I used to work at a job that was sooo dirty (ink actually) we had to wear two pair of clothes (2 shirts & 2 pants)!!!
You wore your 'clean' clothes on the inside, and your dirty clothes on the outside.
You NEVER washed your outside clothes - you just let them rot off of you - then you replaced them with the ones inside, and bought a new set of inside clothes - kinda like a snake shedding it's skin, you know (no pun intended)?
LoL!
I'm just telling you this because I'm an expert on cleaning dirty cloth...
Having said that, the best thing I've found for cleaning dirty, stained cloth is
[drumroll]...
Carbonate of Soda AKA Washing Soda AKA Sal Soda.
I've always used
Arm & Hammer Sal Soda (now called "Super Washing Soda").
Usage:
Usage Tips Super Washing Soda
More usage tips:
Usage Tips Super Washing Soda_two
If 'Sal Soda' doesn't get it out... nothing will!
BTW, for everyone else, this stuff works GREAT on shop towels too! Just let 'em pre-soak for a couple of days (in a
PLASTIC bucket) then take them down to your local laundamat for a tumble wash...
Er... you
can wash shop towels in your wife's washer, but I don't suggest it!