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   MarkH128 | Nov 11, 2002 07:18am | #1

   Try acetone or fingernail polish remover.

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   goldhiller | Nov 11, 2002 04:45pm | #2

   I'd try some lacquer thinner. I've used it many times on my own and it never hurt a thing. Liquid paint stripper works for lots of materials too without harming blue jeans.

   Flood the fabric with the stuff, keep/leave it damp/wet for a few minutes and then work it gently with an old toothbrush if necessary. If the adhesive is really resistant, you may have to keep it wet for as long as an hour or so, but most stuff gives way in ten minutes or so. If it dissolves, make sure you have all of it in suspension in the thinnner and then flood the area with detergent while it's still loose and toss it in the washer.

   Don't put the jeans through the dryer until you've either gotten it all out or you've given up cause the heat from the dryer will likely set it for good.

   Knowledge is power, but only if applied in a timely fashion.
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   booch | Nov 11, 2002 09:58pm | #3

   How about getting Thinset out of jeans? I just made another set of work pants this weekend"The time has come" the walrus said. "To talk of many things, to talk of ships and sealing wax and cabbages and kings, and why the sea is boiling hot and whether pigs have wings"

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   goldhiller | Nov 12, 2002 05:19pm | #11

   Sorry, but I have no potential cures for that except muriatic acid. Of course, it'll take the fabric with it. But that shouldn't concern you cause if you wait long enough that "jeans full o' holes" look should come back into fashion. Then you sell the jeans for big bucks and DW will think differently of your efforts.

   Or what you might consider is adding a lot more thinset to the endeavor and then when completed, you could stand 'em up in the yard and have DW use 'em for a flower planter.

   DW turned a pair of my old work shoes into planters for some moss roses. They now live out by the back door.

   Knowledge is power, but only if applied in a timely fashion.

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   booch | Nov 12, 2002 05:41pm | #12

   "Or what you might consider is adding a lot more thinset to the endeavor and then when completed, you could stand 'em up in the yard and have DW use 'em for a flower planter. "

   Thanks for the laugh. I washed them twice and the stuff remains. DW is overloaded with my 'Kitsch projects. She looks askance at my cable spool lawn table waiting for a change of season to make it disappear.

   You do make me think I could make a new style version of the scarecrow for the garden. That would require a little re-rod and an Al Borland* shirt. Of course the shirt is crusted with caulk wipings. That and an old hoe. I can see it now.

   *My teen boys have an aversion to flannel. They'll come around to all the good stuff eventually."The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes--and ships-- and sealing wax--Of cabbages-- and kings, and why the sea is boiling hot-- and whether pigs have wings"

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   Haroun | Nov 11, 2002 10:13pm | #4

   You could try WD- 40.  It works to take urethane caulk put of synthetic carpet, when the caulk is fresh.  Soak with WD, work the glue out, then wash with grease cutting dish detergent.

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   SunnySlopes | Nov 11, 2002 10:42pm | #5

   You now have a new pair of work jeans,  don't you just love it!

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   booch | Nov 12, 2002 03:40pm | #10

   Yes but DW is irked. that makes 5 sets now. We won't even talk about shirts. I just feel so much more productive in clean clothes that they don't stay that way long."The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes--and ships-- and sealing wax--Of cabbages-- and kings, and why the sea is boiling hot-- and whether pigs have wings"

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   Piffin | Nov 12, 2002 12:01am | #6

   This is the same paragraph in Murphy's Law that demands that you scratch a new truck before anyone else gets to do it for you. It will be scratched within 48 hrs after bringing it home.

   To remove the stain, saturate it with acetone, scrub with a wire brush, and then light a match under it. I gaurantee you'll never see that stain again.

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   Excellence is its own reward!

   "The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are." --Marcus Aurelius

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   Bruce | Nov 12, 2002 12:22am | #7

   Remember, while doing the acetone thing, that it's a nasty carcinogen.  We can all do the tough guy ("Won't hurt me!") routine, or choose to open the windows and put on some rubber gloves.

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   rickchem | Nov 12, 2002 01:08am | #8

   Acetone isn't really a nasty carcinogen . . .

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   Piffin | Nov 12, 2002 06:22am | #9

   OK guys,

   Square off, shakes hands, take your corners and when i blow this whistle, come out swinging.

   Excellence is its own reward!

   "The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are." --Marcus Aurelius

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   Robertzcool | Nov 20, 2002 07:35am | #13

   Acetone is produced naturally in the human body!  While it is not a known carcinogen it is very flammable and will cause intoxication and eventual death through lack of oxygen.