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08-17-2004, 06:33 AM
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#1 | | Senior Member
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| Killing those green stuff
My club's lames are in terrible shape and they all those greenish stuff which simply won't go away.I've been told to try using baking soda on them but some of the spots are so stubborn that the soda is of no effect.Does anyone have any effective methods?Thanks.
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08-17-2004, 08:50 AM
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| From what I rememder of school chemistry (and I could be wrong) the green stuff is oxider and acid is better for removing it. So you could try vinigar. (Bi-carb is alkalae.)
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08-17-2004, 05:29 PM
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#3 | | Armorer
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| The problem is it was acid that put the green there, your sweat. Most use VERY dilute ammonia. Now for the color, you may not get rid of the green, because if you look closely, you will see the green is also on the fabric. The fabric has been stained. And you know the only thing to use if trying to take stains out of whites. Just don't do it as it will destroy the metal fibers.
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08-18-2004, 09:40 AM
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| A drop of diluted amonia is what most people use.
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08-18-2004, 09:52 AM
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| When cleaning lamés we use.. woolite and warm water.. Than rinse it.. than let it drip out.. Than we.. Use Amonia and warm water... Than we use vinegar and warm water (to reduce the basicness of the amonia.. So it doesn't cause problems for the lame.) Than a final rinse in water.. And by the end of this.. our of like.. 40 lames.. only one didn't come clean.. and it was like.. 20 years old... | |
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08-18-2004, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by melihop When cleaning lamés we use.. woolite and warm water.. Than rinse it.. than let it drip out.. Than we.. Use Amonia and warm water... Than we use vinegar and warm water (to reduce the basicness of the amonia.. So it doesn't cause problems for the lame.) Than a final rinse in water.. And by the end of this.. our of like.. 40 lames.. only one didn't come clean.. and it was like.. 20 years old... | yepyep, not to mention that the basicness of the ammonia can damage skin and be a bit of a little hazard if not negated before rinsing (and that day of lame washing was sooo much fun too lol) | |
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12-06-2004, 10:10 AM
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| What are other ways people clean lames? | |
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12-07-2004, 01:37 AM
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| Well, my lame, being Armani, must be dry-cleaned by young Italian virgins during Lent. Tricky... | |
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12-07-2004, 01:33 PM
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| You're just looking for young Italian virgins to ogle. The tricky part is to keep them from running away giggling when they notice a veteran sabre fencer leering at them. 
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12-08-2004, 02:29 AM
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#10 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| You mean, beyond the difficulty of finding Italian virgins to begin with? | |
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12-09-2004, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Inquartata You mean, beyond the difficulty of finding Italian virgins to begin with? |  this is so true..
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