I haven't tried this on glow fuel yet, but it works with all the other oils and fluids that I deal with daily. I know it sounds wierd but throw a can of coke in with the wash. For me it works to take out JP8, hydraulic fluid, LCS fluid and 7808 (engine oil).

Like I said, I haven't tried it on glow fuel. But, if it doesn't work you'll only be down 50 cents.

Oh yeah and don't dry the clothing in the dryer, put it on the line. A Sgt. that I work with burnt his house down last year when he tried to dry a pair of JP8 soaked coveralls.

I threw a whole six pack into the wash, before my wife suggested opening them first...is she right?

coke is meant to be an acid and contains much sugar, in chemistry we've been playing with sugar to clean stuff hehe

Amish,
Welcome to RCUniverse.

I think you meant this as a reply to another thread about glow fuel in clothes. Next time hit "Post Reply" instead of "New Thread".

And I'm curious too.... Do you open the can first?
Dennis-

From one of the many "uses for cola" sites...
Don't know if they're all true.


The Many Uses of Coca-Cola

1. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl. let the "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous china.

2. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a crumpled-up piece of Reynolds wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.

3. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminal to bubble away the corrosion.

4. To loosen a rusty bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.

5. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan; wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.

6. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of Coke into a load greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle.

7. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.

AND WE DRINK THIS STUFF:

FYI- The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. It's pa is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days.

The distributors of coke have been using it to clean the engines of their trucks for about 20 years.

Drink up.

now im afraid!

Can you provide a link to this web site?

I know a few people who've used it to clear clogged drains. Add one can Coca-Cola per half gallon of water sitting in the sink and wait 30 - 60 minutes for it to drain. It works on clogs liquid plumber can't clear!

Oh man!

You are brining back some memories for me here! I'm an ex F15 crewchief myself, of 8 years, then another 3 on -16s in the Guard.

I don't know how many gallons of 5606 I got in my BDUs over the years. I never met with LSC fluid much tho.

What jet are you on? You from SJ? I worked E models in AK first, then C's and D's down at Eglin, 33rdFW

Take it easy,

Erich

While some of the items are handy tips... some are just funny, and some aren't
true at all. If ever in doubt, Snopes.com to the rescue, I always say
(Though I admit seeing the nail thing, many years ago, and trying it out.)

http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/acid.asp


Coke *will* clean battery terminals that are corroded, by the way.
It's not the acid at work there... but the carbonation.
Baking soda mixed in water does an even better job.

For some of the jobs where the acid does the work, orange or lemon juice is better, usually.