How to get rid of the unpleasant odor from work clothes during instrument maintenance?
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Over 4 months ago, I went to the work site wearing the work uniform that had just been issued to me 6 days earlier. I didn’t intend to do any dirty work, but upon arriving at the site, my supervisor asked me to clean up the high-temperature release agent that had spilled on the floor. This stuff is very pungent; be very careful. In the end, it still got on my work clothes and shoes. The work shoes were brushed countless times and left in the sun for over 3 months; eventually, the unpleasant odor from the soles diminished. The work clothes were washed countless times, using various substances such as metal cleaners, laundry powder, liquid detergents, soap, shower gel, dishwashing liquid, hand sanitizer, cologne, and peppermint oil. They were also dried many times, yet the unpleasant odor in the clothes remained strong; even being near them caused coughing, and after wearing them for a while, the inner layers of clothing would pick up this foul smell as well. Throw it away; I’m reluctant to do that. Work uniforms are only replaced every three years at the factory, and I’ve only been wearing this one for a week. Don’t throw it away; it really can’t be worn. Previously, the small work uniforms left outside were often lost; many were intentionally taken or stored in the wrong place. I leave these work clothes outside for ten days or a month, and no one ever picks them up. I put them away in the closet, but everyone finds them smelly and says that it makes the changing room stinky as well. I wonder if any of the friends on the forum have any good ways to get rid of the unpleasant odor from this high-temperature corrosion inhibitor.
Is it the unpleasant smell of sulfides? How about trying to add something alkaline and wash it?
Since there is an unpleasant odor, it’s definitely not good for the body; it’s advisable to replace it
An additive used in the atmospheric and vacuum distillation process to slow down equipment corrosion is called a high-temperature corrosion inhibitor; it is likely an amine, which is alkaline in nature. I thought about using vinegar from home to see if it could remove the smell, but when I thought about how bad that odor would be and how it would ruin the whole house, I never tried it. I wonder if using vinegar will work.
There are only two sets of work clothes for spring and autumn. The company’s upper management changes its name every year; it keeps changing, and the uniforms also have changing logos – each time new uniforms are issued, it is required to wear those with the latest logo. I threw away a set, and now I don’t even have any spare ones. It is planned to wear them when going to the site to do dirty work, carry out major equipment repairs, and remove oil-stained instruments. The other option is to absolutely refuse to wear it and go to the venue.
Work uniforms are issued once every three years; this company is really stingy when it comes to providing protective equipment for its employees
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There’s no choice; if it has to be changed, then it will be changed. Back then, one of my work uniforms had an oil stain on the chest. At first it was only as big as a stamp; the more it was washed, the more noticeable it became, and it grew larger with each wash. Eventually, half of the sleeve was covered in a map-like pattern, and it had a mineral oil smell no matter how you sniffed it. If the employer provides protective equipment on a regular basis, then discard it ； It’s really tough when the employer is unwilling to even provide a piece of clothing.
Hehe, when I was at my old workplace, I had two sets of summer clothes and one set of winter clothes, but that wasn’t enough either. Every time there was a major repair, I would go to the safety gear store on the street and spend ten or twenty bucks on a dark blue safety suit, which I would throw away after the repair was completed. Since I was wearing clothes similar to those of the migrant workers hired for the major repairs, their foreman probably mistook me at night during the overtime hours, and even gave me a snack of meat buns with soy milk. :D: Haha, later I became close friends with a few senior women in the workshop. They didn’t have enough work uniforms, so every year when it was time to specify the sizes needed for uniforms, they would enter the sizes of us young people, so that there would be enough uniforms for everyone.
It depends on what the components of your high-temperature corrosion inhibitor are; check with your team in charge of the process. Using the principle of like dissolves like, determine whether the substance is polar or non-polar. Soak it in alcohol or something similar to dissolve the material. Things like laundry detergent belong to the same category of substances, and they certainly won’t be able to dissolve it