This would make for a great laundry detergent commercial...
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Sometimes after a day on the chooch or working in the steam shop at IRM, I'd have to wash my work clothes twice...
Rusty
After scouring the inside of our oil-burning firebox with a wire brush, I would come out black literally from head to toe. And let me tell you, oil soot is a whole other kind of dirty. Even though I would wear a long-sleeve work shirt, the soot would get through the fibers and cover my arms. Regular soap doesn't do a dang thing to get yourself clean; I would have to hose off my overalls on the driveway and use GoJo with a scrub brush on them before puttting them in the washing machine.
And don't get me started on what it looks like when you blow your nose...
Originally Posted by smd4:
After scouring the inside of our oil-burning firebox with a wire brush, I would come out black literally from head to toe. And let me tell you, oil soot is a whole other kind of dirty. Even though I would wear a long-sleeve work shirt, the soot would get through the fibers and cover my arms. Regular soap doesn't do a dang thing to get yourself clean; I would have to hose off my overalls on the driveway and use GoJo with a scrub brush on them before puttting them in the washing machine.
And don't get me started on what it looks like when you blow your nose...
Half the fun of cleaning up is getting dirty, isn't it?
Rusty
Sounds familiar. We shut down our three steam locomotives for the winter on the railroad I volunteer on about two weeks ago. Two were already cold in the shop, so we hauled them out and have them a good bath (more pleasing to work on clean stuff all winter) before tucking them back in. They were nice and shiny, but it took me about a week of scrubbing to get the dirt all off me
