getting grease out of clothes,

[Kim K Kaiser]

I messed up a re filling of a grease tube today, got grease on clothes, shoes,, shirt,, everywhere, fresh red grease,,  any tips on getting it out or should i just dump them,   i used purple power on a lot of things,, but not sure if it will break it down,, 

i know its not really car stuff, but a side effect, 

[Jason Edge]

Gotta wear the old clothes when working on the cars!  I might try putting clothes in a small plastic container, big enough to work the clothes by hand and use hi strength Dawn dishwashing soap as it is known for getting oil and grease out of stuff (including the birds in the Gulf of Mexico) and working back and forth, rinsing, repeating and perhaps letting soak a bit. I am under my house just about every day (digging crawlspace out 1/2 foot deeper) and I wear coveralls but they get a good coating of the red clay, and what I do is keep one of those black totes and fill with fresh water and put a tide pod in there and work by hand with the tide pod, let it soak a bit, and then rinse. Tide is great with the clay & dirt but not sure about the grease and might try something like the Dawn. If this were a car part, you can fill a container with water and use the hi strength driveway grease and stain cleaner and put a good portion of it with the water and it will knock the grease literally off the parts, but not sure how corrosive that would be with fabric... might eat right through it! 
So.... use the old clothes for mechanic'ing, or better yet get some coveralls!  
ps. Get the light tan coveralls, and wear a headlamp all the time like I do and you will look like one of those Nutty Ghostbusters!

[Kim K Kaiser]

hey were old, but it was the large volume of thick fresh grease that globbed on them,, hate to throw good old pants away,, i think the bucket with the dawn sounds good,, forgot dawn was a good grease cutter,, maybe put in some purple power as a kicker,,see what happens..at least get the globs out, then may can wash them. thanks,,,