drill rigs to remove the ORIGINAL pipe dope from hands clothes, etc. Just smear a bit on the stained area rub the mateerial together and launder as usual. No it is not a good deoderant but it does semove the stain...

I use a teflon based dope, Does this really work?

 

Pope Dope

Don't know about teflon based>> The pipe dope used on drill rigs sticks to everything. We used to keep a 5 gal. bucket on the drill floor to clean our hands before the guvmnt told us it was harmful. I used it for 20 years and still have my hands. I guess if I live long enough it will eventually kill me.
He who laughs last, thinks slowest :

 

My Gal.
I don't know how she does it !

 

starting fluid does an awesome job of getting the teflon pipe dope out. just use it outdoors and let the clothing/shoes/jacket sit outside untill it evaportes. after it all evaporates theres no smell or residue

 

Fire works great.

 

A trick I learned in from my GrandFather was to put some motor oil on my hands and rub the oil in. Nothing would stick to my skin where the oil was present.

 

Pipe Dope?

Quit loading the crap and you shouldn't have to worry about it, just put enough on so it seals the threads then take a rag and wipe the excess off after you tighten the pipe.

Always keep an extra rag handy then toss it...

 

I've used carburator cleaner on my tools and it took the blue dope off as well.

 

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if the dope is on your left sleeve
take some dope put it on a rag
wipe it on your right sleeve and
now you have matching dope stains



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Use MOTSENBOCKER LIFT-OFF it's a Silicone Latex Caulk and Foam Sealant Remover. Bought it initially to remove foam sealant from off of bricks and used it again years later on clothes to remove pipe dope; took less than 60 seconds to remove the stains.

Note: WD-40 did not work for me and left WD-40 stains :gah:

 

That's Brilliant! I use that stuff fairly often for silicone - so I always have it in the truck.

Thanks!

PHM
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Use MOTSENBOCKER LIFT-OFF it's a Silicone Latex Caulk and Foam Sealant Remover. Bought it initially to remove foam sealant from off of bricks and used it again years later on clothes to remove pipe dope; took less than 60 seconds to remove the stains.

Note: WD-40 did not work for me and left WD-40 stains :gah:

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Anything alcohol-solvent based is hopeless. Leak Lock and all the rest - learn to live with it.

If you use an oil-solvent based dope you can sometimes find WD-40 to be effective.

I tend not to touch anything 'dirty' with anything except my hands. So much so that it is commonly remarked: "How come you're never Dirty???" But if that is beyond you - my fall-back plan is to don a good set of cotton coveralls for working around dirty things - like oil boilers and mechanical rooms. Oh; and pipe dope.

PHM
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Buy yourself a lab coat. Used to work in one facility and we had to wear the hair nets... booties... and a lab coat..... I loved those coats....

For winter time... outdoors..... just buy yourself a coat you can sacrafice for dirty work..... and the same goes for pants..... change when you leave the job

 

Corny did just remind me of my early years. I used to keep several pairs of coveralls in the truck to slip on. Heavy weight for winter and very light short sleeved one for summer. Which worked great for the pipe dope type of issue. I changed to just keeping a change of clothes and shoes for those times I got scuzzy. I also have one pair of Tyvec coveralls just in case.