Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 20:03:39 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@HiWAAY.net> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Washing Beige Beastie Hat? Message-ID: <200205292003.39397.dkelly@HiWAAY.net> In-Reply-To: <3CF56C08.149E91E1@mindspring.com> References: <20020529164514.A43327@grumpy.dyndns.org> <3CF56C08.149E91E1@mindspring.com>
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On Wednesday 29 May 2002 07:02 pm, Terry Lambert wrote: > David Kelly wrote: > > Maybe this is better suited to FreeBSD-questions but thought to try > > here first: Dropped my nice beige FreeBSD hat on Alabama red clay > > dust, which stuck like glue. Know any safe ways to wash it? > > Clay: Use a phosphate based detergent; the old non-eco-safe "Tide" > is the best one I'd recommend. > > Yeah, phosphates are bad for the environment: the environment is > mostly dirt, and phosphates get rid of dirt. Go figure. > > (I spent several years growing up in an area where there was enough > clay that if you went out after it rained, your feet would be twice > as big on the way in as they were on the way out. 8-)). I was too brief. The hat says its 100% cotton but I'm worried about the bill being made of cardboard or something which would be destroyed if I put it in the washing machine. Fortunately the dirt and the hat are pretty close in color. All of my "white" socks are red clay stained. Bleach does no good. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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