From owner-freebsd-chat Wed May 29 18: 3:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.knology.net (user-24-214-63-14.knology.net [24.214.63.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 60CB937B403 for ; Wed, 29 May 2002 18:03:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 15902 invoked by uid 8002); 30 May 2002 01:03:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO grumpy.dyndns.org) (24.214.210.89) by smtp2.knology.net with SMTP; 30 May 2002 01:03:40 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: David Kelly To: Terry Lambert Subject: Re: Washing Beige Beastie Hat? Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 20:03:39 -0500 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.4] Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020529164514.A43327@grumpy.dyndns.org> <3CF56C08.149E91E1@mindspring.com> In-Reply-To: <3CF56C08.149E91E1@mindspring.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <200205292003.39397.dkelly@HiWAAY.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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